Victoria’s independent streak
Sarah Fenton is one of dozens of independent candidates standing this Saturday. Will they replicate the federal teal wave?
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Power pledge in final days
Premier Daniel Andrews and Opposition Leader Matthew Guy made their final appeals to regional Victoria this week. See what was announced.
India’s billion dollar market a step closer for Aussie exports
Parliament looks set to ratify an interim free trade agreement with India this week. Here’s who’s set to benefit.
Road repair blitz coming in 2023
Crumbling roads are on Premier Daniel Andrews’ radar and he promises they will be fixed in the coming year.
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Australia’s chart-topping agricultural emissions
Australia has the dubious honour of punching well above its weight when it comes to global agricultural emissions. A Weekly Times analysis reveals just where we fit on the world stage.
Small step towards on-the-spot biosecurity fines
Work has begun on the Victorian Government’s promise to introduce on-the-spot fines for animal activists. But the Opposition and state’s peak farming body are not impressed.
Nations that control Australia’s water revealed
A list of foreign water entitlement holders in Australia has been released. We reveal which countries hold how much of the precious resource.
Farm worker exploitation back on the national agenda
As farmers struggle to find workers to pick their crop, pressure is mounting on the industry to resolve longstanding exploitation issues, while MPs unite behind an amnesty push.
$5000 farm safety grants rollout
Victorian farmers can gain grants of up to $5000, on a matching basis, to make their stockyards, loading ramps, shearing or dairy sheds safer.
Farm house rules ‘must stay’
It makes no sense to treat “a 400ha farm the same as a 2ha lot” when it comes to demanding a planning permit to build a home, says Victoria’s peak farmer lobby.
Nationals vow manure rule block
The Nationals have backed Victorian farmers in trying to overturn Environmental Protection Authority rules that from July 1 bog farmers down in impractical new regulations.
Legal loophole may allow landholders to stop campers
A bid by Victoria’s Andrews Government to open up crown land water frontages to camping, which has angered many farmers, has just hit a major roadblock.
Scrap farm zone, it’s a developing nightmare
Removing dwelling rights is both an outdated and inadequate policy. Why look back, when looking forward offers far better outcomes, asks John Keating.
Sideshow operators to get cheaper rides
Ferris wheel, merry-go-round and sideshow alley operators are to gain the status of “primary producers”.
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