21 Sept 2020
- Diversity in the workplace, and the broader agricultural sector, is vital for employees and employers, building a great reputation through to increased profitability and opportunities for workers. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column HERE.
- Making a cultural shift to focus on health and safety in your workplace needs to be addressed in your approach to harvest. Join QFF and Safe Ag Systems for a webinar on Wednesday, 23 September, which will provide you with the tools you need to identify your duties to your workers and reduce risks and hazards. Register HERE.
- QFF has supported the Local Government Association of Queensland’s Bush Councils Compact to bridge the divide between the city and the country by guaranteeing rural and remote communities a fairer go from the Queensland Government. Details HERE.
- While urban development activity is slowing, it’s likely to be short-lived and we need to deal with the underlying reasons that generate conflict between agricultural and urban uses that are proximate to each other. More from QFF partner Holding Redlich HERE.
- Outstanding contributors and innovators in agriculture were recognised at the recent AgFutures 2020 virtual forum. Darling Downs farmer and former QFF President Stuart Armitage won the Peter Kenny Medal and Jerome Leray, the founder of InFarm, received the Minister’s Emerging Leader Award. Congratulations! Details HERE and a full recording of the event will be available soon HERE.
- QFF industry member Growcom has announced a collaboration with internet sensation Nat’s What I Reckon, as a part of our national healthy eating campaign Eat Yourself to Health. Check out the campaign HERE.
- World Cotton Day is coming up on 7 October 2020 and to celebrate, QFF industry member Cotton Australia is holding a photo competition. Enter by capturing an image showcasing Australia’s cotton industry and the theme, Australian cotton: Paddock, People, Planet. Entries close September 23rd 2020. Details HERE.
- Following continued advocacy from the agriculture and resource sectors, the Queensland Government has released a guideline to help facilitate the transfer of infrastructure from petroleum activities like bores, access tracks, small dams, fences and sheds to landholders. More information HERE.
- A range of seasonal agriculture jobs are up for the picking across Queensland, with working-holiday makers and Queenslanders seeking employment encouraged to work and explore their way around the state. Now’s the time to pick Queensland. Get involved HERE.
- Natural resource management group Healthy Land and Water has asked the State Government to fund $154.6 million of infrastructure spending to deliver eight major projects across the state that would drive employment in regions hit hardest economically by COVID-19. Read more HERE.
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