Jackie Jarvis

ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.

Mark McGowan's cabinet appears set for a significant reshuffle tomorrow after replacements were today named for two outgoing ministers.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about her recent coverage of Dorado Property.

Today's cabinet makeover includes big jobs for new ministers, significant shifts for senior government figures but, notably, no changes to the premier's substantial workload.

Opposition spokesperson Steve Martin has called on newly-appointed forestry minister Jackie Jarvis to ‘immediately’ assist workers left blindsided by the closure of Manjimup Mill.

Western Australia’s state-of-the-art agrifood and beverage precinct, tipped to deliver up to $330 million into the economy, has officially opened.

CBH has officially opened its new fertiliser plant in Kwinana with CBH chair Simon Stead and Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis unveiling the facility this morning.

Good Drinks Australia, Stella Bella Wines and Dardanup Butchering Company are among 10 WA businesses to win a share of a new round of state government grants aiming to help develop new food and beverage projects.

WA’s biggest grain exporter is breaking harvest records and investing in local growers and international trade.

The state government has ramped up its commitment to end native logging in the South West with a $36 million investment towards forestry management in the upcoming budget.

A specialist training facility has opened at Muresk Institute, a major part of the $10.3 million upgrade for the Northam agricultural centre.

WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has delivered a stunning rebuke of commentary suggesting she does not support the live export sector, in a passionate speech that earned her praise from what was expected to be a tough crowd.

The state government is probing what needs to be done to ensure the latest attempt to establish a bioenergy industry in WA doesn’t suffer the same fate as efforts nearly two decades ago.

The state government has confirmed it has dropped the animal cruelty charges against live sheep exporter Emanuel Exports over the death of thousands of sheep in 2017.

Biofuel gained a foothold in Australia in the mid-noughties, but it wasn't to be. Today a second wave of projects hopes to cement the industry in WA

There is no good replacement for Western Australia’s live sheep trade, Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has conceded, as the industry grapples with its looming closure.

The state government has launched a new 10-year plan to expand national parks by more than 400,000 hectares by 2033.

Western Australia's ban on the commercial logging of native forests could protect two million hectares of trees for future generations.

The state government has put forward its case to deliver the federal government’s live sheep export transition package once it is announced.

A new food and beverage manufacturing facility has been unveiled within the Food Innovation Precinct of WA for businesses to develop and produce products on a commercial scale.

The boss of Western Australia’s new food research epicentre near Pinjarra wants to help establish research centres in regional towns to drive agricultural innovation.

Two initiatives in WA are set to strengthen biosecurity for the livestock and grains industries.

The federal government will invest $519.1 million to help farmers prepare for drought, particularly in regional Western Australia and Tasmania.

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has defended the state’s resources industry, after federal opposition treasury spokesperson Angus Taylor lashed critical minerals production tax subsidies.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the federal budget’s mining support, Santos and Quintis job cuts, live sheep exports, property development approvals, NWQ Capital Management, and Clough's journey under Peter Bennett.

A controversial federal government Bill that would ban live sheep exports in Australia from 2028 has passed the lower house and is headed for Senate scrutiny.

A prominent Wheatbelt sheep farmer says she only found out a consultation panel was coming to her house because a friend messaged asking if she should bring morning tea.

The state government will move its top biosecurity experts into a new metropolitan office and scrap plans for a facility at Murdoch University.

Premier Roger Cook has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to apologise for rubbing salt into the wounds of the agricultural sector, after a joke about live export angered stakeholders.

WA’s distilling sector has called for a two-year freeze in the spirits tax and a 10-year sector plan from the state government.

The state government is sounding out abattoirs to support South West farmers who will lose the service of the last big processor they could access locally.

King Charles III road-tested a few WA wines in Canberra and big buyers got a taste of the latest produce made for market in Perth.

Nutrien Ag has proposed a $70 million facility in Rockingham, being the first major tenant signed up to build on industrial land owned by Philip Cardaci’s CFC Group.

A mild winter across swathes of WA’s growing regions has left stone fruit growers with a mixed bag come harvest season.

The state government has opened the first stage of its new $97 million State Biosecurity Response Centre, aimed to increase the efficiency of Western Australia's biosecurity responses.

Smallgoods producer D’Orsogna will upgrade its meat processing facilities at its ageing Palmyra headquarters in a move expected to create 10 new jobs.

OPINION: Minerva Foods' handling of the closure of both of its WA abattoirs has left communities in the dark, shareholders none-the-wiser, and an industry with major headaches.

The WA government’s regional ministers will be directed to address housing shortages and regional development roadblocks in major country towns.