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Agriculture department's financial woes are due to demerger with environment, David Littleproud says
Former agriculture minister David Littleproud says he is "totally surprised" to hear the Agriculture Department is facing hundreds of millions of dollars in cost blowouts, and points the finger at a decision by the Labor government as the cause. → Read More
Agriculture department in dire straits as 'festering' finance problem reaches a head
A federal government department responsible for protecting Australia's "way of life" is on the cusp of requiring a financial bailout, as it falls hundreds of millions of dollars into the red. → Read More
Australian farming sets $90b record after wet weather creates food, fibre bonanza
Good growing conditions and high prices for fresh produce have driven a boom across the farming industry, but will the future be as sunny? → Read More
NSW pleads for more time to meet Murray-Darling obligations ahead of water ministers meeting, election
New South Wales Water Minister Kevin Anderson has announced his state's position ahead of a meeting of water ministers on Friday. → Read More
Murray Watt contacts police after misconduct allegations emerge at APVMA, including staff member urinating on colleagues
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, who launched a review after it was alleged a male staff member urinated on his colleagues, says he contacted the authorities after more allegations emerged at the APVMA. → Read More
Murray-Darling Basin Authority ends contracts with First Nations advisory in northern basin
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is urgently seeking an alternative forum to consult with First Nations communities in the northern basin, after cutting ties with an advisory group it says failed to deliver on contracts. → Read More
Government agency to undergo independent culture review, following allegations staff member urinated on colleagues
An Australian government agency where a male staff member allegedly urinated on his colleagues will have its culture examined by an independent review. → Read More
Higher grocery prices forecast as industry alliance calls for Australian food security plan
Grocery prices in Australia could jump another 8 per cent by this time next year, according to an alliance of food producers and distributors. → Read More
Murray-Darling Basin Authority warns critical basin plan projects will not be completed on time
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority's new CEO warns a number of critical water-saving projects will not be delivered on time. → Read More
Management plan must consider First Nations, climate change, says new Murray-Darling Basin boss
Murray-Darling Authority Basin boss to reveal "great unfinished business of water management" as Basin Plan reaches a 10-year milestone. → Read More
Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping meeting marks potential thawing of relations. Here's what drove the freeze
It's been six years since the Chinese president sat down with an Australian leader, as trade wars, China's growing presence in the Pacific and diplomatic spats soured relations. → Read More
Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says farmers are ready to sell water licences as bureaucrats confirm 50 gigalitres worth of buybacks
The federal water minister says she's received approaches from farmers keen to sell their water licences back to the government. → Read More
Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says Coalition dam money will go towards secret fund to buy water rights from irrigators
Money for dams is reallocated so the Albanese government can buy water entitlements from farmers. → Read More
Federal budget sets up Murray-Darling Basin showdown
The government has announced a plan to buy back water from irrigators for the first time in a decade, setting up a showdown between stakeholders in the Murray-Darling Basin. → Read More
Importers, exporters, farmers look for new way, funding to keep pests and disease like foot-and-mouth out
Fruit is rotting at Australian ports, as staff and funding shortfalls delay the import of produce and risk the destruction of crucial trade relationships, importers say. → Read More
Federal government to pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 per cent
The move is in contrast to the former Coalition government, which refused to sign up to the target, which is already supported by the United States and the European Union. → Read More
Water ministers leave door open on extension to water-saving deadline in Murray-Darling Basin Plan
Australia's water minister has hinted major water-savings deadlines in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan could be extended beyond 2024, as New South Wales claims it has won a commitment for "greater flexibility" to deliver one of the country's biggest environmental reforms. → Read More
The threat of foot-and-mouth disease entering Australia sparked panic. Then what happened?
It was the disease threat that was going to up-end Australia and cost the economy billions. So what happened next with foot-and-mouth disease? → Read More
January 2025 deadline set for mandatory e-tagging of sheep and goats around Australia
Australia's sheep and goat industries have been given a January 2025 deadline for the mandatory implementation of electronic sheep tagging. → Read More
Prime minister's senior farm adviser an ex-campaigner for GetUp who called for end to 'cruel' live animal exports
A senior policy advisor to the prime minister was once a campaigner for GetUp who called for an end to live animal exports and said mainstream farming was "inherently cruel". → Read More