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Cook Government must provide answers on asbestos risk in regional wind farms: Love
Leader of The Nationals WA Shane Love MLA has called out the Cook Labor Government for its failure to provide clear answers or decisive action following revelations that asbestos has been discovered in the lift brake pads of wind turbines imported into Australia from China.
Shining a new light on a Beaudesert treasure
Scenic Rim Regional Council has unveiled new lighting and a story marker to honour The Pathway of the Pioneers, a bicentennial mural created in 1988 by the late Florence Brook and the Beaudesert Potters Group.
Destruction of nature for transmission infrastructure proves biodiversity offsets are nature negative: Higginson
Labor Premier Chris Minns and Environment Minister Penny Sharpe are facing criticism from multiple sides of politics over their handling of the Central West Orana REZ following revelations that scores of native vegetation had been cleared to make way for a renewable energy project. An estimated 670 trees have been cleared, including critically endangered hollow bearing trees which make up habitat for koalas, glossy black cockatoos, little eagles, squirrel gliders and eastern pygmy possums.
Farmers will pay for Labor’s rushed EPBC Act reforms: Littleproud
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud said Labor’s rushed Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBCA) Act reforms are a confusing mess, with the Department unable to guarantee farmers won’t experience a financial loss due to the new changes.
Australia’s first River Repair Boat set to launch in Ballina: OzFish
OzFish, Australia’s only fish habitat restoration charity, is set to launch the nation’s first dedicated River Repair Boat at a special public event at Faulks Reserve Boat Ramp, Ballina, at 3 pm on Friday, 5 December 2025.
New Practice Note – Capability maturity: assessments and targets for severe to catastrophic disasters
Organisations with emergency management responsibilities must be capable of preparing and managing severe to catastrophic disasters. Practice Note 3: Capability maturity: assessments and targets for severe to catastrophic disasters presents a capability assessment tool that organisations can use to assess their capability maturity to adequately prepare for and manage severe to catastrophic disasters.
2025–26 shaping up as a landmark year for Australian agriculture: ABARES
Australia’s combined agriculture, fisheries and forestry production is on track to reach a record-breaking $106.4 billion in 2025–26, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) December quarter reports.
Regional patients left behind by Metro Tunnel connections: Cleeland
The Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland MP, has criticised the Allan Labor Government for designing the Metro Tunnel around Melbourne priorities while leaving regional Victorians to battle difficult, impractical connections.
NFF secures breakthrough on Right to Repair for farmers
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has secured a Federal Government commitment to extend Right to Repair reforms to agricultural machinery, hailing it a historic win for farmers and a direct result of years of advocacy from the farm sector.
Warning on state’s hidden fire danger: NSW Farmers Association
Farmers have warned the state’s national parks have become ticking time bombs for bushfires this summer. As authorities continued to confiscate large swathes of land to form national parks, NSW Farmers’ President Xavier Martin said vital resources to properly manage bushfire risks on public land had failed to follow.
Stronger export markets accommodate record Australian beef production: Rabobank
With ongoing increases in cattle slaughter and high carcass weights, Australia’s 2025 beef production is set to break new ground with record volumes, according to a new report by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank. Beef exports though are also up for the year – and will potentially also reach record levels – well and truly accommodating the increased supply.
Summer celebration with Australian macadamias
To welcome the season of festive fun, Australian Macadamias has unveiled a new hero recipe that’s made for sharing, the Cherry and macadamia celebration sponge. Light, luscious and layered with seasonal cherries, soft billows of whipped cream and a generous scattering of roasted macadamias, this cake really is a showstopper.
Statement on EPBC: NFF
Hamish McIntyre. Farmers have been left bitterly disappointed by the deal between the Government and the Greens on environmental reform ... the NFF has supported genuine reform, but not this deal. Our key concern is the announcement of ‘closer controls’ of ‘high risk land clearing’. The specifics of this remain unclear, and we are urgently calling for clarity.
Albanese Government to pass historic environmental reforms: Albanese, Watt
The Albanese Government’s landmark environmental law reforms will pass the Parliament this week, heralding a new era for the environment and productivity in Australia. More than five years after Professor Graeme Samuel handed down his independent review into the nation’s 25-year-old environmental laws, the Government’s Environment Protection Reform Bill will be passed with the support of the Greens in the Senate.
A secure and sustainable future for the forestry industry: Collins, Watt, Ayres
The industry is of such strategic importance to the Australian community we today designate it a priority industry under our Future Made in Australia plans.
Global supply supports domestic structural timber availability: ABARES
Enough structural timber is expected to be available to build Australian homes until at least 2050, according to an ABARES Insights paper.
Preparing for a hotter, drier Basin: MDBA
The Murray–Darling Basin is virtually certain to become hotter, rainfall likely to become more variable, and droughts very likely to become more frequent and severe, a new publication from the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has found. The MDBA ... released the 2025 Murray–Darling Basin Outlook — a forward-looking assessment...
Farms could be our secret climate weapon, QUT-led study finds: QUT
The world’s farms could become one of the most powerful tools in the fight against climate change according to a new international study led by QUT. Published in Plant Physiology, the paper lays out a framework to assess how plant agriculture and synthetic biology innovations can help mitigate climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon storage.
Norco marks two sweet years of ice cream production at Lismore factory
Delivers almost $50 million of economic activity to the Lismore region, more than the value of the government funding that supported the factory rebuild. Last Friday, Norco – Australia’s oldest and last operating dairy co-operative – celebrated two years since its iconic Lismore ice cream factory reopened its doors and resumed production following the 2022 floods which decimated the factory and left it out of action for eighteen months.
Country Mayors renew vows with LGNSW: CMA
The Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) and Local Government New South Wales (LGNSW) have a strong and mutually supportive relationship, according to CMA Chairman Mayor Rick Firman OAM. He and LGNSW President, Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM signed an extended and updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the first day of the 2025 LGNSW Annual Conference in Penrith on Sunday.
Making a big stink: Local dung beetles turn crap into gold for WA’s wheatbelt farmers
A concerned conversation on flies spoiling glasses of Chardonnay in WA’s world-renowned Margaret River wine region has unexpectedly inspired a ground-breaking soil health project hundreds of kilometres away - and the results are already reshaping how WA’s wheatbelt landholders/farmers manage their landscapes.
Crime down, victims down, public drinking in focus: Finocchiaro, Edgington
The Finocchiaro CLP Government today released its Banned Drinkers Register Review as the latest crime data is released across the Territory. Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the Territory’s latest crime statistics, covering January to September this year compared with the same period last year, show an 8.3 per cent reduction in victims of crime, with 1,635 fewer Territorians becoming victims.
