Posts tagged "farmers"

The gap between regional and metropolitan businesses continues to grow, with new research suggesting many firms are pessimistic about the months ahead.

Underpaid pieceworkers could be compensated according to minimum hourly award rates, following an appeal by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Small businesses and farmers affected by the drought are being offered increased support from a new taskforce being set up by the federal government.

The strawberry needle sabotage was preceded by crushing financial pressures that left many farmers unable to sell this season’s oversupply of fruit.

A nationwide recall of sabotaged strawberries has the industry on edge, although it doesn't appear to be worrying some shoppers.

Nationals party leader Barnaby Joyce has directly opposed a proposed sugar tax, citing negative impacts on farmers and saying problems aroun…

A new Aussie startup is hoping to cut out the middleman and deliver fresh produce straight from the farm to shoppers’ doors.

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Got an idea for a great venture but don’t have the tech expertise? Going it alone will only be a waste of time, says The Gift Collective f…

By John Freebairn, University of Melbourne

A fall in the farm gate price of milk and the pain felt by dairy farmers as a result, has man…

By Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo

The Australian government’s intervention in the dairy crisis by offering concessional loans …

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Greens leader Richard Di Natale both slammed Coles and Woolworths at the regional leaders debate in …

By Tim Mazzarol, University of Western Australia

The history of the dairy cooperative Murray Goulburn and its farmer suppliers shows how…