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

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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
Don Farrell dashes to Brussels to break EU trade deal deadlock
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Don Farrell dashes to Brussels to break EU trade deal deadlock

The trade minister will ditch his holiday for two days of talks as he tries to get the Europeans to budge on their offer for Australian agricultural products.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Miss Piggy and her feral friends need a price on their heads
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Opinion

Miss Piggy and her feral friends need a price on their heads

Bring back the bounty! No,not the two-piece chocolate covered coconut treat.

  • byBrad Emery
‘Waves of pigs absolutely everywhere’:Feral beasts march across NSW

‘Waves of pigs absolutely everywhere’:Feral beasts march across NSW

Wild pigs are running amok across the state,eating livestock,trampling crops and posing a health risk after a population explosion.

  • byCatherine Naylor
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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
In the orchard,safety net for fruit pickers is full of holes

In the orchard,safety net for fruit pickers is full of holes

More than a year after the Fair Work Commission ruled fruit pickers were entitled to a minimum wage,underpayment is not hard to find in the Goulburn Valley.

  • byKeith Scott
‘Locked out’:Younger farmers struggle to get a foothold as cost of land soars

‘Locked out’:Younger farmers struggle to get a foothold as cost of land soars

Jo Treasure has almost given up on being able to buy her own farming land,as rising costs make it harder for younger farmers to establish themselves in an industry increasingly dominated by bigger players.

  • byCatherine Naylor
The fate of our most significant trade deal hinges on blocking food names,but it shouldn’t
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Trade

The fate of our most significant trade deal hinges on blocking food names,but it shouldn’t

If Europe has its way,Australian producers won’t be able to say they make feta,parmesan or prosecco.

  • byRachel Clun