The Civil Aviation Safety Authority will be in the spotlight of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee next year.

The Hon. Shane Stone AC QC will lead the National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency.

Five departmental secretaries have been shown the door as part of major machinery of government changes reducing number of departments.

Rather than label environmentally, sustainability and ethically conscious consumers as "latte drinking lefties", Western Australian primary producers need to engage with them to secure a long-term future for their industry.

Opinion: As farmers rally for a second day outside Parliament House, calling for the Murray Darling Basin Plan to be axed, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says his government will deliver transparency in the water market.

Frustration over the Murray Darling Basin Plan will be on display outside Parliament House today.

A bilateral agreement between the federal government and the Queensland government to deliver the Inland Rail project has been signed in Toowoomba.

A government initiative aimed at reducing trade barriers for Australia's agricultural exporters has opened a fresh round of grants today.

How should the federal government best spend $100 million every year to make regional communities more resilient to drought?

Liberal Party Agriculture spokesman Jim Chown has made an election commitment to replace the Boyanup Saleyards in a new location, if required, if elected to government in 2021.