Some considered poor farms cruel, others saw them as places to help people get back on their feet after a time of crisis.

The decades-old diaries of a Victorian farmer who "took risks" and survived ... 1873-1896) when cheaper imports, poor harvests and bad weather hit rural communities hard. The diaries show that ...

The Victorian government intends to replace its Fire Services Levy with a new, expanded tax to help fund a range of government agencies. Farmers face a threefold increase in the tax they pay and ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. The Victorian Farmers Federation is calling for an immediate halt to the Allan government’s new Emergency Services Volunteer Fund levy, which ...