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Police Minister Reece Whitby and Liberal MLC Steve Thomas.

GUN LAWSPremium‘Transition period’ for gun laws welcomed

The State Government has been forced to implement a 90-day transition period for its major overhaul of gun laws after firearm owners were left totally confused.

Cally Dupe and Jessica Page

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

FEDERAL BUDGETPremiumAustralian ag left ‘underwhelmed’ by Federal Budget

Australian agriculture has been left underwhelmed with Labor’s Federal Budget, but industry leaders hope more cash will be splashed during the Federal election campaign.  

Cally Dupe

Flooding in south-western Queensland has had a devastating impact on livestock.

MASS FLOODING PremiumMore than 100,000 livestock killed or missing in QLD floods

More than 100,000 livestock are believed to have died or been lost in the Queensland floods as graziers brace for further rainfall from remnants of an ex-cyclone. 

Cally Dupe

A Wheatbelt road.

ROAD TOLLPremiumWA road toll at near-decade high after Wheatbelt crashes

WA’s road toll is at its highest in nearly a decade, with two drivers killed in separate Wheatbelt crashes at the weekend and the number of people that have died on the State’s roads now at 50 this year. 

Cally Dupe

Pingelly Quality Meats owner Maurice Gait with his award-winning ham.

$20k giftPremiumPingelly council offers 20K and home to new butcher owner

A Wheatbelt council is offering $20,000 to whoever buys the town’s only butcher shop as the current owners step back from the award-winning business.

Hannah Whitehead

Brownes Dairy CEO Natalie Sarich-Dayton.

RetailCommentsPremiumBrownes’ revenue, profit lift boosted by overseas markets

WA’s oldest dairy, Brownes, has reported a lift in full-year profit and revenue in what boss Natalie Sarich-Dayton says was fuelled by the brand’s positive reception in the UK and South-East Asia.

Cheyanne Enciso

A Keep the Sheep protester outside St John of God Midland Public Hospital where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and WA Premier Roger Cook were making a major funding announcement on Monday.

KEEP THE SHEEPPremiumKeep the Sheep campaigners crash Prime Minister’s WA visit

Keep the Sheep protesters made themselves heard as Anthony Albanese rolled into WA this week.

Cally Dupe and Matthew Paddick

Anthony Albanese visits Nathaniel’s Coffee and Panini with Premier Peter Malinauskas and Labor Candidate for Sturt Claire Clutterham in Adelaide on Tuesday.

Federal PoliticsCommentsLevy call poised to overshadow PM’s key election plank

Anthony Albanese faced a barrage of questions on Tuesday about why he had been unable to secure a phone call with US President Donald Trump ahead of an expected fresh round of punishing US tariffs.

Nicola Smith and Katina Curtis

ABARES will hold an independent review into the Australian chicken meat supply chain.

Chicken supply reviewPremiumABARES to conduct chicken meat supply chain review

ABARES has been commissioned to conduct an independent review into the relationship between growers and integrated producers in the Australian chicken meat supply chain.

Bob Garnant

Pastoralists are heading back to court to try claim compensation.

Cattle ban compoPremiumPastoralists head back to court for export ban compensation

Northern Australia’s cattle industry is heading back to court to resolve a long-running class action against the Federal Government’s 2011 live export ban, with hundreds of pastoralists yet to see a cent.

Cally Dupe

The Australian Fodder Industry Association will host a ‘Hay Meetup’ in York, bringing together farmers, contractors, exporters and anyone interested in growing the fodder community.

Hay MeetupPremiumThe Australian Fodder Industry Association presents forum

The Australian Fodder Industry Association will host a “Hay Meetup” in York this Saturday, bringing together farmers, contractors, exporters, and anyone interested in growing the fodder community

Bob Garnant

Kate Chaney launches her campaign in City Beach.

BAN PLANPremiumKate Chaney doubles down on live export comments

Curtin MP Kate Chaney has finally confirmed on-record that she would support legislation to repeal the Federal Government’s live export ban if it was put to a vote. 

Cally Dupe

Tabitha Dowding — the granddaughter of former Premier Peter Dowding — has been named as the Labor candidate for the seat of Forrest.

Federal electionPremiumLabor and Nationals announce Federal candidate for Forrest

Labor and the Nationals have finally thrown their hats into the ring for the seat of Forrest, with both parties naming candidates to take on Ben Small, Georgia Beardman and Sue Chapman at the federal election

Ezra Kaye

With the two $21,000 equal top-priced bulls, secured by the Mouritz family, of Hyden and Margaret River, were Mordallup stud representatives Bec and Diana Muir, of Manjimup, with their father and Mordallup studmaster Mark Muir, and Nutrien Landmark agent Ben Cooper with his son Harrison, 9.

Mordallup bull salePremiumMordallup yearling bulls reach a top of $21,000

Two Manjimup-bred bulls shared the $21,000 equal top price at the Muir family’s Mordallup Yearling Angus Bull Sale when a contingent of repeat buyers put up appreciating bids on the quality line-up.

Bob Garnant

The WA Youth Cattle Camp has landed in Brunswick for its 20th year.

Cattle campPremiumWA’s only youth cattle camp celebrates 20 years running

WA’s only youth cattle camp returns to Brunswick for its 20th year running, giving up-and-coming cowpokes looking to enter the industry a chance to hit the field.

Craig Duncan

WA lamb forward contract prices are on the rise.

PRICE RISEPremiumV&V Walsh lifts forward contract lamb prices to $8.20/kg top

WA livestock processor V&V Walsh has released forward contracts for the supply of trade and supermarket lambs to its Bunbury abattoir, with prices up more than $50/head on last year’s forward contracts.

Cally Dupe and Bob Garnant

Keep the Sheep signage on Albany Highway in Gosnells.

VANDALS STRIKEPremiumKeep the Sheep signs sliced to pieces on major roads

Keep the Sheep signs on Riverside Drive and Tonkin Highway been targeted by vandals, with pro-live export paraphernalia sliced through the middle and others ripped down entirely.

Cally Dupe

Anthony Albanese and Labor have turned around sliding voter support as the Federal Election hits the first full week, according to a new wave of polling. 

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Federal election 2025Comments
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Budget helps Labor turn poll figures around

Anthony Albanese has jetted into Perth ahead of his first campaign appearance in WA on the back of a wave of improved polls, showing Labor improving its chances of a second term. 

Nicola Smith and Dylan Caporn

A three-month ceasefire has been confirmed as the Premier and police insist safety — not punishment — will be the primary objective when new gun laws come into effect on Monday.

state politicsPremiumGun owners given 90-day warning as crackdown begins

A three-month ceasefire has been confirmed as the Premier and police insist safety — not punishment — will be the primary objective when new gun laws come into effect today.

Jessica Page

Bunbury surgeon Sue Chapman has accepted 87 anonymous donations included some that totalled $100,000, $25,000, $12,500 and $10,000 despite her website promising “greater transparency and accountability”.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
federal election 2025CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Anonymous donors bankroll WA teal’s ‘transparent’ campaign

Anonymous donations are boosting a WA teal candidate’s campaign, despite her website promising ‘greater transparency and accountability’, it can be revealed.

Jessica Page

A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree in the Wheatbelt, while another driver has been taken to hospital. 

EmergencyPremiumDriver dies after truck crashes into tree in Wheatbelt

A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree, while another driver has been taken to hospital. 

Dylan Caporn

Flood-ravaged communities could be cut off for weeks after widespread rain across two states. (HANDOUT/ANTHONY GLASSON)

WeatherPremiumFloods cut off communities for weeks, livestock at risk

Authorities in several states are warning flooding could isolate some residents for weeks with hundreds of roads cut off and thousands of livestock at risk.

Callum Godde, Farid Farid and Aaron Bunch

Female entrepreneurs are often overlooked by male investors, Skye Raward said. (HANDOUT/Farmers2Founders)

Countryman NewsPremiumWomen 'rewriting narrative' in male-dominated industry

Support programs designed to help female business founders to break into the agrifood-tech sector are opening doors for entrepreneurs.

Maeve Bannister

As focus shifts to the crossbenchers who will wield power in this term, Ms Saffioti has slapped down any expectations of an eagerness to fund commitments in exchange for passing laws. 

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
State PoliticsCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Saffioti puts new Upper House crossbenchers on notice

Rita Saffioti has issued a stern fiscal warning to new Upper House crossbenchers who have eyes for the State’s significant surplus —  Labor won’t blow the bank to pass bills.

Dylan Caporn