Hay company’s massive fine after dad’s workplace death
The company in charge of a Bridgewater plant where a worker was crushed in a hay-baling machine has been fined 20 times its bank balance over the death.
Victoria
‘Hit and miss’: Concerns about wild dog fence reliability
It was trumpeted as “first line defence” but the electric fence erected to control wild dogs in Tallangatta is now “hit and miss” – with no staff to maintain it.
Little Desert farmers begin fire recovery
Judy Ellis is one of many farmers reinstating her fencing after the Little Desert National Park fires. Meanwhile, BlazeAid volunteers set up camp at Nhill to continue their efforts.
Fire levy debate: ‘It’s a surrogate land tax’
Local government and farmers are rallying to oppose the Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund, as one council projects a 164 per cent cost increase to its farmers.
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VFF: Where is our regional road funding?
The announcement of a ‘suburban road blitz’ has angered regional Victorians wanting their fair share of road funding.
Mallee dingoes to be radio-tracked
Northwest Victorian dingoes will be radio collared and tracked. But will farmers have access to the data to protect their sheep?
Two Victorian farms listed for $22m-plus combined
Beef and chicken are on the menu with the separate sales of an iconic rural holding in South Gippsland and a 82ha poultry enterprise. See the details.
Pioneering sunflower farm still drawing the crowds
Despite a major dry run, Victoria’s first pick-your-own sunflower farm has seen city-based families flocking to see the golden paddocks.
Meet the horseman who’s a mule-training expert
Noel Wiltshire started horseriding when he was aged four. But he also has 30 years experience in handling and training mules as working animals.
Victorian authority denies Bass Strait Freight permit
A southwest Victorian authority has denied a freight company’s plea to use a port which could bolster competition for livestock producers.
‘Birds dropping out of the sky’: Wimmera farmers detail firefront
The Little Desert National Park fire burnt 95,000ha earlier this year leaving farmers scrambling to save their stock and properties.
How just four dahlias turned into 18,000 at Bungaree
Lorelie Merton discovered her love for flower breeding and growing going on to build up her farm to house 18,000 plantings.
‘Unacceptable threat’: Councillors vote against battery plant
A first-term councillor has led a successful charge to oppose a lithium battery plant in North East Victoria. See the latest.
‘It’s like we’ve just sterilised the country we’ve been working on’
Wimmera farmers affected by the rapid Little Desert bushfire are facing a difficult road to recovering their scorched paddocks.
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