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What Can The Government Do To Help Our Fuel Supply & Why Aren’t They Doing It?

As an occasional car user (thank you to my very generous housemate), nothing prepared me for the moment I filled up their tank this week and realised a full tank was about a third of my weekly rent. That shock to the system, plus stories about people stockpiling, events quietly…

Devastating bird flu strain 'on Australia's doorstep'

Devastating bird flu strain 'on Australia's doorstep'

Conservation groups are calling for more funding to prepare for the arrival of a deadly bird flu strain believed to have killed billions of animals worldwide.

Victorian Farmers Federation splits from national body over Keep the Sheep rally

Victorian Farmers Federation splits from national body over Keep the Sheep rally

VFF chair Emma Germano says the National Farmers’ Federation is conducting ‘policy by press release’ and no longer represents Victorian farmers

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AEMO ditches community meeting to discuss VNI-West transmission project with farmers

The Australian Energy Market Operator has refused to attend an energy infrastructure consultation meeting in western Victoria after hundreds of people arrived to voice their opposition.

Flood-affected farmers call for more funding to build more resilient infrastructure ahead of third La Niña

The president of the Victorian Farmers Federation says producers are facing further flooding as they as they brace for a third consecutive La Niña.

Victoria floods: How to help Victorian flood victims

Money, items and physical effort and skills are on-hand for victims of this month's floods across Victoria. Here's what is available.

Victorian Farmers Federation rejects call to ban older trucks from Melbourne, Sydney

Research that shows exhaust pollutants kill more than 400 Australians a year is driving a call to ban older vehicles from two capital cities. But farmers say they can't justify the replacement costs.

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Battery caged eggs to be phased out in Australia over the next decade

Battery caged eggs to be phased out in Australia over the next decade

A farmer lobby group says the phasing out of battery caged eggs will have a huge impact on food security in Australia, but advocates say it doesn't come soon enough.

Independent state MPs divided over Victorian Farmers Federation campaigning in their seats

Independent state MPs divided over Victorian Farmers Federation campaigning in their seats

Shepparton’s Suzanna Sheed says VFF should support candidates with track records but Mildura MP is happy for attention

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Water promised to the Murray-Darling Basin won't be delivered, despite PM doubling down on commitment

Water promised to the Murray-Darling Basin won't be delivered, despite PM doubling down on commitment

Hundreds of gigalitres that were promised to the Murray-Darling system by 2024 will be impossible to deliver, investigators have found — but the new federal government is doubling down on the promise.

Victorian Farmers Federation loses expensive Supreme Court battle over farmer membership

Victorian Farmers Federation loses expensive Supreme Court battle over farmer membership

A court finds a decision by Victoria's peak farmer advocacy group to expel a dairy farmer member is invalid with the group forced to pay costs.

How does the war in Ukraine impact food supply?

How does the war in Ukraine impact food supply?

Ukraine feeds 400 million people, science writer and the author Julian Cribb says, and the war with Russia is exacerbating an already alarming global food crisis.

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