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Shooters to take aim at feral pigs stranded by floods

Sharpshooters will take to the skies across Queensland's flood-ravaged northwest, targeting feral pigs stranded on pockets of higher ground.

AAP · Jan 20

'More gaps, more drop-outs': rise in complaints post-3G

Telcos have been urged to do better in rural Australia, with continued reports of poor mobile service and new black spots after the 3G mobile network closed.

AAP · Feb 19, 2025

Queensland rejects Glencore carbon capture and storage proposal for Great Artesian Basin

Environment department says its decision ‘makes clear that other carbon capture and storage projects will not be viable for the Great Artesian basin’

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2024

Farmers urge Labor leaders to fight carbon capture plan

A farming lobby says Labor leaders whose states need the Great Artesian Basin should be fighting a carbon capture and storage trial in Queensland.

AAP · Feb 21, 2024

Queensland reviews future of cattle branding amid shortage of combinations

Queensland is running out of cattle brands and some producers are waiting up to six months for a new brand, prompting a government review on how livestock are identified.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

Qld land-clearing report not up to scratch

The Queensland government says a new report shows deforestation has fallen, but environmental groups says it's still happening at an alarming rate.

AAP · Dec 16, 2022

Cattle industry paving the way with key board reaching 50 percent gender representation

Angela Hutchinson is appointed AgForce Queensland director and also joins the Cattle Council of Australia board, creating an equal gender split for the national body.

ABC News · Jul 3, 2022

AgForce chief Michael Guerin questions climate science, blasts NZ pledge to cut farm emissions

Queensland may have recently elected three Greens MPs, but the head of the state lobby group AgForce says the science is not settled on climate change as he criticises NZ's agricultural emissions plan.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

Beef industry making progress on net zero, but is it moving fast enough for major export markets?

Emissions are coming down as farmers increase the amount of ground cover across their paddocks, land clearing has slowed, and abattoirs have built systems that trap waste and divert it from landfill.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Farmers battling climate change welcome Labor, Greens stronger policies

Meet the Australian farmers who have battled for years for action on climate change, keen to work with Greens and Labor.

ABC News · May 23, 2022