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Hosted by Belinda Varischetti, the presenter of the Western Australian Country Hour, the country's finest hour

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Western Australia Country Hour

Charles Sturt University is investigating transparent solar panels for Australian agriculture.

0:55:12Oct 30, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

Australia's buffalo industry is enjoying strong demand from Indonesia, with regular consignments of animals being shipped out of Darwin Port...

0:54:41Oct 29, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

The federal government is continuing its review of quarantine arrangements to consider allowing fresh Cavendish banana imports from the Phil...

0:55:12Oct 28, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

The vice president of WAFarmers has welcomed the Premier's attempt to make changes to working holiday maker visas, with a letter addressing...

0:55:11Oct 27, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

A number of grain groups have written to WA's Industrial relations minister asking her to urgently scrap or delay new dust rules that are se...

0:55:12Oct 26, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

The United Nations has issued a warning to oil and gas company Chevron after independent satellite monitoring revealed large plumes of metha...

0:55:12Oct 23, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

Children from Western Australia's remote Pilbara have swapped pencils for a microphone to share a taste of rural education through a country...

0:55:11Oct 22, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

US farmers are reconsidering their vote for US president Donald Trump and the Republican Party, in the lead up to the mid term elections.

0:55:12Oct 21, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

For the first time telecommunications companies will be required to provide a baseline level of mobile coverage across the country.

0:55:12Oct 20, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

While fresh cut flowers are easy to find in most cities, it's a different story in some of Western Australia's remote towns and communities.

0:55:12Oct 19, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

Mild temperatures leading up to harvest have Western Australia on track to take off close to 24 million tonnes of grain this season.

0:55:11Oct 16, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

Federal resources minister Madeleine King says nationalising heavy rare earths company Northern Minerals is an "option" for the government.

0:55:11Oct 15, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

A Great Southern grain handling business, that launched in 2024, has leased a former livestock saleyard near Katanning to further expand its...

0:55:12Oct 14, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

Pastoralists say modern technology is the only way to stay competitive in the cattle industry.

0:55:12Oct 13, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

A calf born with two extra legs growing from her head has made a remarkable recovery after a rare operation in southern Queensland.

0:55:11Oct 12, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

A sausage laced with 1080 poison and developed and used in WA has been approved for use by authorised pest controllers to kill feral cats in...

0:54:41Oct 8, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

The National Farmers Federation has welcomed the federal coalition's promise to introduce a dedicated agriculture visa from 2030, despite no...

0:55:11Oct 7, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

The Coalition has unveiled a plan to slash Australia's temporary migration intake by about 650,000 over four years through deep cuts to grad...

0:55:12Oct 6, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

The federal government's $140 million package to assist industry transition out of the live sheep trade by sea, is almost fully allocated, w...

0:54:41Oct 5, 2026

Western Australia Country Hour

A plant disease affecting melons and some vegetables has been detected in Australia for the first time on two properties in the Northern Ter...

0:55:11Oct 2, 2026