Farming
Fishers and farmers already rationing fuel as diesel prices cripple producers
Fishers are being forced to ration fuel and scale back fishing trips, while farmers are facing tough decisions to reduce livestock, as fuel and fertiliser prices skyrocket.
- Jessica McSweeney
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Prosecco, feta, luxury cars: Long-delayed Europe trade deal finally a reality
The historic free trade pact, which has been eight years in the making, will increase Australian red meat exports and allow producers to use names formerly considered “geographic indicators”.
- Matthew Knott
‘Offensive’: Farmers and green groups lash Allan government over deer
With an estimated 1 million feral deer in Victoria causing untold damage to farms and the environment, farming and green groups have thrown down the gauntlet.
- Bianca Hall
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- Petrol prices
Regional diesel runs dry as metro panic-buying hits WA farms
WA farmers face three-week wait times for regular fuel supply deliveries, with fears it could affect seeding and harvesting season.
- Indigo Lemay-Conway
‘No need for panic’: Bowen calls urgent summit as fuel fears grip regions
Farmers want security for fuel and fertiliser right now, saying that the next two weeks are critical for supplying “next year’s bread, pasta and Weet-Bix”.
- Mike Foley
Minister demands national fuel plan as Queensland farmers ‘on precipice’
The state government said importers were favouring bigger markets, meaning regional retailers – and the primary industries they served – could be hit with shortages and high prices.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Revealed: How salmon politics trumped the environment
A freedom-of-information release reveals formal advice that salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour should cease while approval is reconsidered under federal environmental laws. The government backed the industry instead.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Iran crisis to hit prices of bread, beer, drugs and online shopping
Price hikes will flow to consumers as global trade chaos derails everything from farmers plans for their paddocks and international mail.
- Mike Foley and Elias Visontay
A protest vote is brewing in Sussan Ley’s seat – but it won’t be simple
Like many Australians, dairy farmer Nick Flanagan finds his WhatsApp group chat is a good barometer of what people are thinking about politics. Its contents will worry the Coalition.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Biodiversity
‘On extinction path’: Land clearing laws failing native species
An area of high-biodiversity land in NSW equivalent to four Sydney Harbours was cleared between 2016 and 2023, new research says.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons