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Landholders will face tough fines for seeking to obstruct the transmission lines under legislation to be debated in Victorian Parliament.

‘It’s going to be war’: Farmers who refuse transmission lines could be fined thousands

A lobby group fighting lines for renewables in Victoria and South Australia has warned of war when companies try to access farms.

  • Alexander Darling and Bianca Hall

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Land clearing in late 2024, near Gin Gin in Queensland.

Queensland clears forest area twice the size of Brisbane in one year

Hundreds of thousands of hectares of trees and shrubs were cleared over 12 months, with the vast majority making way for livestock.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Brian Johnson (left) and Angus Young of AC/DC perform on their PWR UP tour in Germany last month.

How AC/DC is leaving American wolves thunderstruck

An unlikely combination of drones, AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson is being deployed to help US farmers.

  • Cameron Henderson
Reverend Father George Frangos.

It used to be farmland. Now this suburb is its own village

It’s known by some as “Promisetown” – a place where you move for bigger, cheaper housing and stay for the community. Increasingly this outer-northern suburb is embracing its farming history and migrant roots with thriving new industry.

  • Gemma Grant
Land-clearing near Yarrowitch.

‘Perverse outcomes’: NSW a deforestation hotspot on par with Indonesia

Land-clearing in NSW has surged by 40 per cent as the Minns government is yet to ditch rules driven by former Nationals leader John Barilaro after more than two years in government.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Donald Trump, seen cooking a hamburger, is a champion of the US cattle industry.

Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end

Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game changer.

  • Matthew Knott
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Australian beef cattle are judged at the Royal Melbourne show last year.

Don’t sacrifice us for deal with Australia, Irish farmers warn

Australia and Europe have resumed talks on a free trade deal amid US President Donald Trump’s global tariff war.

  • Rob Harris
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Fire in the hole!

Here comes Dad. Time to bale.

Dr Judy Friedlander inspects a stingless native beehive at Bondi’s Castlefield KIndy.

‘Wake-up call’: A sting in the bee love story for native pollinators

Australia has about 1700 species of native bees, and many of them are being outcompeted by European honeybees.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Jim Walker with his cattle on his property at Rawsonville just outside Dubbo.

As Albanese plans Trump talks, Jim is worried about his farm

The prime minister has declared he will never imperil Australia’s prized strict biosecurity standards in his tariff negotiations with the president.

  • Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal