Country Today - January 22nd

The Nationals have once again split from the Coalition. Following Federal Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley’s acceptance of the resignations of three senators who opposed the shadow cabinet’s position on the hate speech laws. Today, Brazil's beef market has been given greater access into China through an exemption the rest of the world is yet to be granted. So is Australia really being treated like the close ally we supposedly are? The National Farmers’ Federation has lodged its 2026–27 Pre-Budget Submission to the federal government. It’s calling on long-term investment for the sector, led by $4 billion dollars to improve freight routes on Australian roads. Many Victorians affected by the January 9 Grass Flat fire at Natimuk in the Wimmera were initially denied disaster relief payments by the state government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.