Farmers are dismayed and action groups are vowing to fight on as NSW authorities approve the controversial Narrabri gas project, but others are celebrating the potential benefits.
Friends of a Tiawanese backpacker, whose body was discovered four days after a car crash, say they raised concerns when he didn't show up for work in the North Burnett.
Tributes flow for Richard Doggett, a former macadamia society board member, who has died in an accident on his nut farm in northern New South Wales.
Colin McGillivray has been shearing sheep since the 1940s but he's "never had a sore back" and has no intention of giving up his passion in life.
One of Australia's biggest meat exporters says the disruption caused by strikes at Port Botany could lead to clients cancelling orders and ultimately impacting farmers and regional communities.
A La Nina weather pattern could finally put an end to the drought in parts of Australia, but for some it has raised concerns about potential cyclones and flooding.
Once quite widespread, these 'very endearing' native molluscs are one threat away from being extinct. So when bushfires struck, scientists kept the marine animals safe in a lab. Now they have returned home to breed.
Three Australian wine businesses have been asked to complete a questionnaire by the Chinese government regarding investigations into dumping.
One thousand tonnes of cattle ration is milled each day to feed 78,000 head at Australia's biggest feedlot.
Tourism operators across Queensland report a bumper school holiday period, with some experiencing the best season in more than a decade.
It costs $25,000 a day when container ships are delayed and shipping companies are recouping that cost from customers, adding several hundred dollars to the cost of a container for exporters of meat, wool, cotton and grains.
Authorities are investigating a "filthy and a greasy substance" in the Plenty River near the heritage Salmon Ponds hatchery after 105,000 brown trout fry die.
Paddle-steamer operators are celebrating the NSW Government's decision to allow most Victorians to enjoy a favourite holiday destination once again.
The Federal Government weighs into a dispute that is delaying 10 freight carriers at the Port of Botany, saying it will back a bid by stevedore Patricks to halt industrial action.
Shearing is a tough job, but many young Victorians are travelling from across the state to learn the skill, with record numbers attending shearing and wool-handling classes this year.
Farmers have spent years "praying for rain", but now people are desperately hoping rain won't cause major issues in the final countdown to harvest.
A major strategic plan shows Australia's dairy industry could generate an additional $500 million in value at the farm gate within four years, and would grow to produce almost 1 billion litres more milk.
The tight-knit Charters Towers community is mourning the death of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was killed in what has been described as a freak farming accident on Friday night.
Eidsvold State School, west of Bundaberg, revives an ancient language, builds resilience and improves attendance rates — and that's all before the school day starts.
One of the most sought-after nuts of the decade could soon become more sustainable as scientists breed improved self-fertile varieties to make almond trees less dependent on the weather.
The logistics of running a remote pearl farm have been extra complicated and extra expensive this year for Autore Pearls. But the harvest is now done and the company feels there's some hope on the horizon.
For five generations, Charles Massy's family rode on the sheep's back and nearly destroyed their land in the process. But going back to nature changed his property and turbocharged a "revolution".
Meatworks in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will be able to increase workforce numbers under the next step of the state's roadmap to recovery.
International airline pilots are being retrained to operate harvest machinery as COVID-19 grounds flights and keeps farm workers from where they are needed.
Rote learning is off the books at Tasman District School as students take classes with livestock to make the theoretical practical.
The man who supplied the flowers given to medallists at the 2000 Games reveals his floral arrangements came very close to not arriving at the starting line.
Usually when it comes to rain, farmers always want more — but just weeks out from the first harvest in four years for many growers, the timing of rain could ruin the crops they have nurtured for months.
The workers will spend hours toiling in the hot sun thousands of kilometres from family, but the opportunity to earn nine times what is possible at home is too good to miss, and there are already more people waiting for the next flight to Australia.
In a moving documentary about the impact of the pandemic, Anna shares her despair after loved ones are diagnosed with COVID-19, Eric discovers how much he will miss his family when they leave and Siena tells how her remote Indigenous community coped.
Thirty horses on a cattle station in the Northern Territory have been shot dead in an incident that has left station staff shocked and bereaved.
Traditional owners of one of five strategic gas basins the Federal Government has identified as part of its gas-led recovery plan are vowing to take control of negotiations with gas companies and protect the environment.
Nyngan residents will be able to get their hands on a printed edition of their newspaper again from next month thanks to the help of a publisher in Gilgandra.
Recognised with a Growers of the Year award for 2020, Peter and Erin Draper are congratulated for their best practice and sustainable cropping.
A man in his 60s has died in a rock fishing accident near Esperance on Western Australia's south-east coast, the 29th in the state related to rock fishing in the past decade.
A US scientist says new research shows it is possible to use CRISPR genetic engineering to sterilise males and make their bodies produce the sperm of other males.
A fishy stench has been drifting across the Mackay coast this week, leading locals to wonder what is causing it.
An Adelaide Hills mother says her two young sons were about to eat strawberries purchased at a local supermarket when they discovered pins stuck inside them.
Many residents of Broken Hill in outback New South Wales have been cut off from nearby family in South Australia for months. Tonight they are packing their bags.
A former dairy farmer with a passion to connect farmers to their customers has spent decades working to make it happen.
After being cut off from its usual community sports because of border closures, Murrayville swings into action and hits the fairways to boost physical and mental wellbeing.
A Riverina farmer who deliberately stockpiled guns on his rural property because he believed in "external threats" will spend more than two-and-a-half years in jail.
A West Australian wheatbelt based oil distilling company enjoying insatiable demand for its unique eucalyptus oil plans to double production and move into international and retail markets.
Thousands of campers fleeing to the outback to escape the frustrations of the pandemic are unknowingly breaking conventions — including ignoring the dangers of "flying poo spiders".
An attempt to regulate and formalise a "gentlemen's agreement" has almost halved one Corner Inlet fisherman's catch.
COVID-19 pushes Tooborac pork producers to build an on-farm butchering facility on their property — just like their ancestors did 100 years ago.
Beekeepers and the logging industry rarely see eye-to-eye on how native forest assets should be managed, but in a shock move the two sectors team up to improve native forest access for honey producers.
Students with aspirations of working in agriculture are being provided with hands-on experience and training during high school thanks to a new program.
They are fat-free, protein-rich and "really slimming" and they are going to wash up on our beaches in the thousands this summer, but have you ever experienced the surprising taste and texture of jellyfish?
The New South Wales Upper House votes to disallow a law brought in during a significant rain event in February, which allowed irrigators access to harvest flood plain water without a licence.
Glencore's Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery approved to operate for another three years.
Grain growers in NSW have had another good rain event, which is pushing up the volume of the state's next wheat, canola and barley crops.
Stunning wildflowers are blooming across drought-stricken western Queensland after recent much-needed rain.
Doubts are raised about the legality of the WA Government's 2013 approval for the destruction of Juukan Gorge, an inquiry into Rio Tinto's demolition of the ancient Pilbara rock shelters is told.
The WA Gourmet Escape festival, boasting guest chefs such as Nigella Lawson and Rick Stein, is the latest casualty of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
A 28-year-old Boulder man with links to the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and the alleged ringleader of an armed hold-up at a Western Australian gold mine is set to fight the charges at trial.
Farmers in north-west Victoria use dollops of pink, dough-like goo to splatter trees with smells that not only attract bees, but also compels them to stay rather than go foraging in forests elsewhere.
This young mother found that being outdoors, simply putting her hands in the soil and engaging in physical labour, made her feel better. Now her island is enjoying the benefits.
A new resolution to mining companies is asking for a halt to activities that may impact sacred sites until relevant laws are strengthened.
Producers of boutique products are finding ways to stay afloat, but the impact of the Melbourne shutdown is rippling well beyond the city's limits.
Rain brings relief to pastoralists who have suffered through another drier-than-average winter, while rain and wind damages trees and properties.
It's Get Ready Weekend and landholders are urged to take steps to prepare for fire season amid concerns about higher-than-average rain adding to fuel loads.
It has been revealed that a blast set off a series of seismic events and a large underground rock fall at the Gwalia mine in WA, just weeks after a $100 million project to extend the life of the mine was completed.
Colin Barnett says he's "not trying to dodge blame" over the destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site, but says "Canberra politicians" shouldn't be the ones investigating it.
Regional Victorian legal firm issues call-out to regional border communities for interest from agribusiness to join class action, citing freedom of trade across state borders as a 'very important guarantee in our federal constitution'.
Multinational food giant Nestle insists there is a "strong future" for its breakfast cereal factory in northern Victoria, despite slashing dozens of jobs overnight.
Early market opportunities in China keep prices strong, but questions remain over availability and reliability of regular international freight flights to China and other export markets.
Mining giant BHP concedes it submitted an application to destroy Aboriginal heritage sites at its $5 billion South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, despite opposition from local traditional owners.
The sale of 38 bulls bred by an Angus breeder has barely made a dent in the $13 million the company reportedly owes to creditors.
The Federal Environment Minister wants further scrutiny of a luxury eco-tourism development at Lake Malbena in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, but the developer says he's willing to wait.
As the pandemic keeps borders locked, Mountain Blue Farms hopes a cash bonus will attract workers to pick the NSW farm's 2020 blueberry crop.
Buttons the 7-week-old calf has been saved from "crossing the rainbow bridge" thanks to her adoptive owners' ingenious contraption getting her on her feet.
Students from Andrews Creek Primary at Wesley Vale have been counting crayfish burrows and creating model chimneys out of clay, part of a program to preserve habitat for the local crayfish population.
Farmers hope plans to import a South African weevil that feeds on fireweed could eradicate the pest weed from pastures.
While many in Macquarie Street have condemned Nationals leader John Barilaro's stance on koala habitats as plunging the Government into turmoil, supporters in regional parts of NSW say his challenge is "empowering" for grassroots party members.
Farmers, herbicides and Artificial Intelligence are not a likely match, but AI that targets weeds may be a game changer for reef catchment farmers.
Five hours after a man's body was found on Mount Augustus, a woman was also found deceased. Their deaths follow that of another woman earlier this week.
Wayalinah, a drink made from the sap of the Tasmanian cider gum and fermented by Aboriginal people for thousands of years, draws three men on a journey to its source.
If you're driving the wheatbelt route into the town of Ravensthorpe on WA's remote south coast, there's a good chance you'll spot a 2-metre-tall echidna and a bull as tall as a truck.
In a long-standing tradition, the release of 10,000 ducks rids rice paddies of pests — such as cherry snails, apple snails and weeds — as well as providing a rich source of nutrients for the water birds.
After three decades of delivering everything from the kitchen sink to monthly express post deliveries to a cat, Lockington's Lyn Cunnington passes on the mail run to her daughter.
Regional Victorians dust off their camp chairs and hitch up their caravans in preparation for the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions to take effect on Thursday.
Regional Victorian wineries say they are excited to welcome customers back to their businesses, even if Melburnians still can't travel.
South Australian towns close to the Victorian border that rely on tourism to survive say they are suffering as intrastate visitors choose to stay away from the state boundary.
Australians on JobSeeker would still be able to receive the unemployment benefit, while also earning money harvesting crops and working on farms, under a bold recommendation by parliamentary inquiry dominated by Government MPs.
An aquatic scientist says Victoria's state-run fish hatchery is threatened by widespread logging, holding concerns for that hatchery's populations of endangered Murray cod and Macquarie perch.
Both his grandfather and father have worked in the dairy industry. Now Spreyton local Adrian Wells is a dairy giant's longest-serving employee in the country.
SA Health recommends and the Government follows through on fishing bans in waters off Port Pirie as investigations into contaminated sediment are carried out.
An isolated roadhouse in the Simpson Desert in south-west Queensland is gutted by fire, leaving residents and travellers without crucial access to fuel.
A couple from Malaysia are fined for illegally crossing the Victorian border in the desperate hope of finding farm work due to their "dire financial situation".
The next generation of three fishing families unite to take their prized catches to Australian consumers in light of slumping sales to Japan this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Work to extend a predator-proof fence along NSW's borders with Queensland and SA has begun, and for many farmers it's a welcome relief in more ways than one.
The first-ever trial using sterile male fruit flies released by aircraft to control the Queensland fruit fly population is described as a resounding success.
Last year they could not field a team but on Saturday the Coonabarabran Kookas won their first rugby premiership in almost 30 years.
Australian wheat producers are being dragged into the growing political and trade tussle between Canberra and Beijing, after China warns it will put Australian exports under the microscope.
It is synonymous with Australian surf culture and natural attractions like the Twelve Apostles but now, like many tourist destinations nationally, Victoria's most famous road is struggling.
Copper Mines of Tasmania reveals the Mt Lyell mine is being sold after failing to restart operations in February, blaming the coronavirus impact on parent company Vedanta Resources.
The $35 million sale of a cattle property in Queensland's Gulf Country to a grazing family from Cloncurry smashes records in the area.
A renewed road tripping trend is behind a tourism boom in Southern Queensland that is expected to last three to five years.
Grants of up to $500,000 each will be offered to South Australian tourism operators in an effort to boost the sector as it recovers from the coronavirus shutdowns.
National Australia Bank chief Ross McEwan was questioned about lending to Australian coal mines by Federal MP Craig Kelly. The answer is familiar to all in business — and it is something Mr Kelly knows about too, writes Gareth Hutchens.
The blood-sucking lamprey has survived another evolutionary battle creeping its way back into Australian waterways and cultural kitchens.
A cave-in occurs on a mine site following heavy rains, trapping "50 young people" as hundreds of mourners gather at the site.
"When we find those bulls that are extraordinary we have to stretch ourselves and secure the bull,": Stud pays record price for Santa Gertrudis bull.
Despite the Royal Adelaide Show being cancelled for 2020, school students have taken part in the South Australian merino wether competition at the showgrounds.
As the number of Queensland dairy farmers dips towards 280, one independent processor is bucking the trend, to risk taking on milk from another two farms.
The new owners of the Hillgrove gold and antimony mine have unveiled their plans for the site.
A virtual agricultural show goes some way to filling the void left by mass cancellations due to the pandemic.
A former Queensland chief regulator says there are hundreds of unplugged coal exploration holes that could leak gas, and they are "almost impossible to find".
Growing up hunting and skinning wildlife has served as good training for two young men to become apprentice butchers, just as Tasmania sees a shortage of butchers.
Drought, fire, the pandemic and then trade wars with China are making this a very bad year for the wine makers and exporters.
Michael Batley is one of a handful of taxonomists in Australia who specialises in bees, but his knowledge is at risk of being lost as the discipline struggles to find successors.
Travelling carnival operators are under financial strain with nowhere to go as the pandemic forces rural shows to cancel.
Australian Wool Innovation is reviewing 'every single' area of expenditure, after annual revenues collapsed by half following a wool price freefall.
