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2 days ago | countryman.com.au | Emily Moulton

A woman who refused to wear a seatbelt as a plane was landing and then stabbed a police officer in the face and neck as he tried to arrest her has pleaded guilty to the offences. Amy-Lee Kristen Botefuhr appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Friday, where she pleaded guilty to two counts of causing the Australian Federal Police officer harm as well as obstruction.

3 days ago | countryman.com.au | Tess Ikonomou

Australia is standing firm in free trade negotiations with the European Union in the new environment of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Trade Minister Don Farrell walked away from the bloc’s previous offer following rounds of negotiations because it failed to give Australian agricultural products greater market access, which remains the sticking point.

6 days ago | countryman.com.au | Georgia Campion

Demand for hay of any quality is high across all livestock sectors as farmers prepare for lambing and calving. The Australian Fodder Industry Association May 30 Hay report outlines an extremely limited supply with fodder becoming harder to find each week, and selling fast at more than $500 per tonne in parts of South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales.

6 days ago | countryman.com.au | Georgia Campion

Newly-minted Central Wheatbelt MLA Lachlan Hunter has used his parliamentary maiden speech to express his frustration over the Albanese government’s ban on live sheep exports. Mr Hunter, who hails from Kalgoorlie was raised in Bruce Rock and now lives in Northam, was elected at the 2025 State election, taking over from National’s Mia Davies who ran for the seat of Bullwinkel in the Federal election.

6 days ago | countryman.com.au | Georgia Campion

More than 50 Brahman light feeder steers have arrived at the WA state research facility in Kununurra to increase future beef productio and create a circular cattle feed economy with crop by-products. The arrival of the 54 Brahman light feeder steers are the first at the Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture in a quarter of a century.