The sudden end to Western Australia’s solar feed in tariff yesterday for new connections has been widely criticised by the solar industry and its supporters. WA’s Energy Minister Peter Collier announced yesterday morning the state’s cap for participation in its feed in tariff initiative had been reached and was to be immediately suspended. The state had set [...]

Wheat output in Western Australia, which produces high-quality milling grain, is likely to double to around nine million tonnes this year following ideal crop weather, boosting prospects of wheat exports from the country in the coming marketing season. This has narrowed the spread between the nation’s west and east coast wheat to $13 a tonne, [...]

Farmers in Western Australia say it will be some time before sheep stocks rise from the current low levels. Last year’s drought saw record numbers of sheep sold to the eastern states, a move that cost WA farmers up to $3 billion in lost revenue. The Department of Agriculture estimates WA’s sheep flock is about [...]