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Live exportPremiumAlbanese Govt appoints ‘transition advocate’

Federal Labor has finally appointed a ‘transition advocate’ for its live export ban, with a Perth-based CSIRO staffer named the successful candidate eight months after the $1600-a-day role was announced.

Adam Poulsen

RAIL SAFETYPremiumRailFail campaign: Train lighting heats up as election issue

Labor and the Liberals have refused to say whether they would match an election pledge by the WA Nationals to implement lighting regulations for all trains and rolling stock operating in State.

Olivia Ford

LIVE EXPORTPremiumPeak bodies split over sheep shipping ‘transition’ aid

Farming leaders are at loggerheads over whether to engage with Federal Labor’s sheep shipping ban ‘co-design’ process, while the Agriculture Department is refusing to say which groups were invited

Adam Poulsen

WA NewsCommentsPremiumRSPCA funding set to be bolstered five-fold in Labor pledge

The promise, ahead of the March 8 State election, comes after a series of shocking animal welfare incidents.

Jake Dietsch

PROBE UNDER WAYPremiumFinancial scandal rocks PGA as elections loom

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association’s executive is set to meet this week to appoint financial specialists to scour its records after flagging ‘serious’ internal ‘financial misconduct’.

Adam Poulsen, Matt Mckenzie, Jessica Page & Jake Dietsch

state politicsCommentsPremiumPM accused of betraying WA by reviving Nature Positive laws

The legislation - scuttled by the Prime Minister last year following lobbying from Premier Roger Cook - is back on the Government’s agenda.

Jessica Page and Ellen Ransley

‘DIFFICULT PERIOD’PGA ‘will survive’ financial misconduct scandal: Seabrook

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association is ‘far from dead’, president Tony Seabrook has declared, after the powerful lobby group went into voluntary suspension citing serious internal ‘financial misconduct’.

Adam Poulsen

AgriculturePremiumRegulator ‘monitoring’ PGA debacle

WA’s consumer watchdog has pledged to keep a close eye on the Pastoralists and Graziers Association as the lobby group hunts for a missing $2 million.

Matt Mckenzie

AGRI-POLITICS PremiumNFF appoints new chief executive

The National Farmers’ Federation has a new chief executive, with veteran businessman Troy Williams set to take the reins of Australia’s biggest agriculture lobby group.

Adam Poulsen

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumPeter Dutton boldly declares WA can make him prime minister

‘I think there is a significant shift underway.’

Jessica Page

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Liberal ad blitz promises to focus on ‘right priorities’

Sitting on a milk crate with coffee-drinking tradies on a dusty worksite, Libby Mettam has promised in a new election ad to focus on the ‘right priorities’ if the Liberals defy the odds to win the poll.

Jessica Page

‘LAMB’S OFF’PremiumIrreverent ad pokes fun at live export ban

The WA Nationals have launched a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign in the lead up to Australia Day, declaring Federal Labor’s live sheep export ban is ‘bad news for your barbecue’. 

Adam Poulsen

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‘War on weekend’: Nationals launch anti-Labor campaign

Nationals leader Shane Love will claim that the Labor Government’s failure on fishing, four-wheel driving and firearms are an attack on ‘hardworking families who just want to enjoy their time off’.

Dylan Caporn

state politicsPremiumOpposition rails against Labor’s blank cheque for freight

A bid to buy back WA’s regional rail network has been labelled ‘hollow’ by the Nationals, as the Liberal party predicted taxpayers could be forced to fork out a staggering amount.

Jessica Page

NewsDutton’s surprise climate split from Trump

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has revealed he has a different view from US President Donald Trump on a key global issue.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

RENEWABLE ENERGYPremiumBig payoff for Dandaragan shire if new wind farm approved

Plans to build a 79-turbine wind farm on a family-owned wheat and sheep farm at Badgingarra could pump $500,000 a year into an ‘unprecedented’ community benefit fund.

Adam Poulsen & Matthew Paddick

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Ex-cop endorsed as candidate after nomination rejected

A former police officer fired for refusing to take the COVID vaccine has been endorsed as a Liberal candidate after he was twice the only candidate.

Jake Dietsch

Local PoliticsPremiumLabor politician apologises to Nats over social media post

Agricultural Region MLC Sandra Carr has apologised to a Nationals staffer following an online social media post that accused the latter of ‘political weaponising’ the issue of crime in Geraldton.

Matthew Paddick

state politicsPremiumMettam denied protection officers on campaign trail

Senior Liberals raise concerns about the safety of their leader during the election — with Libby Mettam denied protection officers for the campaign trail. 

Dylan Caporn and Jessica Page

STATE POLITICSPremiumCoalition would have a ‘mandate’ to reverse live sheep ban

Nationals leader David Littleproud says the Coalition would have a “mandate” to reverse the Albanese Government’s plan to ban the live sheep trade if it wins the next Federal election

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‘WASTE OF TIME’PremiumALEC boycotts Labor’s sheep ban ‘co-design’ process

Australia’s peak live export body has refused to engage with the Albanese Government as Labor seeks industry’s help to implement a multimillion dollar ‘transition plan’ ahead of its looming sheep shipping ban.

Adam Poulsen

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New gigs for lucky Nationals candidates

As slew of Nationals WA candidates have been appointed as campaign spokespeople from outside of parliament.

Jake Dietsch

Federal ElectionCommentsPremiumTeal wave continues as Moore candidate announced

The teal movement in WA continues to gain momentum, with a candidate named for Moore. 

Joe Spagnolo

LIVE EXPORTPremiumMorocco opens the door to Australian sheep

A Moroccan delegation will visit WA “in the coming weeks” after the signing of new protocols greenlighting the export of Australian sheep, goats, and cattle to the North African nation.

Adam Poulsen