Peter Walsh stands down as leader of the Victorian Nationals
Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh has stood down and will be replaced by shadow roads minister Danny O’Brien.
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‘Loophole’ in surveillance laws allows for trespass on farms
A clause has allowed illegally obtained footage captured on farms to be shared publicly but the VFF is pushing to have surveillance laws changed.
Farmers question taxpayer subsidies for electric trucks
The federal government is awarding millions of dollars’ worth of grants to some of Australia’s biggest businesses to purchase new electric trucks.
Pacific Island workers ‘too afraid to return home’
An increasing number of Pacific Islander farm workers are too scared to return home after having extramarital relationships with co-workers.
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Polarisation stalls work on new animal welfare strategy
Deepening division between farmers and animal activists is hampering efforts to renew Australia’s national animal welfare strategy.
Farmers slugged with huge hike in fire service levies
Farmers are being slugged twice as much to fund the state’s fire services as last year, as the Allan Government prepares to push up costs.
Push to recognise waterways as ‘living entities’
The federal and Victorian Labor Governments are forging ahead with plans to recognise all waterways as “living entities”.
Live export test in the west for PM
Former WA National Party leader Mia Davies is hoping to make a switch from state to federal politics, as Keep the Sheep launches an advertising scare campaign.
Fishing competitions to be exempt from new animal welfare laws
VRFish has gained Allan Government commitment to exempt fishing competitions from the new Animal Care and Protection Bill.
Outrage over rates discount for wind and solar farms
Wind and solar farms are paying just 20 per cent of what they should in municipal rates — and farmers are picking up the shortfall.
Farmers urged to join Keep the Sheep protest
The National Farmers’ Federation has called on its members to make their views about the Labor government’s policies heard.
Murray Darling salt schemes crash
Most of the Murray Darling Basin’s salt interception schemes that were damaged in the 2022 floods have not been repaired, putting communities’ water quality at risk.
‘We mean business’: More wind turbines, solar panels
The Victorian Government has rolled out a plan to triple the area of farmland under solar panels and build 900 more wind turbines. This is what you need to know.
Carp surge to record levels
The ‘just add more water’ strategy of the Albanese Government is failing, as reports show carp numbers hitting record levels as native fish populations crash.
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