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The Emerson interim report into the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct has called for the Code to be mandatory, not voluntary, and “should be strengthened to better protect suppliers, with new protections against retribution, since suppliers’ fear of retribution compromises the Code’s effectiveness.”

The Emerson interim report into the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct has called for the Code to be mandatory, not voluntary, an...

Agriculture was a hot topic in the second week of Parliament sittings this year – with the biosecuri...

The fate of the cargo on the live export ship MV Bahijah remains up the air after the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and ...

The months of industrial action and delays across Australia’s sea freight terminals has come to an e...

Cattle Australia (CA) is demanding an equitable resolution of the long-running class action over the unlawful closure of the li...

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is searching for a new Managing Director after Jason Strong’s resignation late last year.<...

Craig Emerson will lead the 2023-24 review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.

An inquiry into food security has identified a need for a Minister For Food in Australia.

Improved accountability would boost progress on the Murray–Darling Basin Plan, but the governme...

The inaugural National Farmer Priorities Survey survey of more than 1,600 farmers has confirmed falling confidence within...

Agriculture was a hot topic in the second week of Parliament sittings this year – with the biosecurity levy and net-zero emissions targets for the industry in the spotlight. 
The Department of Agriculture has rejected the latest application for the re-export of livestock held on the MV Bahijah.
Industrial action, which has led to exporters needing to remove containers from terminals due to over month-long delays, has ended after months of disruptions to Australia’s sea freight terminals.
Cattle Australia is demanding an equitable resolution of the long-running class action over the unlawful closure of the live cattle export trade in 2011.
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is searching for a new Managing Director.
Craig Emerson will lead the 2023-24 review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.
Year-long federal Agriculture Committee inquiry finds food security presents real and growing challenges to the nation, recommends Food Minister.
Polling shows 66% of Australians support the reintroduction of voluntary water buybacks, but most of the 118 submissions to the Senate inquiry into the government’s rewrite of the 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan oppose the legislation. Who will the government listen to?
A National Farmer Priorities Survey survey of more than 1,600 farmers has confirmed falling confidence and raised concerns about the Albanese Government.

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