Blogs

Melbourne and Mitchell Shire to be locked down for six weeks

Melbourne has been ordered back into lockdown after the state recorded 191 new cases of coronavirus. Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday confirmed people in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, north of the city, will only be able to leave their...

Shepparton News

07 Jul 2020

Water

Northern NSW irrigators storing more water than allowed, inquiry hears

Floodplain harvesting in northern NSW is under fire, after evidence given at a state parliamentary inquiry last Thursday found irrigators in the north are unmetered, unlicensed and hold on-farm storages in excess of 4000 Gl, well above the 210 Gl of floodplain harvesting allowed under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Rodney Woods

05 Jul 2020

Dairy

Freedom Foods CEO resigns

Freedom Foods, which operates a dairy processing factory in Shepparton, has lost its chief executive officer, Rory Macleod.

Geoff Adams

30 Jun 2020

Dairy

Freedom Foods stock in trading halt as board members leave

A trading halt has been placed on Freedom Foods stock after it was announced on June 24 that managing director and chief executive officer Rory Macleod is on leave until further notice. It comes on the back of the resignation of chief financial...