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Sports funding scandalTargetted McKenzie’s future still under a cloud

Embattled former sports minister Bridget McKenzie’s future may still be undecided by the time Federal Parliament returns next week.

Lanai Scarr and Sarah Ison

Federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie.

What about us?WA pastoralists snubbed by Fed Govt drought fund

Tom Zaunmayr

Milk money pleaSqueeze on dairy farms bleeding them dry

WA’s embattled dairy industry has approached the State’s three main processors pleading to be paid at least 5¢ a litre more, saying farmers can cannot continue to produce milk at a loss.

Jenne Brammer

Tragic lossTributes to a gun shearer with a cheeky smile

A grieving mother says her world will never be the same after losing her youngest and cheekiest child in a crash — one of four people killed on Great Southern roads in the space of four horrific days.

Liam Croy

Fallen heroesProbe begins into deadly crash that killed US firefighters

Investigators have begun searching the wreckage of a large tanker aircraft that burst into a fireball in the Snowy Mountains region on Thursday, killing three US crew members.

Mitchell Van Homrigh and Janet Fife-Yeomans

Labour of loveWA horseman reflects on early days

“It was a labour of necessity to take up restoration on the vintage sulkies, long gone were the days of wheelwrights and coachbuilders.”

Bob Garnant

Speaking upWhistleblower ‘silenced’ on McKenzie sports grant scandal

A whistleblower from Bridget McKenzie’s office has spoken out about being ‘silenced’ when concerns were raised about the sports grant scandal.

David Aidone, Clare Armstong, Staff writers and AAP

Wool gatheringShearer welfare a hot topic alongside animal activists

Australian Wool Innovation woolgrower services general manager Stephen Feighan attended alongside Australian Wool Exchange chief executive Mark Grave.

Bob Garnant

Water critical to sheep markets

Awards and accolades as WA Angus celebrates

A tidy profit at the Blue Ribbon Bull Sale

Nut demandSandalwood nuts needed to meet demand

“We know the plantation size in WA is large enough to support a bigger industry.”

Zach Relph

Labour of loveWA horseman reflects on early days

“It was a labour of necessity to take up restoration on the vintage sulkies, long gone were the days of wheelwrights and coachbuilders.”

Bob Garnant

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