Livestock Health and Welfare

In an interview with Stateline WA, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt insists the federal government's $107 million transition package is "significant", but says discussions will continue with the state government to determine what is needed. 

Cattle producers encourage others to open their gates to urban communities to see how life works on remote properties.

The South Australian RSPCA receives an influx of livestock welfare reports, with some animals starving to death.

A federal inquiry into the government's plan to ban the live export of sheep from Western Australia backs the bill in its initial report handed down on Friday and calls for more funding for the industry. 

WA farmers impacted by the proposed ban have had their say in Northam today, after a Canberra hearing heard from animal activists and industry leaders earlier this week.

Hundreds of trucks descend on Perth in a protest against the Albanese government's decision to end the live sheep trade.

Taiwan's customs officials issue a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country.

A Victorian child has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza after returning to the country from overseas earlier this year. The Department of Health says transmission to humans is rare.

Australian sheep farmers say they're angry after a live export ban, looming for years, has been confirmed.

Until recently, these Victorian farmers could control wild dogs or dingoes but a recent rule change means they can no longer keep the predators at bay. 

King Island farmers urgently need feed for their livestock, but 500 tonnes of donated hay sits at Swan Hill in Victoria with a tussle over which port it will be freighted out of. 

Amid some of the driest conditions in recent memory, hundreds of WA farmers have condemned the state government's response and called for more direct action.

One of the beloved Clydesdale horses of South Australia's tram to Granite Island – the last horse-drawn tram in Australia – has died after being infected with Ross River virus, the operator says.

Producers in WA's south are facing a grim outlook as dams dry up and feed supplies run short, with some saying they have never seen such extremes before.  

Australia is one of the last places on the planet free from high pathogenicity bird flu. But authorities warn there's an increased risk of an outbreak here as scientists say the world is in an animal pandemic.

It's been the driest February and March on record for King Island and parts of south-east Tasmania. Some areas have received welcome April rain, but farmers elsewhere are struggling.

A researcher worries Avian Influenza could spread to Australia via migratory birds after being found in cattle in the United States.

Indonesia has temporarily banned imports of live cattle from one Australian property, as investigations continue into how more than 100 cattle died on the Brahman Express that sailed from Darwin.

Politicians who stayed for the footage from a Stanhope piggery, including the alleged bestiality of a pig by a worker, watched on in shock as it was played to them at the parliamentary Inquiry into Pig Welfare in Victoria.

New allegations of animal cruelty at a Victorian piggery have emerged on the eve of a state parliamentary inquiry into the welfare of farmed pigs.  

Salmon Gums farmers say they had almost no support from state government when helping support thousands of stranded sheep on an outback highway on a 43-degree day.

Nobby the night watchman has been coming to the High Country cattle sales for 40 years, and keeping the cattle safe at night for 10. He says: "I'll be coming here till the day I die".

The head of a peak NSW farming body calls for practical biosecurity solutions to deal with fire ants, instead of "people swanning around" on overseas research trips and theoretical chats.

The owner of a Victorian piggery has accepted responsibility for the breaches after an investigation was sparked by video of slaughter practices inside its facilities.

More than 3,000 hens have been rehomed after a distressing discovery on a property near Toowoomba. A complaint has been made and authorities are investigating.