Daily Archives: 12 Aug, 2026

Labor’s water buybacks cost Riverina jobs as SunRice confirms redundancies

The Riverina community has been dealt another blow with confirmation SunRice will cut 92 positions across its Deniliquin, Leeton and Australian Grain Storage operations, with 78 workers set to lose their jobs. Only 14 of the 92 workers are able to be redeployed to other areas of the business. Federal Nationals Member for Riverina and…

Global coal demand remains strong – Canavan

Nationals Leader, Matt Canavan, will reiterate the need to use all of Australia’s resources with the Party faithful at this weekend’s Nationals conference, as global coal investment reaches a 14-year high. Senator Canavan said he was encouraged by a briefing from FutureCoal in The Nationals party room today, showing global coal investment reaching US$180 billion…