‘Two-tier system’: Funding for bush connectivity slashed
A $101 million regional shortfall has been revealed in funding for regional telecommunications after new federal cuts.
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A history of Victoria’s Lib-Nat quandary
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Victorian election: Regional results, analysis
Dan Andrews won a resounding third term over the weekend; take a seat-by-seat look at regional Victoria’s updated political landscape.
PM invites EU leaders to visit Aussie prosecco growers
It’s crunch time for the battle over use of the prosecco name, and Australia is not kowtowing to the Europeans.
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Duck hunters have wings clipped
Victoria’s duck hunting season has been slashed from 12 weeks to 20 days, drawing criticism from both hunting groups and animal activists.
Where you stand on farm building rights
The 40ha “as of right” house rule, which is under threat, applies to farmers across many Victorian shires. Find out where you stand if you farm within 100km of Melbourne.
Weeded out by free workers
Shire councils are employing hundreds under the Working for Victoria Scheme, but their free services are undercutting existing rural businesses.
VFF divided on losing 40ha building right
Losing the right to build a home on 40ha or more without a permit will add $20,000 to the cost of gaining council approval. But there’s a reason farmers are divided on the proposal.
Time to tag roo boom
Fewer Victorian kangaroos would be left to rot if farmers were able to swap their authority to control wildlife permits for tags they could hand to professional harvesters.
Ministers spent millions in COVID inquiry legal defence
The Andrews government spent a whopping $2m more in legal fees at the hotel quarantine inquiry than the cost of the inquiry itself.
Kangaroo population close to 2 million
The Andrews Government has cleared the way for Victorian kangaroo to be put on the menu, as it lifts harvesting quotas amid a population explosion.
NSW water deal backfires
A deal brokered by the NSW Government with some of the Murray Darling Basin’s largest irrigation corporations has short-changed the environment of the nation’s most precious resource.
Family concern over state’s building rights proposal
Farmers on 40ha or more, such as Randall Gerkens and Anne-Maree McCormick, fear their building permit rights are about to be trampled by a Victorian Government plan. This is why the family opposes it.
Farmer lobbyists divided over state’s building rights plan
Members of the Victorian Farmers Federation’s land management committee are split over a farm building rights plan, with its chair trying to manage opposing views. Here, two members outline their arguments.
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