Telco complaints increasing with mobile problems and financial stress rising according to annual report
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) received 57,592 complaints in FY 2024–25, an increase of 1.6 per cent from the previous year. Complaint data highlighted in the Annual Report 2024-25 published today reveals more people are struggling with unreliable mobile services and financial stress. View TIO Annual Report 2024-25 View the interactive complaints data dashboard Mobile […]
Farms held in self-managed super funds get a reprieve of sorts
Labor takes unrealised capital gains off the table but still retains its steadfast cash grab from self-managed super funds worth more than $3 million There is no doubt that the worst part of Labor’s increased cash grab on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) was the tax on unrealised capital gains, income not even received but taxed […]
Winter crop harvest expectations state by state for season 2025-26 season
Across all states growers are expected to harvest 62 million tonnes of grain in the winter season 2025-26 to bank the third-highest harvest on record Growers in three states in particular took an educated risk to dry sow at the start of the 2025-26 winter season and joined other states with better soil moisture to […]
Labor backflip on SMSF farm tax grab is a win for farmers according to The Nationals
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud said farmers have had an enormous win, after Labor retreated on its poorly conceived, reckless and cruel plan to tax unrealised gains on farms held in self-managed super funds (SMSFs). David Littleproud said Labor had been embarrassingly forced to give in, after The Nationals and industry campaigned against the […]
Rabo Community Hub Program announced 12 rural community hubs to receive $10k to improve facilities
Twelve rural community hubs across Australia have been selected to receive $10,000 each to upgrade their facilities, as the recipients of Rabobank’s 2025 Community Hub Program funding. The program, which ran throughout August, was open to all local rural halls and community centres across the country and attracted almost 300 entries. Running for the first […]
Elders acquisition of Delta Ag moves ahead minus six stores
The Elders $475 million acquisition of Delta Ag shares is moving ahead following a final nod from the ACCC albeit with the divestment of six rural stores The proposed Elders acquisition of Delta Ag will move ahead quickly now, following the intervention and approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which has asked […]
Kubota unmanned hydrogen fuelled tractor incorporates many firsts
The tractor is designed to operate without an onboard operator replaced instead with remote control and autonomous driving The autonomous tractor Kubota is expecting to release will incorporate many firsts, including hydrogen cells to power independent twin engines for drive and implements Kubota engineers have brainstormed their autonomous tractor to a level not seen up […]
Norco boosts farm-gate milk price in broader commitment to the industry
Norco has announced a farm-gate price increase linked to milk quality and on-farm reporting as part of a strategy to strengthen resilience and sustainability Norco, as Australia’s oldest farmer-owned dairy Co-operative, has confirmed a farm-gate milk price increase for season 2025-26, lifting the forecast full-year average price across all regions to 90.37cents per litre (cpl) – […]
Andrew MacPherson to be appointed CEO of Teys beef processing business
Cargill has announced that it will appoint Andrew MacPherson as the future Chief Executive Officer of Teys, an entity that has been delivering quality Aussie beef to our customers locally and worldwide since 1946. Andrew will be based in Brisbane QLD, and responsible for driving Teys operations as a leading provider of healthy, high-quality Aussie […]
Les Young thoroughbred horse industry scholarship awarded
This thoroughbred industry scholarship award for 2025 has set the recipient overseas and on track for future local industry leadership Miriam Drinnan’s vision for a big, bold career in the Thoroughbred industry has just been turbo-charged by winning the Les Young Scholarship, an award supported by the AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses Program. The driven twenty-year-old from […]