The Albanese government and Australian Greens have struck a deal over amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan legislation, in what has been labelled 'the worst possible outcome' for farmers and the Plan itself.
Farmers, small business owners, community members and local government representatives in Griffith, Deniliquin and Leeton made their message clear: No more water buybacks from farmers – there is a better way.
Research on the Goulburn River in Victoria’s part of the Murray-Darling Basin shows recovery of additional water for the environment does not guarantee environmental outcomes.
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?
In a 'post-truth world', where anti-farming policies prevail and politicians are 'looking for easy answers', serious concerns are being raised about food and fibre security.
Last week, Australian agriculture told Trade Minister Don Farrell to keep the signing pen in his pocket if the EU put a dud deal on the table, and he's done just that.
A new campaign calling out "anti-farming policies" which "threaten to shave billions off farm production" has come as a shock to federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt.
A National Farmer Priorities Survey survey of more than 1,600 farmers has confirmed falling confidence and raised concerns about the Albanese Government.
The independent panel tasked with advising the government on how and when to phase out live sheep exports now has until October 25 to deliver its report.
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