Luke swapped his morning surf to milk 1200 cows. And he’s happy he did

Luke swapped his morning surf to milk 1200 cows. And he’s happy he did

Luke Hall didn’t know what to do after year 12. Then a friend told him about a gap year program with a difference.

  • byCatherine Naylor

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‘Cut tape and tax’:Gina Rinehart reveals eccentric wishlist

‘Cut tape and tax’:Gina Rinehart reveals eccentric wishlist

Australia’s richest person has railed against taxes,bureaucrats and “bird-killing” clean energy in her checklist of measures to help regional Australia.

  • byPeter Milne
How Effie left the land of Plenty

How Effie left the land of Plenty

“When Paul was taking his last breaths,Effie went and found the newspaper story you wrote about their life,and laid it over his body like a shroud.”

  • byJustin McManus
The food weapon:Putin eyes windfall after walking away from deal

The food weapon:Putin eyes windfall after walking away from deal

Vladimir Putin’s decision has global implications for the food industry and could deliver a much-needed boost to Russia’s dwindling coffers.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Joyce’s relocation decision sparked agency’s downward slide:review

Joyce’s relocation decision sparked agency’s downward slide:review

An independent review of the agricultural chemical regulator has issued damning findings about the forced relocation of the agency from Canberra to Barnaby Joyce’s electorate in northern NSW.

  • byMike Foley
Venomous fire ants could spread nationwide as eradication funding stalls

Venomous fire ants could spread nationwide as eradication funding stalls

The potentially deadly pest is poised to march across the country after governments failed to agree on a funding package to continue an eradication program.

  • byMike Foley
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Ministers get cracking on plan to phase out caged eggs in Australia

Ministers get cracking on plan to phase out caged eggs in Australia

The plan to rid Australian shelves of caged eggs was hatched in a meeting of the nation’s agriculture ministers in Perth on Thursday.

  • bySarah Brookes
‘Message to Macron’:Australia ready to walk after EU trade deal deadlock

‘Message to Macron’:Australia ready to walk after EU trade deal deadlock

Trade Minister Don Farrell cancelled his holiday to try to save the EU free trade deal but the bloc won’t budge and Australia won’t agree to its terms.

  • byMike Foley andRachel Clun
‘No certainty’:Avocado grower Costa cautious on US firm’s $1.6b takeover bid

‘No certainty’:Avocado grower Costa cautious on US firm’s $1.6b takeover bid

Australian horticulture giant Costa Group confirmed it received an unsolicited takeover proposal by Paine Schwartz,but said no deal has been struck yet.

  • byJessica Yun
Minister told that beef producers aren’t a deforestation risk

Minister told that beef producers aren’t a deforestation risk

The advice from the federal Agriculture Department to minister Murray Watt contradicts Queensland government data,further complicating trade negotiations with the European Union.

  • byMike Foley
Bank finance helps clear swaths of threatened species habitat

Bank finance helps clear swaths of threatened species habitat

Banks have been urged to change tack after new analysis found hundreds of thousands of hectares of threatened species habitat have been cleared with the help of their financing.

  • byMike Foley