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27 Jun 2024

New resources are now available to answer your on-farm energy questions

Cost of living pressures are being felt by consumers and businesses throughout Australia. For Queensland farmers these rising costs are experienced across all key inputs including labour, fuel,...
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20 Jun 2024

Investment in regions and biosecurity welcomed alongside cost-of-living measures

Last week the Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer the Hon. Cameron Dick delivered his fifth Queensland Budget providing a range of cost-of-living concessions. For agriculture, fisheries, and...
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13 Jun 2024

Queensland’s Supermarket Inquiry reaffirms industry’s market transparency concerns

The Queensland Parliament Supermarket Pricing Select Committee recently handed down its Inquiry Report into supermarket pricing. The Report provided eight recommendations including that the...
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6 Jun 2024

New peak body Agritourism Queensland launches to support burgeoning agricultural industry

The diversity of Queensland’s agriculture sector has always been well complemented by our state’s natural beauty and vibrant regional communities. This week, these two threads have officially...
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30 May 2024

Queensland Government must introduce legislation to protect the Great Artesian Basin following CCS decision

Queensland’s environmental regulator has determined the CTSCo Surat Basin Carbon Capture and Storage Project is not suitable to proceed due to potential impacts on groundwater resources in the...
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23 May 2024

QFF President shares thoughts on last week’s federal budget

Last Tuesday night the Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his third Federal Budget with a focus on cost-of-living relief. For many in agriculture it is difficult to look past the fact that...
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16 May 2024

Discussing rural mental health and the main stressors impacting farmers

In recent years several initiatives have successfully raised awareness and promoted discussions around rural mental health. These campaigns have encouraged conversations in farming communities, and...
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9 May 2024

Growing fire ant threat a stark reminder that biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility

The agriculture sector is deeply concerned by the latest biosecurity breakdown involving fire ants after more than one hundred nests were recently discovered on an Australian Defence Force base in...
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2 May 2024

Say hello to QFF at Beef 2024

Next week QFF will be heading to Rockhampton for Beef Australia’s Beef 2024, joining the wider agricultural community in celebrating Australian beef and the associated agriculture supply chain on a...
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25 Apr 2024

Increased land valuations lead to rate rise concerns for Queensland farmers

On 26 March 2024, the Queensland Valuer-General issued a total of 675,000 new land valuations spanning some 712,000 square kilometres across 20 local government areas (LGAs). These valuations are in...
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18 Apr 2024

Grocery Code of Conduct Requires Greater Grower Protections

Last Monday the Australian Government released the Interim Report of the Review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct. The Independent Reviewer, Dr Craig Emerson, handed down eight firm...
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11 Apr 2024

QFF lead e-petition calling on the Queensland Government to protect the GAB from CCS

The EIS decision regarding Glencore’s proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) proposal in the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is expected to be handed down in early May. As this date approaches, the...
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