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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas |Tara de Landgrafft |Richard Hudson
Rawlinna Station on the Nullarbor has been sold to UK-owned Consolidated Pastoral Company. Neither the buyer or seller are disclosing the sale price. The sale needs the approval of the Foreign Investment Review Board and the WA government. Australia's biggest sheep station has sold for an undisclosed sum to a privately owned company based in the United Kingdom. The 1 million hectare Rawlinna Station was established on the remote Nullarbor in the 1960s and covers an area roughly the size of Sydney.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
denvergazette.com | Ross O'Keefe |Richard Hudson
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) is running for reelection as National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, the North Carolina Republican announced on Sunday. Republicans are headed toward controlling the House for another term, securing 214 seats so far, per the Associated Press. They need 218 to control. Democrats have won 203, and 18 have yet to be called as of Monday morning. The NRCC is the campaigning committee for the GOP and works to raise money to elect Republicans to Congress.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Richard Hudson |Elaenor Nield
Macca was attending a bushfire when a sudden change of weather caused a firestorm to engulf his fire truck. He barely made it out alive, and still wrestles with the emotional toll of that day. Story by Richard Hudson with additional production by Elaenor Nield.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Tom Wildie |Richard Hudson
On the last day of school holidays, Lucas Robinson has a tradition. The 16-year old jumps in the farm ute with one of the dogs, and heads off. He drives the perimeter of his family property in Tarin Rock, just west of Lake Grace, in south-west Western Australia. It's a property he may well end up working on, if he doesn't follow in the footsteps of another famous person from the region. "My hero growing up was Nat Fyfe," Robinson said.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
autoremarketing.com | Richard Hudson
One click put 15,000 dealers down. It was a staggering display of vulnerability. A single action by one individual, likely an unwitting click on a malicious link or attachment, crippled a system that 15,000 car dealerships across the United States rely on for their daily operations. This isn’t a hypothetical anymore; it’s a real-world example of how robust security measures can be circumvented at the weakest link, the human.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
refresh.news | Andrew Chounding |Richard Hudson
More than 20,000 tonnes of wheat grain from a farming family in Gnowangerup is loaded onto a bulk carrier through the port of Albany, bound for the Indonesian port of Surabaya. Powered by the Echo RSS Plugin by CodeRevolution.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding |Richard Hudson
A farming family in Western Australia's Great Southern has split from the state's largest grain handler, Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH), launching a competing grain export business. Commodity Ag, a logistics and supply chain company owned by the Richardson family, which farms about 370km south-east of Perth in Gnowangerup, exported its first shipment of grain this week.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lucinda Jose |Richard Hudson |Emily Doak
Across the globe, the race is on to reduce fossil fuels consumed in food production. Australian conditions make electrification significantly more challenging. Machinery driven by electric motors powered by systems including diesel generators, batteries, and hydrogen is expected to reduce emissions. Across the world, farmers and machinery producers are stepping up to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by electrifying essential equipment and exploring alternative fuels.
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May 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Kate Forrester |Richard Hudson |Andrew Chounding
In short: Farmers expected the phase-out announcement, but the timing in which it was delivered was problematic. Sheep producers believe it's a decision based on politics rather than science. What's next? Farmers have been planning how they can diversify to keep the industry afloat. Leaning against an old iron gate, staring out over the paddocks in the distance on her sheep farm, Rachael Plowman is reflecting on the past months in agriculture. "We've had a long summer but it's not unusual.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
gazette.com | Reese Gorman |Richard Hudson
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) is hosting a party for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speculation circulates about the California Republican's future in Congress. Hudson is throwing the party to "thank our colleague and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy for his tireless work supporting our conference and his efforts to win this Majority," according to an invite obtained by the Washington Examiner.
