Joanna Prendergast

Regional shires are often at the front line of firefighting, but some say WA government-supplied vehicles are not suitable for the state's largely sandy terrain.

Australia has committed to net zero emissions by 2050, but frustrated landowners in Western Australia say green land uses are being road-blocked by government red tape. 

Cattle and aquaculture industry leaders say the growing number of Indonesian fishing boats operating off the Kimberley is creating the risk of lumpy skin and foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Australia.

WA's lobster industry prepares for a special sales day before Christmas for people to stock up on lobster direct from boats.

After a five-year closure, a Geraldton meatworks may reopen by mid-February due to demand for Australian meat from international markets in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Middle East.

Commercial fishers operating in Australia's northern waters say illegal fishing activity is rampant, and they "don't bother" fishing in some areas due to the amount of catch being taken illegally.

Extraordinary criticism has been levelled at one of the West Australian government departments responsible for developing two marine parks off the state's coast.

Two Australian grain farmers are preparing to send a second shipment of wheat direct from farms to consumers in the Middle East following a successful trial earlier this year.

Touted as a new-age biofuel by its promoters, a safflower harvest has been sold as birdseed after a lawyer found an alternative market for farmers who had been contracted to grow it.

Air gun testing critical to Western Australia's offshore oil, gas and energy ambitions is "dazing" the state's valuable western rock lobsters, a new study finds.

Drought-hit pastoralists say a bottleneck is preventing their beef getting to market at a reasonable price, and must be fixed.

He jumped in to stop machinery after his colleague's leg was caught in a potato harvester.

Promoted as an oilseed alternative to petrochemicals, safflower is left sitting uncollected in silos across the country with its exclusive developer unable to pay contracted farmers.

Just over 12 months after a celebrated re-opening, industry sources say Esperance's Shark Lake is unlikely to re-open, shocking farmers and workers.

WA's peak industry body for beekeeping believes there's a "huge risk" of the deadly parasite entering the state via freight link traffic or swarms of feral bees — but authorities are "incredibly confident" it can be kept out.

Prices paid to farmers for their lamb have fallen dramatically and shoppers should see prices decrease soon, according to the WA meat industry. 

With a few beeps and a slight rev of the engine, Alfie, the autonomous sprayer, sets off to work. He may be the best new recruit on this farm.

Proposed legislation governing the recreational and commercial fishing industries has been put on ice at the last minute, a move welcomed by many.

One of the world's largest green hydrogen projects planned for WA has been shelved, partly due to the state's cheap cost of natural gas.

An 11-year study of DNA samples from wild dogs has shown the culling of dingoes doesn't decrease the population's purity.

The industry on WA's south coast says the state government is taking an "untrustworthy" approach to the creation of a new marine park in the region.

With drier than average conditions predicted this season it’s an anxious time for some grain growers.

The North African country has been battling through its worst drought in years, but that is not the only factor affecting food availability.

Biosecurity groups in Western Australia are concerned a halt to government-run aerial culling operations will allow feral animal numbers to get out of control in pastoral areas. 

Moving from a remote town with a high youth crime rate to a cattle station changed Quentin Skeen's life and he wants more young people to have the same opportunity.