Robinvale growers tell me their buyers won’t pay the higher cost of delivery to market so the painful choice may be not to harvest at all. One in 5 cropping farmers are considering not sowing this year.

"Mallee family budgets are already stretched before the Iran conflict. Labor's war on fossil fuels has put families, farmers and small businesses at breaking point.

If gaslighting were an energy resource, this Albanese government could light up the nation, while it plunges into the abyss of their incompetence.

As for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, where do I start? Last week—'No problem at all with supply.' Three days later, suddenly we've got a fuel crisis.

TOPICS: Abandoned renewable energy projects, protecting prime agricultural land, cultural heritage, development on private property

“This is panic legislating from a Government accusing Australians of panic buying,” Dr Webster told Parliament on Thursday morning.

The out-of-pocket cost to see a GP skyrocketed to more than $50 under this government—the highest level on record. Out-of-pocket costs for specialist appointments are also spiralling out of control.

TOPICS: Australia-European Union Trade Agreement, agriculture sector reactions, protecting prime agricultural land, The Nationals' SA election outcome, One Nation

The factual gymnastics were all on display in question time—claiming that the European Union and Australia free trade agreement was a good deal for farmers. I can assure you that I don't know one farmer who thinks it is a good deal.