Western Australia Country Hour

Mining billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest have increased their stake in Australia's largest cattle company, AACo, to just over 19 per cent.

Rail operations at Andrew Forest's Fortescue Metals Group are on hold due to the derailment of multiple iron ore cars south of Port Hedland.

Commercial logging of Western Australia's timber forests ends today, as part of a State Government commitment to preserve hardwood forests. 

Imagine trying to work on a cattle station when the temperature is about 50 degrees Celcius!!!

IN recent days firefighters have done a great job in the Esperance shire getting a number of fires under control, but unfortunately a 20 year old vollie has lost his life.

The CEO of WA Farmers seems happy the state government has decided not to proceed with plans to consolidate six separate pieces of legislation that govern Western Australia's water resources management system. But traditional owners and environmentalists might not be smiling. 

The owner of a live export facility, says the $50, 000 fine imposed on an Indigenous association, over the death of over 1, 000 cattle in the Pilbara in 2019, makes a mockery of the state's animal welfare system.

Quintis, the world's largest Indian sandalwood company, is set to wind up all of its Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) projects in Kununurra's Ord Valley, in a bid to avoid further investment losses.

Northern WA pastoralists are saying deliberately lit fires cost them about $44 million over the last three years.

There were some dramatic events in Mullewa, east of Geraldton over the weekend, with local farmers fighting between 15 and 30 fires that are believed to have been deliberately lit. 

The state's main grain handler, the CBH Group, has posted another staggering end of year profit, recording a $353 million surplus, most of which will be invested back into the network.

Harvest is all but done and dusted for most across the grain growing region, with yields well below average across much of the grain belt. 

A former chair of the Environmental Protection Agency says he needs more detail before deciding if changes made to the environmental approvals system are a good idea.

An emergency level bushfire is burning on bush and farmland north of Geraldton, in the Shire of Chapman Valley. 

News of a possible merger between energy giants Woodside and Santos came as a bit of surprise.