- New rules overseeing the sale of Australian farmland to foreign investors will force real estate agents to show they have given local investors the chance to purchase the land first. Details HERE.
- QFF has join with industry member Cotton Australia, Growcom and other organisations calling on Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to support Murray-Darling Basin communities in the state’s south-west, whose fate will be decided in Federal Parliament. Joint statement HERE.
- Senators will have five sitting days to decide if they agree to the independent Murray Darling Basin Authority Northern Basin Review’s recommendations to reduce water recovery across the whole northern basin from 390GL to 320GL. See QFF’s analysis in its QCL column HERE.
- QFF is urging everyone to voice your opposition to a move that will cost jobs in Northern Basin communities. Make your voice heard by emailing your Senators to oppose The Greens’ Disallowance Motion HERE.
- Australia’s $1.3 billion pig industry has introduced livestock traceability under the National Livestock Identification System in all state and territory governments from this week. Details HERE.
- A simple, low-cost solution to reduce agricultural run-off from entering the Great Barrier Reef is set to be trialed on North Queensland cane and banana farms. Agriculture Minister Furner’s statement HERE.
- One of Australia’s biggest egg producers, Queensland’s Sunny Queen, has invested tens of millions of dollars in a new free-range egg farm on the outskirts of Toowoomba. See the ABC Landline article HERE.
- National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has produced a short video explaining primary producer’s Chain of Responsibility to prevent prevent mass, load restraint, dimension, fatigue and speed offences under the new Heavy Vehicle National Law. Video & details HERE.
- The Churchill Fellowship offers the remarkable opportunity for individuals to travel overseas to investigate a topic or issues. Applications are now being sought from regional, rural and remote Australia. Information Sessions in Brisbane (19/2) Mt Isa (21/2); Toowoomba (27/2), Longreach (1/3) and Roma (6/3). Details HERE.
- Australia is getting its first, and only, live agribusiness television program – The Ag Show. The half-hour weekly show on Sky News Business powered by the Rural Weekly and sister papers The Weekly Times and Tasmanian Country. Details HERE.
10 Things to know
Subscribe to QFF’s weekly ’10 things to know’ e-bulletin stay up to date with the latest news affecting Queensland agriculture.
Subscribe
Get ’10 things to know’ weekly direct to your inbox.