Community Markets make donation to Mount Isa hospital
The Mount Isa Hospital Cancer Care Unit has received a boost with a $4500 donation from the Mount Isa Community Market Committee. Click to check the original article.
Chris Howie: Let’s take a breath
Take a breath – it is very easy to get wrapped up in the emotion of a perceived “what if”. Drought, rain, election, flood, fire, disease, Ukraine, umpires at the football. None of these can be changed by us on the ground. Sometimes we need to focus on what we can control and trust others […]
FMD risk starting to weigh heavily on listed companies exposed to livestock
SHAREHOLDERS investing in some of Australia’s largest listed companies exposed to our livestock industries are responding to the elevated level of concern over Foot & Mouth Disease risk. Both Elders and the Australian Agricultural Co share prices have fallen over the past three weeks, as FMD concerns have risen, and analysts have connected the two. […]
Charbray steer calves sell for $1070 at Woodford | Queensland Country Life
Loretta Skinner, Colinton, sold Charbray steer calves for $1070 and heifers for $800. Glenys Hanton, Kilcoy, sold Droughtmaster steer calves for $1040. Alberton Investments, Bald Hills, sold Santa steers for $1910 and Santa weaners, with males making $1400 and heifers $1360. Click to check the original article.
Overall dealer honours for WA business
WA business wins Best Overall Expert dealer in Australia award Click to check the original article.
WA property industry backs NSW-style stamp duty reforms | Farm Weekly
Stamp duty creates about 20 per cent of the upfront cost of moving house, and for a full-time worker who earns the average wage in Western Australia and saves 15pc of their income, stamp duty adds 2.6 years to the time required to save a 20pc deposit for a house, the report said. Click to […]
Removal of Mount Isa LPG bowser results in 1100km desert
Gas motorists could become deserted on Outback Queensland roads with the removal of Mount Isa’s only LPG bowser. Click to check the original article.
Western Downs country to fatten 400 to 450 steers | Pictures
The 1747 hectare Western Downs property Pinora West is estimated to fatten 400 to 450 steers. Click to check the original article.
Fed gov defends end of North Aus joint standing committee | The North West Star
“The arrogance and ignorance of this attitude is truly breathtaking. We in the north pay more, and in many parts we can’t make a mobile phone call. Our children’s schooling is hampered by slow internet. We have unsealed roads that isolate communities for months in the wet season. But despite all of this, through sheer […]
North Australia Joint Standing Committee axing fires up Coalition MPs | North Queensland Register
“This region represents half of Australia’s land mass, is home to 1.3 million people – 16 per cent of those being Indigenous – it produces more than 94 per cent of Australia’s bananas, 93 per cent of Australia’s mangoes, 12.5 million beef cattle and makes up 90 per cent of Australia’s live cattle exports, but […]
Ekka's back: faces from around the ring on day one
Check out all the action from the first day of Ekka 2022. Click to check the original article.
Above average warm conditions cross the North West | The North West Star
Samantha Campbell (nee Walton) has worked for regional and rural publications across News South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory and is currently the senior journalist at the North West Star in Mount Isa. Sam enjoys family life on their cattle station with her husband and two kids and competes in local campdraft and rodeo […]