Farmers blow up about wind, solar farms ‘getting a free ride’
A revolt against renewable energy projects is spreading across the Queensland bush as graziers and farmers claim wind and solar farm companies are getting a free ride from governments.
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‘Mining communities matter’: Tears of relief as town saved from wrecking ball
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has committed to new legislation to save Glenden after an emotional campaign to keep the tiny mining town.
Rinehart warns of ‘staggering’ cost of net-zero, mining red tape
Gina Rinehart has delivered the keynote speech at the Queensland Bush Summit, highlight the costs to agriculture of achieving net-zero and the need to free miners from ‘red tape’.
Drought and flooding rains, now grazier faces more modern challenge
Life can be tough for the man on the land, but a new challenge has emerged that can make it even tougher.
Secret seaside town about to be put on the map
This Queensland coastal town has largely been off the radar for its century-long life, but that is all about to change.
Revealed: Secret weapon to fight floods – and insurance premiums
With insurance premiums crippling thousands of regional Queenslanders, a protective strategy has been floated.
Game-changer: Three Sydney Harbours’ worth that transformed region
If it were proposed today, it would be laughed out of the Environment Court. But this mega project helped build Central Queensland as we know it.
‘Chaos if this was in SEQ’: Plea to save town from wrecking ball
It may be a mining town more than 160km from the coast – but that doesn’t tell the real story about life in Glenden, the tiny Queensland town set to disappear.
Tributes for man who led Queensland out of the dark
Tributes have poured in following the death of former Queensland premier Mike Ahern, aged 81, with Annastacia Palaszczuk confirming the government will offer his family a state funeral.
Qld town wiped off map: 300 homes to be bulldozed as miner exits
More than 300 homes are set to be bulldozed as a miner winds up operations in Central Queensland.
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