A Chinese company’s $600m bid to buy a major Australian dairy firm, which produces popular products like Farmers Union and...
26th Aug. 2020 7:08 AM
Whether it’s a visit to a cheesemonger, a farmer’s market or local grocer, chef Matt Moran said it’s important to support...
06th Aug. 2020 7:08 PM
Struggling dairy farmers have wrestled back some bargaining power. It follows a disastrous 2019 when an average of one...
01st June 2020 11:06 AM
Federal agriculture minister David Littleproud is calling for supermarkets and processors to give dairy farmers a better...
06th May 2020 8:05 AM
Farmers are fed up with having the dairy industry treated like a political football: A letter from the Queensland...
23rd Jan. 2020 5:01 PM
Health Minister Steven Miles has taken aim at Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington’s criticism of a recent controversial...
22nd Jan. 2020 3:01 PM
Milking is a cooperative venture between farmer and cow. Nevertheless, dairy farmers are tormented by activists, writes Tim...
12th Dec. 2019 3:12 PM
Queensland shoppers are being asked to give the state’s dairy farmers a major helping hand over fears they are set to be...
15th Nov. 2019 6:11 AM
Queensland farmers have been hit with a new crisis and there are fears it will directly impact what ends up on our...
13th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM
Shoppers have been filmed in a brutal brawl over baby formula on the same day a Chinese company launched a $1.5 billion...
17th Sept. 2019 5:09 AM
Diary giant Fonterra has confirmed it is closing its factory in western Victoria, which employs 98 people.
23rd May 2019 9:05 AM
BEING dairy-free has suddenly become “cool”. But is going without dairy actually good for you and how can it be done?...
29th April 2019 6:04 PM
VEGAN bodybuilder and newly elected NSW upper house member Emma Hurst reveals bold plans for dairy industry, kangaroo...
16th April 2019 4:04 PM
A group of angry Queensland dairy farmers are travelling to Brisbane to protest Coles’ ongoing refusal to stop selling a...
13th March 2019 12:03 PM
Mt Tarampa dairy farmer Richard Peterkin said Wooloworth's price increase was too little, too late for many dairy farmers ...
06th March 2019 5:03 PM
Study finds eating two servings of dairy every day results in a reduced risk of stroke and developing cardiovascular...
20th Feb. 2019 3:02 PM
THE Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation slammed the draft Dairy Code of Conduct, saying it ignores the role big...
22nd Jan. 2019 5:01 AM
WHEN Bill and Coralie Stewart boarded a plane for a holiday to Hobart last week they had no idea their children had set...
20th Nov. 2018 4:11 AM
Gympie's dairy farmers welcome the push for a 10c per litre milk levy as the drought bites hard out west; but, they say...
06th Sept. 2018 6:09 AM
THE owner of this vegan cafe is upset after customers complained about his cafe not serving dairy milk, forcing the...
31st Aug. 2018 10:08 AM
Farmers suffer while industry leaders fail to make a decision, minister accuses
30th Aug. 2018 2:08 PM
OPTING for almond or oat milk isn’t always a ‘healthy’ option. If you don’t have a strong reason for avoiding dairy, you...
15th June 2018 8:06 AM
A NEW analysis of several brands of flavoured milk has found some contain almost as much sugar as a can of Coke.
08th June 2018 5:06 PM
FLAVOURED milk drinkers are consuming so much sugar from just one container they may as well be eating an entire bag of...
08th June 2018 6:06 AM
THE competition watchdog has released its long-awaited final report on the dairy industry and supermarkets’ controversial...
30th April 2018 3:04 PM
DAIRY farmer Shane Paulger's campground battle has reached a major milestone but he says the dust is yet to settle on his...
14th March 2018 5:03 AM
HARVEY Norman’s half-year net profit has slumped as the group’s dairy investments soured and franchisees’ earnings...
28th Feb. 2018 11:02 AM
ELSPETH Field packed her bag to travel around Australia four years ago.
09th Jan. 2018 10:01 AM
MANAGING a 280-head dairy these days is challenging enough. But doing so in a minimum security prison carries a whole other...
04th Dec. 2017 9:12 AM
WHEN a café messed up an order for a soy babycino, making it with cow’s milk instead, little Aya Clements needed four...
21st Nov. 2017 5:11 PM
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21st Nov. 2017 4:11 PM
THE new owner of dairy company Murray Goulburn has put Coles and Woolies on notice — the days of cheap milk are...
16th Nov. 2017 12:11 PM
A milking herd of more than 400 cows keeps Gordon Lockett busy but he also finds time to run a small, free-range piggery
14th Nov. 2017 9:11 AM
A SHOP owner's fairy godfather helped police stop an offender.
30th Oct. 2017 8:10 AM
Bakers across the country are facing a crisis as a butter shortage begins to push up the price of Aussie favourites such as...
26th Oct. 2017 8:10 AM
Emotions from anxiety to loneliness have been detected by studying the vocalisations of dairy cows
20th Oct. 2017 8:10 AM
MILK from this booming hinterland dairy has been named Australia's best.
10th Feb. 2017 5:02 AM
THE victim of a Coffs Coast dairy farmer convicted of bestiality and child sex offences says workmates ridiculed him for...
25th Nov. 2016 2:11 PM
A COFFS Coast man has been found guilty of bestiality and multiple child sex offences after having sex with a cow on a...
18th Oct. 2016 12:10 PM
MILK bottles will have a logo on them to tell customers whether dairy farmers were paid fairly, if a new bill is passed...
13th Oct. 2016 4:10 PM
Organiser Elizabeth Lowrie said the turnout was fantastic, as the community reflected on a time when the dairy industry...
03rd Oct. 2016 5:10 AM
The generous donation stemmed from a concern "Australia was more concerned with minerals than feeding ourselves in the...
13th Sept. 2016 6:09 AM
Japanese blog takes over CQ festival website
20th Aug. 2016 4:08 PM
CSIRO behavioural scientist Bella Yantcheva said the scale of people avoiding dairy without a medical reason was very...
02nd June 2016 1:06 PM
AUSTRALIA’S dairy farming crisis has hit headlines across the country, and the positive response in support of our local...
28th May 2016 5:05 AM
The package entails $55 million to be made available straight away and an additional $500 million for 2016-17.
26th May 2016 5:05 AM
GYMPIE dairy farmers joined 200 of their colleagues in a protest march through the Brisbane CBD yesterday, to highlight...
26th May 2016 5:05 AM
We will not have fresh milk if even the current deregulation and supermarket price-cut war crisis goes on much longer.
26th May 2016 5:05 AM
I CANNOT believe people are being asked to buy more milk, and pay more for it, because dairy farmers might go broke.
23rd May 2016 10:05 AM
“WE’LL all be having imported UHT milk with our cappuccinos if dairy farmers keep on going backwards,” Sexton milk producer...
21st May 2016 5:05 AM
