Sally Cripps

ISSUES consistently championed by Queensland Country Life over the years – controlling wild dogs, managing macropod pressure, banking practices, and poor telecommunications – were once again at the forefront of issues brought out at the bush forum in Longreach on Saturday morning.

LANDHOLDERS battling dense infestations of coral cactus in Queensland’s rangelands could have a new ally by December.

A COMBINATION of animals and mechanics are reducing prickly acacia for Longreach goat producer Colin Forrest.

Mitchell grass specialist Dave Phelps has hopeful news for the many landholders in western Queensland.

FOR a group of north Queensland volunteers, coffee is an evil they are doing their best to root out.

A COUNTRY connection has spurred agricultural software company Agdata to go to Blackall for a day to help bush people build their resilience to drought.

INCREASED state government funding will provide two full-time outreach support workers in the drought-stricken central west.

AN upgrade to the Barcaldine telephone exchange has been moved forward a number of months following community outrage.

HIS father was forced to give up his property but Richmond’s Corbett Tritton is the first person to say he has a good rapport with his bank.

THE irony of inadequate Internet services, is not lost on NEW Barcaldine doctor Joe Farrell.