Two local producers have won the latest domestic supply only tender for more gas to feed the Australian Market. Two junior producers - Central Petroleum and Armour Energy - will start exploring for more gas to develop on a total of almost another 400 ha just north of the townships of Miles and … [Read more...]
Like Lightning - Solar Farms on prime agricultural land won’t be able to strike twice in the Central Highlands with the Regional Council giving the land devouring power source the flick. Mayor Kerry Hayes says the region has one such farm approved and that he says is being set to be established … [Read more...]
Queensland farmers will have better access to climate data to help them make decisions about their properties, following updates to the Long Paddock website. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development Mark Furner says the upgrades are all about aiming to improve drought preparedness and … [Read more...]
Community and landcare groups are being asked to step up and apply for the latest round of funding grants now available for restoration of local environments through local projects. Applications are now open for groups to share in the $5 million worth of grants, available under the National … [Read more...]
AgForce is calling on the State Government to give its scientists the resources they need to examine how much vegetation is growing in Queensland not just how much is being cleared. AgForce General President Grant Maudsley says current methods being used by government only tell a small piece of … [Read more...]
Carbon farming is about to undergo a review by the Federal Environment Department. The move, according to Agriculture Minister David Littleproud, follows mounting concern about pest and weed control as large tracts of land are brought up by corporate companies and then land locked and left … [Read more...]
Last night’s Senate vote which scuttled the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s Northern Basin plan has been described as sabotage by the Queensland Farmers Federation. QFF President Stuart Armitage says the fate of Northern Basin communities and the environment hang in the balance now thanks to a … [Read more...]
CEO of the Murray Darling Basin Authority Phillip Glyde has expressed his disappointment at the greens inspired decision by Parliament to disallow amendments to the northern basin plan. Mr Glyde says MDBA stands by the Northern Basin review process, which he says is based on the best available … [Read more...]
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) says it stands by its rigorous and independent assessment of downstream impacts undertaken during the Northern Basin Review after criticism this week from Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and The Australia Institute. MDBA claims the scenarios referred to by … [Read more...]
One million hectares of threatened night parrot habitat will be protected for future generations when Mount Windsor in western Queensland is declared a nature refuge. Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch says the Mount Windsor Nature Refuge – located 230km west of Longreach and covering about … [Read more...]
