NORTHERN Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has announced a $20,295 grant for GLENRAC which will be used to purchase a new tandem trailer for field work including to transport material between farms for revegetation site preparation. Mr Moylan visited GLENRAC in Glen Innes...
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Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series
Sustainable fishing charity OzFish and social enterprise Reflections Holidays are launching the Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series, a series of angling competitions held in NSW’s premier fishing destinations across three weekends in 2024 and 2025. A series of...
NSW Mapping is Wrong: Moylan
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan remains concerned about the ramifications of changes to the Native Vegetation Regulatory Mapping legislation being pushed by the NSW Government. Speaking on STA FM this week, Mr Moylan says several years ago the government mapped...
Farmers to Rally for the Future
NSW Farmers is urging everyone to support a pro-farming rally to be held in the nation’s capital on September 10.NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin said the rally on the doorstep of Parliament House would be a landmark moment in the fight to protect food and fibre...
Kean Hits Back at Joyce at Bush Summit
Climate Change Authority Chair and former NSW Liberal Treasurer Matt Kean has hit back at New England MP Barnaby Joyce saying the energy crisis Australians are facing is current and not 20 yrs down the track. At a Bush Summit held in Orange this week, both Mr Joyce...
Supermarkets Cash In Despite Cost of Living
The state’s peak farm body says the billion-dollar profits of the major supermarkets are a reminder that Australian families are paying the price for competition policy failures.Coles posted a $1.1 billion annual profit on Tuesday, while Woolworths announced a $1.7...
Farm Productivity Must Be Top Priority
The state’s peak farm body has welcomed news that an Independent Agriculture Commissioner for NSW is on the way as farmers fight for a fairer future.Today NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty announced legislation would be introduced in September to appoint an...
Finds and Fines Highlight Strength of Australia’s Biosecurity System
Australia’s robust biosecurity system will be front and centre for the inaugural National Biosecurity Week from 26 to 30 August 2024. Biosecurity threats can be brought in with travellers, sent through the post, come through in cargo or even blow in on the wind....
Farmer Confidence Drops Towards Government
Farmer sentiment towards the Federal Government’s policy agenda has continued to slide by up to 39% in the second National Farmer Priorities Survey by the National Farmers’ Federation in partnership with Seftons. The survey of 1,026 farmers found heightened levels of...