Researchers have mapped the northern gateways where the cattle disease, lumpy skin disease, could first enter Australia, identifying Cape York Peninsula and Port Hedland as the highest-risk locations.
A deluge of rain at a critical stage of Sunraysia and Murray Valley's harvest and growing season leads farmers to call for it to be declared a disaster to unlock funds.
The war in the Middle East is not just affecting petrol prices and travel plans — florists and their suppliers have suddenly found themselves unable to supply blooms due to the disruption of air freight routes.
After years of drought, pastoralists in WA are desperate for fodder for their cattle. A charity has a supply in storage for them — but no money for fuel to transport it.
