19 Dec 2016
- Water assets will be included in stamp duty exemptions for family successions following QFF’s constructive negotiations with the state government to extend the exemption initially overlooked in the 2016-17 Budget measures. DETAILS.
- Submissions for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) Northern Basin Review are now OPEN. Now is the opportunity to make your voice heard on the proposed buybacks with the #morethanflow quick submission tool HERE.
- QFF, Queensland Tourism Industry Council & WWF – Australia have partnered to challenge the way governments fund productive infrastructure like the Great Barrier Reef. Joint statement HERE. Jacobs’ report HERE.
- If the Reef was a dam, would it get more funding? QFF outlines the rationale behind the Jacobs report and how governments are falling short of funding and servicing the Reef, a $21 billion infrastructure asset. QCL column HERE.
- You don’t have to travel far from town to experience the telecommunications ‘tyranny of distance’. See QFF President Stuart Armitage’s QCL column discussing the importance of regional telecommunications HERE.
- QFF industry member CANEGROWERS has sounded the alarm over the Australian Energy Regulator about to rubber stamp the flawed Ergon Energy network tariffs in in February 2017. See media release HERE.
- The University of Queensland has developed a free 3D Ground Water Atlas for Coal Seam Gas Fields that integrates data from both the Office of Groundwater Impact Assessment and the state’s Groundwater Database. View HERE
- The latest edition of the Reef Alliance ‘Reliable 5‘ is now out. See latest edition on all things Reef and agriculture HERE. Click HERE to to receive these updates in your inbox.
- The Federal Treasurer Hon. Scott Morrison MP has released a factsheet with everything farmers need to know about changes to tax regulation around backpackers. See the factsheet HERE.
- You’ll have to live without QFF’s ’10 things to know’ for the next couple of week as we take a break over the Christmas/New Year break between Friday 23rd December till Tuesday 3rd January 2017. The QFF team wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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