Farmers to rally against $12k land access fines
Victorians are due to rally on Parliament’s steps, in a bid to stop laws imposing penalties on anyone blocking transmission companies from entering their land.
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Young Victorian farmers priced out as rural land values skyrocket
While corporate giants snapped up Victoria’s farmland at record prices, the number of young farmers able to buy their first property has plummeted. See the details.
Dairy farmer reveals the hard truth of green drought
Farmers in southwest Victoria are facing their second year of a cruel drought conditions, pushing them to their last dollars.
Management wages double, while fisheries staff are sacked
The wages bill for executives and senior managers at the Victorian Fisheries Authority have doubled in recent years while 36 frontline staff have been sacked.
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A $2.8m program that helped Wimmera Mallee children with maternity care, childcare and paediatric services has been cut by the by the Victorian Government.
Couple brings rare cattle breed to the Macedon Ranges
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Red letter day for ratepayers
Rural councils are stepping up their campaign against the rebranded fire services levy. Here’s their latest move.
Power bills to soar for Victorians
The companies building Victoria’s transmission projects will recover the cost by passing the charges onto households and businesses. See the figures.
Farmers to rally over rural land rights
Farmers, landholders and community groups will gather outside Parliament to express their anger at what is “an onerous and non-Australian way of doing things”.
‘As bad as it’s been in years’: How winter chill is cruelling farmers
A wretched run of freezing temperatures, icy winds and moisture-sapping frosts has hit battling graziers already on edge after an 18-month dry spell.
Victorian farm charged after worker death
A farming company will face court this month after a worker died in a fatal skid steer loader crush two years ago.
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