Five Victorian solar farms switched off due to bushfire concerns
A foreign-owned renewable energy company has had five of its solar farms shut down due to concerns vegetation was not being managed.
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Cherry farmer to spend six-figure sum after worker’s hand injury
A Victorian fruit grower will spend an estimated $220,000 to improve health and safety after a worker’s hand was caught and degloved in a conveyor belt.
Horrific drought grips Victoria, thousands left to haul in water
Water tanks dry, households rationing drinking water, animals parched — this is the reality for thousands of Victorian families and farmers struggling through the worst drought seen in almost two decades.
Wind and solar win levy discount
“The fact that renewable energy companies will have their levy capped stinks,” says Normanville farmer Bec Marshall.
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‘Starting to make decisions about selling or closing up their business’
Governments are under fire from businesses in the Grampians and other parts of western Victoria for a lack of bushfire recovery funding.
‘Hypocrisy’ as volunteers left with hundreds of ageing CFA trucks
Volunteers across the state have battled fires in 230 30-year-old CFA tankers while public servants’ cars are replaced every three years.
‘As difficult as we have seen since 2006’
With parts of western Victoria the driest it has been in 20 years, farmers and residents have revived a plan for a pipeline to secure the region’s water future.
Fourth Avian influenza case detected at Victorian poultry farms
A fourth farm has been hit with avian influenza, all of which are in close proximity in North East Victoria. See the latest.
Man arrested amid alleged fraudulent mining documents
A Horsham man has been arrested for questioning after reports of fraudulently-prepared documents related to a mining project’s proposal.
Chicken meat industry pulls out of sharing avian influenza costs
Egg prices are set to soar with producers and consumers set to cover the full 20 per cent of the industry’s share of response costs.
Victorian government propose fee for PIC changes
Farmers will be forced to pay a fee to “periodically” update their property identification codes, under an Allan Government proposal.
Toxic smoke warning after Victorian solar farm fire
Firefighters have rushed to the scene of the latest fire at a solar farm in regional Victoria. See the details.
‘It’s a mine in the wrong place’
East Gippsland farmers are preparing to oppose a mining project for the second time after it was first rejected three years ago.
More preventive burns needed, says ex-forest boss
A former chief of CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products has called for a preventive burns policy rethink. Here’s why.
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