16 Jan 2017
- Watch why Dirranbandi grower Frank Deshon supports the #morethanflow in response to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) Northern Basin HERE. Make your voice heard on the proposed buybacks with the quick submission tool HERE.
- Has the Ag sector ‘come of age’ on social media? See QFF President Stuart Armitage’s analysis of our sector’s sometimes vexed relationship with social media in his QCL column HERE.
- Have a creative eye and a farm safety story to tell? The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) has launched a student video competition to raise awareness about farm safety in agriculture. Details HERE.
- See the latest breakdown of Queensland agriculture employment complied by Rural Jobs & Skills Alliance (RJSA). See how many people are directly employed in agriculture in Queensland’s regions HERE.
- Find out about how you can take advantage of Australia’s Chinese, Japanese and Korean Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) at the free information seminar for businesses and producers in Toowoomba. Event details HERE.
- The Queensland Rural Jobs & Skills Alliance (RJSA) has sent out its inaugural e-news featuring education and training updates. See the e-news HERE. Sign up for future editions HERE (form at bottom of the page)
- Queensland cane growers have wrapped up a long and testing harvest season in which just over 34 million tonnes of sugarcane was sent to the state’s 21 mills for crushing with a value of $2 billion. CANEGROWERS statement HERE.
- Queensland dairy farmers have entered arbitration with state’s largest milk processor, Parmalat after the groups were not able to reach an agreement before the 2016 contract ended on December 31.
- The Productivity Commission is proposing a major overhaul of Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation in it’s draft inquiry report (HERE). Public hearing to be held in Cairns (2/2). Details HERE.
- Have you heard about the 202020 Vision? It is a collaboration to make our urban areas 20% greener by 2020. Learn about the network of more than 200 organisations, 1,000 individual supporters and 29 strategic experts HERE.
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