3 Aug 2020
- QFF and its members have welcomed the Queensland LNP’s commitment to reduce water prices for the state’s irrigators by 20 per cent if elected in October, but require modelling to provide scheme specific costs using the LNP’s new approach. Read more HERE.
- Drought, bushfires and now a pandemic have placed ongoing pressure on the livelihoods and relationships of all Australians, but rural communities can endure these challenges in a way urban-inhabitants don’t. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column HERE.
- QFF has partnered with Bunnings which gives you the opportunity to join PowerPass! Farmers belonging to any of QFF’s 20 industry members can now sign up for a Bunnings PowerPass card and account to receive QFF special pricing and other benefits HERE.
- QFF is looking for a Microgrid Project Officer to join our team! The role will assist in managing a new Microgrids project across Queensland and New South Wales working with farmers, project partners and other energy and agricultural stakeholders. For more details and to apply, click HERE.
- The latest Rural Jobs and Skills Alliance e-newsletter is now available! Read about the latest news and events including an initiative encouraging primary school students to visit farms and a new report about farm businesswomen. Check it out HERE.
- QFF industry member CANEGROWERS have crunched the numbers on the full intent of Queensland’s reef regs on cane farms – forcing nitrogen use down to 30 per cent below industry best practice would deliver a huge economic blow with no direct evidence of benefit to the Reef. Read the report HERE.
- QFF industry member Australian Cane Farmers Association has launched a podcast to inform listeners about the sugar cane industry. In the first episode, General Manager Stephen Ryan speaks to Greg Beashel, Managing Director and CEO, Queensland Sugar Limited. Listen HERE.
- The Australian Red Cross Drought Program team are developing a Wellbeing Planning Tool that will support people in drought-affected communities. They are looking for participants to join their Community Working Groups to be at the centre of this tool’s conception, design and development. Email HERE to get involved.
- The Great Artesian Basin Strategic Management Plan is now available. The Plan provides a framework for governments, communities and industry to achieve economic, environmental, cultural and social outcomes for the Great Artesian Basin and its users. Details HERE.
- Hort Innovation is building a foundational understanding of the seasonal workforce requirements for the horticulture sector, and to understand the impacts that COVID-19 has had on this workforce. Take part in the survey HERE.
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