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Thermal garments have the traceability factor

Thermal garments have the traceability factor

An Australian ethical fashion brand, a fashion manufacturer and the woolgrowers who supplied them have been connected in a new traceability partnership through wool broker Fox & Lillie.

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Digital activity monitoring provides better health management systems for dairy farmers.

China using Australia to 'send message' to other trade partners

China using Australia to 'send message' to other trade partners

When China wanted to show the rest of the world it was open for business, it used Australia - now it wants to flex its economic muscles, and is once again using Australia to send its message, a former Trade Minister says.

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia will refer its complaint over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on wine to the World Trade Organisation.

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Digital activity monitoring provides better health management systems for dairy farmers.

Barnaby Joyce downplays chances of Nationals spill

Barnaby Joyce downplays chances of Nationals spill

Barnaby Joyce has downplayed the prospects of challenging for the Nationals leadership.

'Nothing worse than mice' DPM rants, but offers no help for plague

'Nothing worse than mice' DPM rants, but offers no help for plague

In a bizarre rant, the Deputy Prime Minister said "there is nothing worse than the stench of mice"

Queensland Rail 'deeply saddened' by train collision

Queensland Rail 'deeply saddened' by train collision

Investigations into the train collision west of Rockhampton are ongoing.

Dr Jeannette Young appointed Queensland's New Governor

Dr Jeannette Young appointed Queensland's New Governor

Dr Young will be sworn in as 27th Governor of Queensland on 1st November.

Barnaby Joyce downplays chances of Nationals spill

Barnaby Joyce downplays chances of Nationals spill

Barnaby Joyce has downplayed the prospects of challenging for the Nationals leadership.

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia will refer its complaint over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on wine to the World Trade Organisation.

Queensland Rail 'deeply saddened' by train collision

Queensland Rail 'deeply saddened' by train collision

Investigations into the train collision west of Rockhampton are ongoing.

China using Australia to 'send message' to other trade partners

China using Australia to 'send message' to other trade partners

When China wanted to show the rest of the world it was open for business, it used Australia - now it wants to flex its economic muscles, and is once again using Australia to send its message, a former Trade Minister says.

Dr Jeannette Young appointed Queensland's New Governor

Dr Jeannette Young appointed Queensland's New Governor

Dr Young will be sworn in as 27th Governor of Queensland on 1st November.

Livestock transporters celebrate young guns

Livestock transporters celebrate young guns

Inaugural Young Person in Transport Award recognises industry's rising stars.

Casualties after train collision west of Rockhampton

Casualties after train collision west of Rockhampton

Investigations into the crash are ongoing.

'Nothing worse than mice' DPM rants, but offers no help for plague

'Nothing worse than mice' DPM rants, but offers no help for plague

In a bizarre rant, the Deputy Prime Minister said "there is nothing worse than the stench of mice"

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Queensland Rail 'deeply saddened' by train collision

Queensland Rail 'deeply saddened' by train collision

Investigations into the train collision west of Rockhampton are ongoing.

Grape byproducts open doors to new markets for Olive Grove Fruits

Grape byproducts open doors to new markets for Olive Grove Fruits

Some innovative thinking sparked by an aversion to waste has led the Gallace family to create a unique value-added export business selling into the Asian packaged food and beverage market.

Sausage king of the north title declared

Sausage king of the north title declared

The team from MBW won the traditional beef sausage, traditional pork sausage, poultry sausage, lamb sausage and continental sausage, ham on bone, boneless ham, bacon, kabana and pre scalded sausage.

Help find a 2022 Australian of the Year recipient

Help find a 2022 Australian of the Year recipient

2022 Australian of the Year nominations close Saturday, July 31.

Young judges winners announced for Rocky Show | Photos

Young judges winners announced for Rocky Show | Photos

More than 120 students participated in the young judges competition at the Rockhampton Show on Thursday. Check out the winners.

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Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia will refer its complaint over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on wine to the World Trade Organisation.

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Digital activity monitoring provides better health management systems for dairy farmers.

Farm production growing beyond $66 billion

Farm production growing beyond $66 billion

Australia's farm production has been forecast to surge past $66 billion with a bumper crop pushing forecasts $400 million higher than expected.

Details of UK-Aus free-trade deal revealed as ag tariffs tumble

Details of UK-Aus free-trade deal revealed as ag tariffs tumble

Once the UK-Australia free-trade agreement is officially ratified, 99 per cent of Australian goods will be enter the UK duty free.

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Dr Jeannette Young appointed Queensland's New Governor

Dr Jeannette Young appointed Queensland's New Governor

Dr Young will be sworn in as 27th Governor of Queensland on 1st November.

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia takes China wine dispute to WTO

Australia will refer its complaint over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on wine to the World Trade Organisation.

China using Australia to 'send message' to other trade partners

China using Australia to 'send message' to other trade partners

When China wanted to show the rest of the world it was open for business, it used Australia - now it wants to flex its economic muscles, and is once again using Australia to send its message, a former Trade Minister says.

Barnaby Joyce downplays chances of Nationals spill

Barnaby Joyce downplays chances of Nationals spill

Barnaby Joyce has downplayed the prospects of challenging for the Nationals leadership.

'Nothing worse than mice' DPM rants, but offers no help for plague

'Nothing worse than mice' DPM rants, but offers no help for plague

In a bizarre rant, the Deputy Prime Minister said "there is nothing worse than the stench of mice"

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Leading ag industry advisor awarded OAM

Leading ag industry advisor awarded OAM

Dr Terry McCosker has been recognised in Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours List.

Help find a 2022 Australian of the Year recipient

Help find a 2022 Australian of the Year recipient

2022 Australian of the Year nominations close Saturday, July 31.

Give us back our Quarters, distance ed families plead

Give us back our Quarters, distance ed families plead

Affordable on-campus accommodation was a vision that isolated families attached to the Longreach School of Distance Education and the Emerald campus of the Capricornia School of Distance Education brought into being over a number of years.

ICPA Queensland relives 70s fashions at dinner

ICPA Queensland relives 70s fashions at dinner

They wore the clothes once in all seriousness but on Tuesday evening the people who started the Isolated Children's Parents' Association in the 1970s got to show them off again for fun.

Stuart Gilbert crowned Champion Cane Cutter

Stuart Gilbert crowned Champion Cane Cutter

The Cane Cutting Champion was crowned on final day of the Sweet Days, Hot Nights Festival has wrapped up.

Aged welfare advocate awarded

Aged welfare advocate awarded

Everald Compton has received his second Queen's Birthday Honour.

Sweet Days, Hot Nights festival lights up the Burdekin

Sweet Days, Hot Nights festival lights up the Burdekin

The First Fire marked the start of Burdekin Shire's annual sugar cane crushing season.

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Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Advancing dairy industry by adoption of animal monitoring tech

Digital activity monitoring provides better health management systems for dairy farmers.

Rule change needed to help clear roads and use storm-damaged trees for wood

Rule change needed to help clear roads and use storm-damaged trees for wood

COMMENT: Common sense needed to tackle tree removal from roads in wake of storms.

Reading the Queensland budget tea leaves

Reading the Queensland budget tea leaves

This week's Queensland budget is an opportunity to make real all the talk about an agriculture-led recovery from COVID-19.

Farmers must get the best milk price possible

Farmers must get the best milk price possible

An extra 5c/L can be the difference between a profitable, sustainable dairy operation and going out of business.

Reflecting on the 2011 live cattle exports ban

Reflecting on the 2011 live cattle exports ban

A decade on from the 2011 live export suspension, Charters Towers grazier Kylie Stretton ponders what she has learnt as an individual and what has been learnt collectively.

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Final 16 ready for Battle

Final 16 ready for Battle

The list of possible contestants for the $200,000 Battle at Eagle Farm was finalised last weekend following the last of 16 qualifying races

Field for Battle Of The Bush is taking shape

Field for Battle Of The Bush is taking shape

The Battle Of The Bush Final will offer a genuine showcase of country racing

Close to a major success

Close to a major success

CO-TRAINER Toby Edmonds insists former North Queensland marvel The Harrovian has more than a token chance of victory in Saturday's Stradbroke Handicap

$500k secures Snitzel colt at Magic Millions

$500k secures Snitzel colt at Magic Millions

Clearance rate on the opening day of the Magic Millions national yearling sale rated as unsatisfactory

Numbers and Ty Wheeler go hand in hand

Numbers and Ty Wheeler go hand in hand

THREE kilograms claiming apprentice Ty Wheeler posted a career high last weekend at Nanango with a winning quadrella.

Riding wizard from WA is heading to Qld

Riding wizard from WA is heading to Qld

Labelled the Wizard of the West, William Pike has accepted an offer three years in the making to ride during the RJC's winter carnival.

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Young Guns fundraising for a bus

Young Guns fundraising for a bus

The Lake Nash Young Guns are back but they have a problem to solve and are looking for the help of the public.

Maxi Races gets back on track this weekend

Maxi Races gets back on track this weekend

The Maxi Races committee are excited to be returning to the track this weekend, following a two-year standstill.

Mackay all girls cricket club 'Bash for Cash' success

Mackay all girls cricket club 'Bash for Cash' success

A Mackay cricket club is celebrating after winning $4500 from the Adelaide Strikers and Brisbane Heat game last month.

Mackay cowboy among world's best bull riders

Mackay cowboy among world's best bull riders

Bull riders from Queensland's north are continuing to show the world how it's done, with 20-year-old Ky Hamilton, who hails from Mackay, finishing the 2020 regular season as the number two bull rider in the world.