Landholders and NRM land managers spell out the threat of prickly acacia to Channel Country

Sally Gall
Updated July 19 2017 - 10:41am, first published July 11 2017 - 1:40pm
Parliamentary Agriculture and Environment Committee members, Jim Madden, Joe Kelly, Lachlan Millar, Pat Weir and Rob Katter, with DCQ chairman, Dom Burden.
Parliamentary Agriculture and Environment Committee members, Jim Madden, Joe Kelly, Lachlan Millar, Pat Weir and Rob Katter, with DCQ chairman, Dom Burden.

Possible solutions to the horror that prickly acacia has become in western Queensland, and the threat it poses to the Lake Eyre Basin, were canvassed when the Queensland Parliament Agriculture and Environment Committee held public hearings for its inquiry into the impacts of invasive weeds in Hughenden and Barcaldine recently.

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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