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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 4 OCTOBER 2024: Victorian Opposition leader John Pesutto arrives at the Federal Court of Australia. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele

Coalition reveal renewable energy policy

A Victorian Coalition Government would ban turbines within 2kms of homes and reinstate third-party appeal rights, if elected in 2026.

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Farmers question consultancy’s independence

Consultancy firm RMCG is being paid by solar farm developers, while advising government on the impact of renewables on agriculture.

Regional Roads Victoria boss Paul Northey pictured in BallaratPicture: ANDY ROGERS

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Government to sell roads maintenance agency

The Weekly Times can reveal the Allan Government has dismantled Regional Roads Victoria as it prepares to sell its road maintenance business.

Western Victoria Green Drought. Farmer Kathryn Robertson with dryer than usual soil, on her property near Hamilton in Western Victoria. Picture: Alex Coppel

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New cash for southwest drought

Premier Jacinta Allan has revealed a new drought package for southwest Victoria after one of its driest years on record. Here’s the details.

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Carly McKinnis and Tammie Meehan are founders of One Red Tree Resource Centre at Ararat. Picture: Nicole Cleary

Farmer and student mental health funded into 2025

A boost of cash from the state government will keep the lights on for two rural mental health services at a time of great need.

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CANBERRA, Australia, NewsWire Photos. May 16, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Clear disconnect’: NFF issues vote of no confidence

Australia’s peak farming leaders have taken the unprecedented step of issuing a vote of no confidence in the federal government, over its live sheep export ban.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 14: Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Tanya Plibersek arrives at Parliament House on May 14, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Labor government is grappling with a slowing economy, weaker commodity prices, soaring housing costs and a softening labor market as it prepares to unveil its federal budget on May 14. To counter these headwinds, the budget is expected to feature smaller revenue upgrades compared to recent years, while outlining the government's interventionist policies aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing and the transition to green energy. Critics warn that such industrial policies risk fueling inflation and diverting resources from more productive sectors of the economy. The budget is seen as a key opportunity for the Labor government to deliver broad economic support that analysts say is fundamental to re-election chances next year. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Buried budget table reveals 100GL basin buyout

Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek intends to spend $613.4m in 2024-25 to strip 100 gigalitres out of irrigation communities.

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NEWS: Ben Duxson at KanyaVNI West are set to carve up Bens land within close proximity to his shearing shed and house .PICTURED: Farmer Ben Duxson on his farm at KanyaPicture: Zoe Phillips

‘We’re united and will fight them coming onto our land’

The company charged with rolling out the controversial VNI West powerlines is in the midst of lodging an application to gain statutory powers to compulsorily acquire and access hundreds of regional properties.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 14: Treasurer of Australia Jim Chalmers arrives at Parliament House on May 14, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Labor government is grappling with a slowing economy, weaker commodity prices, soaring housing costs and a softening labor market as it prepares to unveil its federal budget on May 14. To counter these headwinds, the budget is expected to feature smaller revenue upgrades compared to recent years, while outlining the government's interventionist policies aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing and the transition to green energy. Critics warn that such industrial policies risk fueling inflation and diverting resources from more productive sectors of the economy. The budget is seen as a key opportunity for the Labor government to deliver broad economic support that analysts say is fundamental to re-election chances next year. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

What to expect from tonight’s budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget will be remembered as the beginning of the end of the live sheep export trade.

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Landcare legacy ‘under threat’

Landcare says the Victorian Government’s year-by-year approach to funding is undercutting conservation work across the state.

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12-6-2012 Hundreds of pot holes line the Lismore to Kyogle road. Photo Doug Eaton / The Northern Star

Road cuts ‘a maintenance bomb’

Contractors are warning failing to spend money on resurfacing roads today, will cost taxpayers 10 times as much to repair once they collapse.

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Sheep eat feed that Australian farmer Richard Gillham dropped in a drought-affected paddock on his property 'Barber's Lagoon' located on the outskirts of the north-western New South Wales town of Boggabri, Australia, on October 4, 2019. Gillham is a sixth generation sheep farmer, who has been buying feed at $1000 per day for more than two years to keep his stock alive. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has declared the ongoing drought across the Murray Darling Basin to be the worst on record, with current conditions now exceeding the Federation Drought (1895-1903), the WWII drought (1937-1947) and the Millennium drought (1997-2009). The Federal and NSW Governments announced a new drought emergency funding plan on Sunday 13 October, with $1billion to go to water infrastructure for rural and regional communities impacted by the devastating drought in NSW, including a $650m upgrade of Wyangala Dam in the NSW central west and a $480m new Dungowan Dam near Tamworth. However, critics of the plan are calling for more immediate solutions as well as more environmental checks around the dams to ensure they donÃ¢â¬â¢t further impact the health of the river systems.

Drought funding gets a $519 million boost

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will invest more than half a billion dollars to refocus the Coalition’s Future Drought Fund and prepare farmers for more severe weather.

National

Senator the Honourable Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism, co chairs the 17th Joint Ministerial Economic Meeting with Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce (China). The meeting was conducted virtually at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade state office in Adelaide. April 30

‘Optimistic’: Beef export ban could be lifted

More than $500 million worth of Australian beef exports could be set to re-enter China if restrictions on eight abattoirs are lifted ahead of a visit by Premier Li Qiang next month.

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Australian federal treasurer Jim Chalmers addresses the media with an economic update at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: ABC

2024 federal budget: What to expect for agriculture

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget on May 14. This is what farm lobby groups are asking for and what the farming sector should expect.

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