News Articles for John Hassell

The WAFarmers president is laying the groundwork for a critical few years ahead for the agriculture sector.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Narelle Cant, Mark Paganin, Steve McGuire, Ashley Reade, Simon Price, Darren Rodwell and Joe Jeevaraj.

The nation's peak farmers' lobby group has rebuffed calls from its WA counterpart to sack Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt over his handling of a stranded livestock vessel.

WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has delivered a stunning rebuke of commentary suggesting she does not support the live export sector, in a passionate speech that earned her praise from what was expected to be a tough crowd.

A Western Australian abattoir reopened last year will shut its doors in a major blow to south coast sheep farmers.

Juukan Gorge's traditional custodians have blasted the state government for treating First Nations people as “second class citizens” in the fallout from Tuesday's unprecedented decision to scrap the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act one month after coming into effect.

The implementation of Aboriginal cultural heritage laws from July 1 drew strong views from those in favour and those opposed.

A petition against the imminent rollout of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage laws has attracted more than 27,000 signatures, but the government is holding firm on a July 1 implementation date.

Farmers WA says the federal government should review its promise to ban live sheep exports by sea, branding it a "dumb" commitment that will affect 3,000 people.

The members of grain handling co-operative CBH Group have elected Simon Stead from Esperance to replace Neil Wandel as the District 5 representative member director.