A state body would take local tension out of stock route management, western Queensland councils say

Sally Gall
Updated February 14 2017 - 10:35pm, first published 8:43am
The Infrastructure and Natural Resources Parliamentary Committee at a stock route watering point between Boulia and Winton with Boulia Shire councillors and staff.
The Infrastructure and Natural Resources Parliamentary Committee at a stock route watering point between Boulia and Winton with Boulia Shire councillors and staff.

Just about every concern expressed since a renewal of Queensland’s stock route network was first mooted early in the new millennium – a lack of revenue to maintain infrastructure, the bogey man of fencing, and overgrazing – was raised for scrutiny when the Stock Route Network Management Bill parliamentary committee took public hearings in Longreach last week.

Sally Gall

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. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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