Queensland to boost foot and mouth disease readiness News The Queensland government has announced new biosecurity measures to tackle the spread of foot and mouth disease. The $20 million package was announced yesterday at
Federal plan to make agricultural innovation ‘modern’ October 12, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social David Littleproud has released a statement outlining the federal government’s funding priorities for the next decade to help modernise Australia’s agricultural innovation system, just over
Union to take on fruit pickers’ minimum wage case July 12, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) is seeking a guaranteed minimum wage for fruit pickers before the Fair Work Commission this week. The AWU’s case will
NSW government throws mice-plagued farmers a lifeline June 13, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Rebates for farmers to purchase zinc phosphide are being offered by the state government, which has extended a scheme to assist primary producers with the
New programs to help farmers and communities build drought resilience May 24, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The federal government is partnering with its state and territory counterparts to deliver programs that will help farmers and regional communities better prepare for and
Premium Insights and analysis Generating jobs and natural capital in regional Australia. Budgeting in the public interest post-COVID, part III April 8, 2021 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry Geoff Edwards outlines a few programs to generate employment in rural/regional Australia while restoring natural capital, in part III of ‘Budgeting in the public interest
Why Indian farmers are so angry about the Modi government’s agricultural reforms February 3, 2021 By Bhavani Shankar Editors' Picks India’s farmers have been protesting since the autumn, with a growing intensity that culminated in a violent breaching of barriers in the Red Fort in
Here’s how a smart field-to-fork network could revolutionise our food system November 19, 2020 By Lindsay Suddon Economy & Industry In May the EU revealed its new Field to Fork strategy, a comprehensive plan to overhaul food production at every stage to make it more resilient
NSW on the hunt for cow cop December 20, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Careers The New South Wales government is accepting applications for its first state agriculture commissioner. The commissioner will be tasked with overseeing the development and implementation
Stakeholders slam APVMA’s new ‘non-controversial’ board September 20, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Representatives from the agriculture and veterinary sector have opposed the federal government’s decision to reintroduce a board to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Committee unsure about dairy public servant’s role, despite being paid $800 a day September 13, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The person recently tasked with representing NSW’s dairy industry has no statutory powers despite earning $800 a day, a NSW Parliamentary committee has revealed. Ian
Logged out: farmers in Far North Queensland are being left behind by the digital economy August 18, 2019 By Amber Marshall Economy & Industry Farming families and communities in Queensland’s remote north are being left behind by the digital economy, putting them at significant social and economic disadvantage. Our
Labor argues federal flood-recovery agency a needless layer of bureaucracy April 24, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the federal government’s North Queensland flood-recovery office is a needless “layer of time-eating bureaucracy” and the salary of its
Budgeting for drought March 26, 2019 By John Freebairn Economy & Industry Farming is a risky business. Seasonal conditions are always variable – ranging from drought back to normal and then onto above average rainfall, as well
