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Labor has promised to deliver long-term sustainable funding for the nation's biosecurity system as foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin threaten to breach the northern borders.

Labor commits to long-term biosecurity funding as threats loom

The Victorian MP said he had "no personal relationship with Mr Joyce whatsoever" who had sacked him "as a Minister twice, without credible reasons".

Senior Nat distances himself from Barnaby due to Vic voter concern

REPAIRED: Sections of the SA Dog Fence were damaged in the state's major weather events earlier this year, with repairs to portions destroyed during January's wild weather now complete.

DAMAGED sections of the Dog Fence are again dog-proof following extensive storms and floods earlier this year.

Dog Fence repairs underway

Pensioners returning to work - if they would like to do so - has been touted as one option to help reduce labour shortages. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

Pensioners returning to work could be one solution to help manage labour shortages, especially in regional areas, according to a Nationals SA candidate.

Pensioners could save rural economy: Pietzsch

The Deputy Prime Minister won't be drawn on whether he'll have the numbers to retain the Nationals leadership after the election, as a number of Barnaby Joyce's key allies leave the party room.

Barnaby won't speculate on leadership as allies retire and McCormack looms

NATS MIXED MESSAGE: Water Minister Keith Pitt, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud have all given different answers about extending the MDBP deadline.

Three Nationals frontbenchers walk into a bar in Nicholls. The barman asked if they support extending the Murray-Darling Basin Plan water recovery deadline. One says yes, one says no and one avoids the question. This is not a joke.

Three Nats walk into a bar and give different MDBP answers

Because the dam will support a massive spike in exported produce and is entirely funded by the Commonwealth, questions have been asked if Australia would be left open to international trade disputes. Several of Australia's free-trade agreements have limitations on federal government support for farmers.

Gifting $5.4b dam not a farm subsidy or breach of trade deals: govt

WOMBAT TRAIL: While known for his abrasive and confrontational on-camera demeanour, grassroots campaigning is a core pillar of Barnaby Joyce's regional appeal. Photo: Supplied

On the day of Barnaby Joyce's electorate campaign launch, the wooden wombat that symbolises the National Party's leader election trail throughout regional Australia broke. A more superstitious man might have taken it as a bad omen, but Mr Joyce laughed it off.

Wombat trail reveals the tactics of Barnaby Joyce 2.0

JONATHAN Pietzsch works on a farm at Tintinara and has two daughters with wife Shelby. Mr Pietzsch recently contested Mackillop in the state election and has entered the race for Barker, saying he wants the region to be a place where his children would want to raise their families. Mr Pietzsch is running to ensure decisions made that affect regional families and communities are made by people from regional families and communities. In a view at odds with his interstate Nationals colleagues, Mr Pietzsch wants to see 450 gigalitres more water delivered under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. 

COVERING the state's South East, Coorong, Mallee, Riverland and Barossa regions, Barker is considered a very safe Liberal seat. Sitting MP Tony Pasin has represented the region since 2013 and will face eight challengers in 2022. They are Labor's Mark Braes, The Greens' Rosa Hillam, independents Vince Pannell and Maddy Fry, The Nationals' Jonathan Pietzsch, One Nation's Carlos Quaremba, United Australia Party's David Swiggs and Australian Federation Party's Kym Hanton.

Barker water a hot topic among candidates

SPEND BOOM: Kangaroo Island is one of six tourism centres across regional SA which have met or exceeded their 2025 annual expenditure targets four years early.


A STAGGERING six of the state's 11 regional tourism centres have exceeded their tourism expenditure targets in 2021 - four years ahead of schedule.