Jessica Johnston

Buyers from central Queensland had a chance to buy bulls in their own patch at the Clermont Beef Bull Sale on Tuesday.

Early spring rain across wide swathes of the south west and central inland has buoyed hopes the forecast La Nina will come to pass.

Big Rocks Weir will be constructed regardless of who wins the October 31 election, with the state government today committing $30 million toward the project.

Battle-lines are being drawn in North Queensland ahead of the state election with farmers launching a grassroots campaign to force agriculture into the spotlight.

The push for a separate state in North Queensland is again on the agenda with Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan today announcing his party's statehood policy.

The inaugural Telpara Hills Brangus bull and female sale was a stunning success, with buyers scrambling to buy the quality genetics.

A colony of flying-foxes roosting at Lissner Park in Charters Towers will be inspected later this month with a view to moving them on.

After a tumultuous school year like no other, Charters Towers senior students finally had a chance to let their hair down at the combined school formal.

A weed spraying robot which can detect and spray priority sugarcane weeds is being developed with a view to reducing herbicide use in North Queensland.

A water bombing aircraft has landed in Queensland ahead of the upcoming bushfire season.