Ag show funding scrapped in Flynn
THE Federal Labor Government has confirmed it is scrapping funding for the Agriculture Shows Development Grants Program.
In Estimates week, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said...
Online trading platform to boost productive water for CQ farmers
SUNWATER has launched its Water Trading Board, an online portal that allows water users and seekers to connect with others looking to trade or...
Moratorium to be lifted, small mining claims to stay
THE Gemfields small-scale miners will continue to operate mining claims as a suite of proposals hits the table to support genuine miners.
Resources Minister Scott...
Two good sports with high hopes for a rural future
TWENTY-FOUR hours after arriving in Emerald this week, Nicholas Lynch couldn’t stop marvelling at his escape from the city to big sky country.
Nicholas and...
Two men charged with mine fuel theft
Two men have been charged with 16 offences following the alleged theft of 7,500 litres of fuel from a Moranbah mine site.
On November 7,...
Woman rescued after Gemfields mine shaft fall
CENTRAL Highlands emergency services mobilised on Saturday afternoon for a dramatic four-hour rescue of a woman who had fallen 10 metres down a underground...
Man dies in car crash near Comet
A 46-year-old man has died after a collision between two cars at Comet earlier this morning.
Initial investigations indicate that shortly before 7am, a Toyota...
Storms leave trail of damage
ERGON crews were kept busy on Monday night after intense storm cells battered the Gemfields, Capella and Rolleston regions.
Power lines were knocked down, shade...
Dam rises above 35% and it’s not over yet
IT has been five long years since the Fairbairn Dam reached more than 35 per cent.
Inflow from the catchment after the rain event in...
Mining Union condemns attempt to import foreign labour
ATTEMPTS by a Queensland coal mining company to import foreign labour has been condemned by the Mining and Energy Union.
Sojitz Blue has applied to...
Air and land search for missing woman
POLICE have commenced a land and air search for a 19-year-old woman who was last seen in Richmond on October 16.
Tea Wright-Finger was last...
Kids to farms roadshow hits the Highlands
Four walls were left behind for a walk into the Central Highlands classroom of life for some lucky students as part of the Educating...
The power of prevention
Preventative – adjective; designed to keep something undesirable from occurring. Also known as preventive.
Without much more said, the Oxford Dictionary pretty much sums up...
