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Hosted by Belinda Varischetti, the presenter of the Western Australian Country Hour, the country's finest hour
Today you'll hear what WA farmers think of today's announcement that the federal government is about to tweak working holiday visa regulations. You'll also hear from some fruit growers who are having problems with rainbow lorikeets.
The head of Gingerah Energy says their proposed AI data centre in WA will be mostly powered by renewables, with some gas sourced from "the domestic gas market" as backup supply.
A couple in WA's Great Southern are using a dating app approach to try to help farmers find workers.
Some winemakers in WA's Great Southern are saying recent frost events have damaged up to 40 per cent of their grapes.
The chair of last week's demersal fishing ban inquiry says now it's time to 'Let the process happen'.
Alwin Van Den Bosch, general manager of project proponent Boskalis Australia, says it's not true environmental conditions have been "watered down".
The head of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council has strongly criticised the way the state government suddenly imposed demersal fishing bans towards the end of last year.
A WA biotech company can officially bring its bone graft substitute, made from Kimberley pearl shell, to the United States market.
The best of Boyup Brook, in the state's South West, was on display today at the Dinninup Show, 290 kilometres south east of Perth.
The Manjimup community, in the state's South West, has urged the federal government to rethink recent changes to the working holiday visa program, warning they could threaten to the future viability of farms and hospitality businesses.
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