Queensland Country Hour
Friday, July 30, 2010
- Queensland Government denies Darling Downs water contamination was ignored
- Gas compliance crack down
- Airlie Beach restaurant owners concerned about Bowen vegetable poisoning
- Big vision for pineapple industry
- Miners get their rocks off
- Goat prices retreat
- Copper price on three month high
More from the Queensland Country Hour
National News
GrainCorp swallows up AWB
In one of the biggest agribusiness mergers in years, east coast bulk grain handler GrainCorp will combine with the former monopoly wheat exporter.
Labor boosts its broadband pledge
The Labor Party says its National Broadband Network has the potential to end the tyranny of distance.
Coalition offers rural health incentives
The Coalition is promising $27 million in rural health initiatives to attract and retain medical professionals in rural and remote Australia.
Live cattle ship leaves Broome for Egypt
A live export ship has set sail for Egypt loaded with around 5,500 head of Kimberley cattle from the port of Broome in Western Australia.
Transparency of biosecurity reforms questioned
Reforms to the nation's biosecurity and quarantine have come under fire by sources involved in the changes.
More National Rural News
Queensland Features
Is foreign investment a problem?
How much new foreign investment is actually occurring in Australia, and should agriculture and food industries be concerned?
Feeding the crocs
If you're ever close enough to feed a crocodile, there's a good chance you might be next on the menu!
2010 61st Mareeba Rodeo
The Mareeba Rodeo is one of the country's most iconic. It's been held every July since 1949 and thousands travel to the town west of Cairns in far north Queensland to experience it.
Bottle-feeding build-up for Brisbane's Ekka
Imagine bottle-feeding several dozen babies, day and night! That's the preparation James Kemp is putting in for next month's Royal Queensland Show.
Fish ladder success
For more than 60 years native fish species have hit a metre-high roadblock trying to make their way up Amity Creek in central Queensland.
Crop sabotage impacts ripple through community
A Queensland criminologist says the killing of seedlings in Bowen was a premediated crime.
Judges seek the good oil
There's been a lot of sniffing, sipping and spitting at Brisbane's showgrounds this week, as olive oil entries in the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show are put through their paces.
Fish ladder the step up needed for local fish
For years a large part of a central Queensland creek has been out of bounds for native fish species. But now the fish have a detour.
A super lot of tractors
When Biggenden farmer Darren Hosking looks out over his collection of 140 vintage tractors and agricultural machines he sees a good investment.
Phosphate mining could expand
There could be an expansion of phosphate mining and, subsequently, fertiliser production, in north-west Queensland if plans by a Singapore company go ahead.
