The LNP has promised to reinstate an “enhanced” version of its Royalties For Regions fund – the program which funded more than $20 million of infrastructure in the South Burnett – if it is successful at the next State election.
An E-Petition has been launched by AgForce Queensland general president Grant Maudsley against the State Government’s proposed vegetation management changes.
Member for Callide Jeff Seeney is urging farmers to have their say on the State Government’s Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) Bill as soon as possible.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said on Wednesday the decision by the Federal Government to scrap the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) was a win for agriculture, regional Queensland and common sense.
The Queensland Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the release of the review into Queensland’s biosecurity capability.
The proposed power price rises released recently have shocked many agricultural consumers, according to the Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation.
A Coalition Government would axe the controversial Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) if re-elected at the next Federal poll, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Sunday.
A group of 36 primary producers from the Mackay region dropped into Kingaroy during this week as part of a tour of the South Burnett and Toowoomba.
Three men have been charged over the alleged theft of more than $100,000 worth of cattle following a joint investigation by specialist rural-crime detectives in NSW and Queensland.
The State Government has boosted its annual funding for rural financial counsellors by $75,000.
Bean Growers Australia are looking for a new slogan to commemorate the United Nations declaring 2016 the International Year Of Pulses.
Same felt hat … different shirt. With these words, a stalwart of Kingaroy’s peanut industry signed off from the Peanut Company of Australia at Easter after a 24-year stint servicing peanut growers from northern NSW to the Atherton Tableland.
It was business as usual for owner drivers in the nation’s trucking fleet on Monday despite the deadline passing for the implementation of a new road safety order.
Red tape controlling the use of small drones in commercial and farming operations has been cut by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
In response to ongoing concerns about the spread of Giant Rat’s Tail Grass and its significant impacts locally, Gympie Regional Council, the Burnett Mary Regional Group and Gympie and District Landcare are combining forces to bring the latest information to landholders.
Member for Wide Bay Warren Truss says thousands of truck owners and operators face ruin with the implementation of a Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal order which fixes higher freight rates for owner operators.
A couple who breed beef cattle at Yarraman have been named the Queensland MSA Producers Of The Year.
The South Burnett contingent of the Burrumbuttock Hay Run made it safely into Muckadilla on Wednesday night, their first stopover on their journey of hope to western Queensland.
Proposed power price rises will hit local irrigators hard, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has warned.
A review of the Gasfields Commission will consider extending its work to coal and minerals
