Western Australia Country Hour
A farmer who died in a tragic accident in WA's South West last week has been remembered by his family as an "absolute larrikin who didn't have a mean bone in his body."
Jul 11, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Hosted by Belinda Varischetti, the presenter of the Western Australian Country Hour, the country's finest hour
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Western Australia Country Hour
A new lithium mine officially opened in WA's northern Goldfields.
Jul 10, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The Department of Agriculture has received footage from Animals Australia showing alleged non-compliance with ESCAS for sheep in Jordan during this year's Eid al-Adha.
Jul 09, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Mining giant BHP has been defeated in a landmark test of the federal government's "same job, same pay" laws and ordered to pay 2,200 of its Central Queensland coal miners an average of $30,000 more.
Jul 08, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The state government says on-shore wind projects will be a critical part of the energy mix if WA is going to switch off all state owned power stations by 2030.
Jul 07, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Is the GRDC spending grain farmers levies wisely? Lots of listeners wanted to have their say today on the $680 million the Grains Research and Development Corporation has sitting in the bank.
Jul 04, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
References to mulesing on a drama series called North Shore has upset Wool Producers Australia.
Jul 03, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Two in-depth discussions on the grey area associated with animal welfare legislation and why agri-business is now getting taught in some WA high schools.
Jul 02, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
One of the stars of the ABC TV show Muster Dogs, Princess Annie, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm this week, aged five.
Jul 01, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Andrew Forrest's private company Wyloo has lodged two applications for mining permits within a nationally significant WA wetland.
Jun 30, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The peak industry body for avocado growers is on a mission to get as many people as possible eating the fruit.
Jun 27, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
A farmer who had to kill over half a million of his own chickens, to control an outbreak of bird flu on his properties in northern Victoria, has spoken about the ordeal for the first time.
Jun 26, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Resource analyst Tim Treadgold says a big iron ore expansion plan for the region is a huge vote of confidence for the WA industry.
Jun 25, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Hot on the heels of getting the approval to sell lab-grown meat in Singapore - Australian company Vow now has permission to sell its product here.
Jun 24, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Traditional owners, in a far-flung corner of the Western Australian desert, are concerned the decisions made by a city-based land council could put their country at risk.
Jun 23, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
High tomato prices are due to supply shortages caused by recent floods in parts of Queensland and the detection of a plant virus in South Australia and Victoria.
Jun 20, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The state government has announced it has lost the fight to eradicate the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer.
Jun 19, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
A significant milestone at the Geraldton Port last night, with the first bulk shipment of grain exported outside of the state's main grain handler, the CBH Group.
Jun 18, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The former CEO of the WA Fishing Industry Council says members of the seafood and farming industries need to modernise the way they represent themselves to government by forming one primary producer based interest group.
Jun 17, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The operators of the Boyanup saleyards in Western Australia's south west are being accused of animal cruelty, after an unfit cow was shot at least five times to put it down.
Jun 16, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The latest Grain Industry Association of WA crop report shows the state has the potential to harvest a 20 million tonne crop this season.
Jun 13, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
A number of WA farmers have raised concerns about the quality of the cropping fertiliser MAP or mono-ammonium phosphate this season.
Jun 12, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is planning on merging her two iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
Jun 11, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The former owner of the Port Hedland Export Depot says he wants to appeal the recent Federal Court ruling on the compensation claim for the live export ban to Indonesia in 2011.
Jun 10, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
Sue McDougall received a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to horticulture.
Jun 09, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
One of the veterans of the WA livestock sector says sheep producers, who've decided to stay in the industry, are going to be well rewarded over the next two to three years.
Jun 06, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
The truffle industry is taking a closer look at the impact synthetic truffle flavouring is having on the market.
Jun 05, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
A worker on a farm in Western Australia's mid west is so good at taking photos she may turn it into a full time career.
Jun 04, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
A large iron ore mine that's been approved for the state's Mid West region will create up to a thousand jobs, but locals are worried about their future groundwater supplies.
Jun 03, 2025•55 min
Western Australia Country Hour
One of the leaders of the Keep the Sheep campaign, Paul Brown, says his bid to represent the Nationals in the Senate may have failed but he still thinks there's room to negotiate a possible extension to the phase out of the live sheep trade by sea.
Jun 02, 2025•55 min
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