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Six Australia-bound tankers cancelled as hundreds of servos run out of fuel
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1079+ words) Energy Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed that six fuel shipments booked from Asian suppliers into Australia have been cancelled in recent days with the scramble to replace them now stretching the country's supply chain halfway across the world. The news…...
Wavering Downs developed with prolific, productive buffel grass | Video
2+ week, 1+ day ago (234+ words) Wavering Downs is an outstanding 7617 hectare (18,821 acre) of developed brigalow, belah, gidgee country with prolific stands of buffel grass. Located in Central Queensland's favoured Pasha district, the freehold property is situated 58km from Moranbah, 178km from Clermont and 253km from Mackay. The highly…...
'Testing year': Australia to hit China beef tariff wall in just two months
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1111+ words) Australian exporters are burning through their beef quota to China at a faster pace than other exporting nations and are likely to see steep 55 per cent tariffs come into play in little over two months. That's according to analysis from…...
EU-Australia trade deal likely inked Tuesday, but what's in it for beef?
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (790+ words) If Australia and the European Union sign an historic free trade agreement in Canberra next Tuesday, as strongly predicted, access for red meat exporters into the lucrative continental market will be significantly improved from current settings but likely fall short…...
New national forum to grow next generation of horticulture leaders
2+ week, 3+ day ago (322+ words) Future Farmers Network has announced a new flagship event for the horticulture sector - the Future Horticulture Leaders' Forum (FHLF). Set to debut in Toowoomba, Queensland, on October 22-23, it will be based on the format of FFN's highly successful and long-running…...
'A lot of win-wins': from farm kid to the future of NQ's beef industry
2+ week, 3+ day ago (557+ words) Tasmania's King Island is a long way from North Queensland, but for Teagan Lawrence the distance has provided a rare perspective on the challenges and opportunities of the Australian beef industry. Seven 2025-2026 Beef Leaders, including Ms Lawrence, recently travelled to…...
Treated timber vineyard posts could get a second life with this new program
2+ week, 5+ day ago (438+ words) South Australian winemakers can tick another sustainability box with the new option to recycle their vineyard posts. Wine Australia, together with Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) and the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life (NCTDDL) has launched…...
Plug pulled on major regional Australian music festival just weeks before event
2+ week, 6+ day ago (318+ words) Thousands of Australian music fans will be left high and dry at Easter, with one of Australia's largest festivals cancelled just weeks out from the event. Bluesfest organisers made the decision on Friday to cancel the Byron Bay event after…...
The fight to bring Australia’s $100m peanut industry back onshore
4+ week, 1+ day ago (24+ words) The fight to bring Australia's $100m peanut industry back onshore'North Queensland Register The fight to bring Australia's $100m peanut industry back onshore...
Why more Aussies than ever are taking a ‘golden gap year’
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (25+ words) Why more Aussies than ever are taking a "golden gap year'North Queensland Register Why more Aussies than ever are taking a "golden gap year...