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Wednesday, 8 April 2026
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Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest hike puts renewed pressure on family budgets


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Hancock Agriculture chief executive Adam Giles with employee Sandie Craig at Hancock's Dongara farm.

HANCOCK CUTS CROPSPremiumHancock Agriculture scraps cropping at its Dongara property

Sheep bound for the Middle East loaded on to Al Messilah in Fremantle Port.

Trade DisruptionPremium$1.3 billion live export trade continues to be disrupted

CSIRO researcher Steve Henry said farmers were seeing up to 8000 mice per hectare in some grain paddocks.

A Plague of MiceMouse plague threatens $1 billion in damage to WA’s crops

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