Danielle Grindlay

A national forestry body says water licensing policy introduced by the South Australian Government is based on ‘artificial’ evidence. Forestry companies in the lower south east of SA will be required to buy water licences, as part of the State Government's plans to ensure sustainability of the resource. It has taken the Government nearly a decade of work to introduce the policy.

Rural financial counsellors, paid by the Federal Government to assist dairy farmers in applying for its concessional loans, are reportedly advising clients not to bother with applications. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Timboon farmer Stephen Spokes said his rural financial counsellor advised him not to apply for a Federal Government loan, amid reports a list of farmers have been told the process is 'too hard'.