Jul 12, 2026 – 11.50amIn the months before losing his battle with cancer, Leslie and his wife Audrey sat down with their accountant to finalise the division of their estate, including the 447-hectare farm in Western Australia’s south where they’d raised their two children.It was supposed to be their legacy.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Jesinta BurtonWestern Australia reporterJesinta Burton is The Australian Financial Review’s Western Australia reporter based in Perth.Fetching latest articles
The fight for the family farm is now splitting heirs
Lawyers are bracing for a surge in family rural disputes as soaring property prices and city careers reshape what the next generation want to do with their inheritance.







