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People on the Move: Appointments, retirements, achievements

Changes in the senior management ranks at JBS Southern | CPC makes key public affairs appointment | Killara feedlot in the hunt for new GM, as Andrew Talbot steps down | Former Nutrien head Rob Clayton joins Gallagher | AA Co directors elected | Changes at the top for global protein giant JBS | New face on CA’s Regional Consultative Committee | AuctionsPlus top assessors recognised | New board for AFIA | LAWD strengthens SA property footprint | Stock agency expands with Roma business purchase | Beef industry icon Terry Nolan honoured as 2026 Ekka Legend ..Read More

Jon Condon, 19/08/2026

Cattle levy review: History offers lessons for what comes next

As Australia’s cattle transaction levy undergoes a major review, former Cattle Council chief David Palmer looks back at the debates and compromises that created it, and the lessons they hold for reform today…Read More

David Palmer, 19/08/2026

Saleyards should be recognised and funded as nationally significant infrastructure

Saleyards should be recognised and funded as nationally significant infrastructure, according to an independent advisor who has been working with the Dubbo Regional Council on the future of its saleyards…Read More

Lydia Burton, 19/08/2026

NT bushfire outlook shows above-average fire danger for Spring

The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) has released its Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for Spring 2026, identifying an extended fire season and above average fire danger across the Top End, Arnhem and Savanna regions…Read More

Beef Central, 19/08/2026

Agriculture under threat from pause on working holiday visas

The Federal Government has paused the processing of Working Holiday Maker visas from 24 countries, a move that threatens agriculture and regional communities according to industry bodies…Read More

Beef Central, 18/08/2026

Report finds Govt spent $2.2b on activist groups over five years

A new report has highlighted the depth of Government support for activist groups, with a sample of 100 organisations receiving a collective $2.2b over the past five years – some of them environmental groups who regularly lobby against the beef industry…Read More

Eric Barker, 18/08/2026

Pork industry businesses caught up in alleged $40m financial crime operation

Four people have been charged following allegations that the business owners or representatives within the pork meat industry engaged in significant trade-based financial offending across Queensland and New South Wales…Read More

Beef Central, 18/08/2026

US beef exports to Australia barely raise a blip on the radar

Social media hysteria in Australia earlier this year over the re-admission of imported beef from the United States after a 20-year ban has proven unfounded, with total trade over the past 13 months barely enough to fill a tray-back utility…Read More

Jon Condon, 17/08/2026

Canavan calls for one year delay of EPBC changes

Nationals leader Matt Canavan has called for a one year delay to sweeping changes to the Federal Government’s revised environmental laws, that will add a new layer of legislation to routine and ongoing land management activities. ..Read More

Beef Central, 17/08/2026

Nationals move to reverse Federal gun laws

In a statement issued on Monday the Nationals confirmed they will move this week to reverse the Albanese Government’s firearms laws in Federal Parliament…Read More

Beef Central, 17/08/2026

Qld farm groups raise concerns about ‘critical minerals’ land access bill

Landholder Groups in Queensland are raising concerns about the Government’s new ‘critical minerals’ legislation, which they say could mean compulsory acquisitions…Read More

Beef Central, 17/08/2026

Official reports tell different story on reef health to anti-beef activism campaigns

Two weeks after activist groups launched billboard campaigns in South Korea accusing Australian beef production of destroying the Great Barrier Reef, two official reef health reports have documented rebounding coral cover and improved water quality across the iconic ecosystem…Read More

James Nason, 14/08/2026

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