Labor’s Nature Positive agenda is under fresh doubt after controversial legislation was pulled following a major business backlash sparked by fears of an imminent deal with the Greens.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
West Australian firearms owners have handed over more than 38,000 guns as part of the State Government’s buyback program, with 6000 licence holders surrendering all their weapons.
Dylan Caporn and Joe Spagnolo
Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins was a no-show at a major farming rally in Canberra on Tuesday.
Adam Poulsen
Draped in a ‘Keep the Sheep’ scarf, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has told a major farming rally in Canberra that the Coalition will repeal the live export ban if it wins the next Federal election.
Thousands of fed-up farmers will descend on Canberra on Tuesday to vent their fury at the Federal Government’s agriculture agenda, including the live sheep export ban.
Attendees at the Nationals’ Firearm and Fishing Forum expressed their concerns over gun laws, saying the majority have been kept in the dark on whether or not they are still allowed to legally possess firearms.
Matthew Paddick
Mobile coverage will be improved along two stretches of highway in WA’s Wheatbelt, Goldfields and Great Southern regions after State and Federal Labor pledged $16 million in joint funding.
The Federal Government’s decision to declare an offshore wind farm zone in the South West has received mixed reactions, despite the zone being reduced in size by about half.
Oliver Lane and Sean Van Der Wielen
With a controversial offshore windfarm taking its next steps, State shadow energy minister Steve Thomas has suggested Scott River as a better fit for wind energy production
Oliver Lane
The State Government has expanded its quarantine area of the tree-killing polyphagous shot-hole borer in a bid to curb its spread.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Anthony Albanese has stuck to the agriculture department-approved lines on the shutdown of live sheep exports, while leaving the door open for the $107 million transition package to increase.
Katina Curtis and Dylan Caporn
There’s been one very notable exception from Anthony Albanese’s WA cabinet roadshow this week.
New documents reveal Canberra bureaucrats advised new Agriculture Minister Julie Collins how to communicate with angry sheep farmers.
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis
A controversial plan to put an offshore wind farm zone in Geographe Bay has taken a significant step forward with the minister announcing the next steps.
Labor and the Nationals have become embroiled in a stoush — with legal action threatened — stemming from an irate patron confronting Labor politicians at an agricultural show over the live sheep export ban.
Anthony Albanese is poised to make a major concession on his Government’s planned environmental watchdog in a bid to get it through Parliament before the election.
Katina Curtis
A shot-hole borer scare in WA’s South West has put councils on edge — sparking calls for a greater awareness campaign to stop the spread of the tree-killing beetle.
David Littleproud has fired off at Anthony Albanese, saying the Prime Minister has treated WA with total disregard by stopping the live sheep trade.
Joe Spagnolo
Premier Roger Cook is ‘disappointed’ at a local shire who approved a Gypsy Jokers-run burn out event, saying the decision will waste police resources.
Jake Dietsch
Councilors at the Shire of Beverley have approved a Gypsy Jokers-run burnout event to be held next month, despite WA Police demanding they reject the dirt drags event over its links to the criminal gang.
Caleb Runciman
WA Premier Roger Cook has revealed Anthony Albanese ‘clarified’ his live export joke when the pair spoke ahead of a visit to the State next week.
Dylan Caporn
The State Government has no intention to establish a dedicated emergency rescue helicopter base in Geraldton despite desperate pleas from emergency service volunteers and leaders in the Mid West region.
Jessica Moroney
Anthony Albanese’s hand-picked envoy for northern Australia has railed against ‘down south narcissism’ and backed in the live cattle trade to continue.
The WA Nationals are coming for Libby Mettam, with leader Shane Love declaring he wants to run a candidate in her seat of Vasse at the next state Election.
