Opinion Articles

How Science and Technology Are Helping Farmers Adapt to a Drying Climate

Agriculture has always been a battle between biology and the elements, but in Western Australia it has long been an exercise in outsmarting the climate itself. As the world warms and dries, much of the public conversation has focused on what farmers will lose. The real story — the one told in labs, field trials, machine sheds and paddocks — is what farmers have already gained. Science, not slogans, is the reason Western Australia remains

Trevor Whittington December 2, 2025

York farmer and PGA president Tony Seabrook in the yards with some of the cross-bred lambs which would normally be bound for live export. Pictured at Tony's property near York. 24 JUNE 2018 Picture: Danella Bevis The West Australian

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The Countryman/ABC: York farmer Tony Seabrook steps down after 11 years as Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA president

WAFarmers offers its sincere gratitude to Tony Seabrook for his enormous contribution to Western Australia’s agriculture sector as he steps down after 11 years as President of the Pastoral and Grazier’s Association of WA (PGA). We wish Tony and his family all the very best for the next chapter in his life – which, from what he says in the interviews below, looks likely to be anything but a traditional “retirement” – in true Seabrook

Darren Brown December 2, 2025

Opinion Articles

Canberra’s Bureaucratic Bubble Just Got Fluffier

When a body like Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) — a public-sector institution charged with grappling Australia’s economic malaise — declares its staff now get eight “wellbeing days” a year without needing a reason, you know you’ve left the realm of public service and wandered into courtier-class delusion. This gem emerged as part of the latest enterprise agreement signed off by the Fair Work Commission: staff earning up to about $101,800 get their usual 18-day

Trevor Whittington December 2, 2025