• The Moorlort Plains chicken wars continue I Australian Rural & Regional News

    Monday 11 Aug 2025 by

    Remember the protracted battle regarding the plans to build broiler farms on the Moolort Plains, west of Baringhup, in the Shire of Mount Alexander? After court hearings and the extraordinary step of building two houses out near the proposed site for the proposed broiler sheds, that battle was won by local residents. But the applicant, Pavilion Farms, is building chicken factories further west; still on the Moolort Plains, but now in the Central Goldfields Shire. Intensive farming can be a controversial issue, and there is some concern regarding the two broiler farms that have already been built, and another that... Read more >