Cluster fence loan scheme author defends concept

Sally Gall
Updated November 28 2016 - 3:58pm, first published October 19 2016 - 6:00pm
Wild dog fence commissioners Vaughan Johnson and Mark O'Brien with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in Barcaldine in May.
Wild dog fence commissioners Vaughan Johnson and Mark O'Brien with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in Barcaldine in May.

Politicians and administrators have traded blows in the wake of the state government’s announcement last week that it was still deliberating over the disbursement of the $5m in cluster fence funding promised by the Premier in May, but was reserving $500,000 of that money “to investigate a contingent loan scheme to assist producers to construct cluster fences on more marginal land that is suitable for sheep production”.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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