Approximately 10,000 customers were left without power for about three hours on the morning of May 20, the state’s power distributor Ergon Energy confirmed, after the Diamantina Power Station’s gas turbines were shut down by the plant’s safety system. Click to check the original article.
For the first time in a decade, drought has officially ended for all of Queensland except two shires. Click to check the original article.
Burrendown South is a 3506 hectare property with 1277ha of dryland cultivation as well as productive grazing country. Click to check the original article.
Steers under 200kg reached 350c to average 329c, steers 200 – 320kg sold to 352c, averaging 325c, steers 320 – 400kg topped at 284c and averaged 267c and steers over 400kg sold to 260c to average 256c. Mickeys under 400kg sold to 318c, averaging 270c. Heifers under 200kg topped at 245c and averaged 215c, heifers […]
AUSTRALIA’S peak farming body is calling on the Federal Government to have a long hard look at the way it’s handling the compensation process for producers in the live cattle export class action. Senate Estimates in Canberra last week revealed the Government had offered $215 million, a mere fraction of that being sought in compensation […]
Australia’s peak farming body is calling on the Federal Government to have a “long hard look” at the way it is handling the compensation process for producers in the live cattle export class action. Click to check the original article.
DAFF secretary Andrew Metcalf, acting deputy secretary Matt Koval and acting first assistant secretary Andrew McDonald were unable to provide accurate figures on the number of multi-species voyages from the Port of Fremantle, but implied the commercial decision to shut down the live sheep trade would have an insignificant impact on the cattle industry. Click […]
Prior to the June Reserve Bank meeting, the minimum award wage decision will be released on June 2. Click to check the original article.
Looking back to the basics of the basis. Click to check the original article.
A Tara man has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Click to check the original article.
Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
The season has broken for some parts of regional WA, with other areas still chasing that first decent shower. Click to check the original article.