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Property Rights Australia

Locality: Rockhampton, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4921 4000

Address: 122 Denham Street QLD 4700 Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Just how threatened or rare does wildlife need to be to be listed as threatened. The threatened Carnaby's Cockatoo is the subject of stories about crop destruction almost every Summer. As usual, there is a standoff between the attitudes of farmers and environmentalists. Predictably, environmentalists take the hard line and believe that if landowners cannot factor in costs such as for netting they should not be growing the crop. Farmers are asking for support to have netting i...nstalled. Surely there needs to be a realisation that if farmers are expected to take care of the environment on behalf of the community they should be compensated for costs involved. We are not talking about anything like full biodiversity certification which will ave its drawbacks but practical and straightforward assistance. https://www.abc.net.au//black-cockatoos-damage-ap/12915174

25.01.2022 The fashion show of corporate social responsibility. By US based Tom Fishburne from Marketoonist.

25.01.2022 This statement from the Victorian Inspector General for Emergency Management would be a welcome change for the much maligned native timber industry in that state. In the same issue of Timberbiz wise men add an observation: On a national level, three experts with extensive expertise in bushfires claimed this week that the Bushfires Royal Commission is based on its interim observations on a disaster course... The trio; Phil Cheney, a respected bushfire scientist, David Packham who is a renowned bushfire expert and Tim Malseed who is the president of firestickestate.com, wrote in the Weekly Times that the Royal Commission has not properly investigated the impact of current land management policies on forest fire suppression, particularly initial attack by dedicated forest firefighters. They say the solution to this problem has been known for decades starting formally with the 1939 Stretton Royal Commission. Extreme bushfires are not natural disasters, as the government claims. The trio wrote that bushfires are caused by government negligence towards hazard-reduction. As we have reported before, there have been 57 formal public inquiries, reviews and royal commissions related to bushfires and fire management since 1939. That is more than one inquiry every two years in the past 80 years, according to Kevin Tolhurst Associate Professor, Fire Ecology and Management, University of Melbourne. His argument earlier this year was, do we need yet another? Rather than using time and resources on inquiry No 58, he said we should instead commit to fully implement the recommendations of all the previous inquiries, reviews and royal commissions we have already held. Another royal commission will only reiterate what we have known for decades. https://www.timberbiz.com.au/victoria-emergency-management/

24.01.2022 The irony of having a government subsidised, environmental activist accepted windfarm fined under the EPBC Act. Having said that the $26,640 in fines would be a drop in the bucket for this $182,000,000 project under construction by CRWF nominees Pty. Ltd. No doubt government subsidies eclipse that. In comparison it is nothing like the hundreds of thousands of dollars fines able to be levelled against landowners under the Vegetation Management Act and whose businesses would b...e worth very much lass by comparison. The EPBC is presently under review and if the Interim Report is anything to go by the compliance is about to get much tougher and penalties greater. It will probably also take in a much larger number of agricultural properties than it has in the past. It appears the the reviewer (and the submissions of environmental groups) would rather see much more area locked up as Carbon credits and offsets many of which have absentee owners. I have so far seen no evidence that fire is part of their deliberations other than having lost a lot of koalas in the Summer fires and the need to replace habitat. No acknowledgment of poor management and the need to avoid the same again. See more

24.01.2022 The headline has been marshalled from the views in this article of Alison Penfold who these days proclaims herself to be a social licence consultant. They can be read here: https://www.abc.net.au//alison-penfold-says-beef-/12881720 Standing up for cattle producers is the one voice of reason in this article.... "Beef producer Josie Angus is critical of the framework [Australian Beef Sustainability Framework], and argues it has made the beef industry more vulnerable by "apologising for the industry's very existence". She has called the yearly report "an annual pilgrimage to apologise to virtue signallers". "We're judging ourselves on a playbook that's actually not fair to start with," Mrs Angus said. "We should be selling the benefits of our industry, not deciding we've got this negative score card we must then mark ourselves to. "Social licence shouldn't be used as a tool to erode the pride in our industry; if we are a strong industry, if we do have belief in what we're doing, we're less erodible."

23.01.2022 Is this the tail wagging the dog? MLA after all is supposed to be the research & marketing body for the red meat industry. From what red meat industry representative organisation did MLA receive authorisation to embark on its carbon neutral by 2030 plan? Certainly not from grassroots cattle & sheep meat producers. Should the grassroots accept without question the "first practical steps" to achieve the 2030 plan through the "ten ways for producers to be on the front foot with carbon neutrality"? How about we all go back a step & ask the question of, is this the right approach to take? https://www.farmonline.com.au//putting-red-meats-carbon-ne

23.01.2022 What's This? A case where it is being claimed that NOT ENOUGH sediment in the form of sand is making it to receiving waters of the Great Barrier Reef. We have heard for years about the evils of erosion, that it was all farmer's fault and that all the coral would be "smothered", according to environmental organisation spin. There was always something fishy about the accusation but it is very easy to believe if you live in a concrete jungle and the virtue signallers have attained an unassailable status.

23.01.2022 It is a great shame that the Royal Commission failed to call any of the renowned experts highlighted in this article. For me it reflects on the rest of their work. They appeared to have put some time into motivating all the phone companies into co-operating and improving the resilience of their phone communications during a natural disaster, but did they? They also appeared to be delving into the logistics of better and more integrated use of the available fire fighting airc...raft fleet, but did they? If they prefer the evidence of mostly desk-bound academics, some of whom have been putting forward unbelievable hypotheses or research, their credibility has to be questioned. There were people there who spoke on behalf of the creatures furry and not so furry, mostly about recovery plans (funding for that) but not a word about the environmental advocates role in neglect of national parks and just too many areas of unbroken forest under government control which amounts to 75% of the Shire of East Gippsland, one of the fire-prone areas. See more

22.01.2022 FREE RANGE THOUGHTS BY RICK BERMAN Rick Berman is the executive director of the Center for Consumer Freedom. Food companies mugged by reality on activist pledges Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Email ShareThis comment Commentcomment Email Blogcomment Print...Continue reading

22.01.2022 https://www.theland.com.au//postcards-from-the-fires-pho/ Just 15 photos of a larger exhibition taken by those affected by fire at Mogo is on display here. It is meant as part of a healing program. We should not forget that the first of the Summer fires started in October 2019. Activity to prepare for this year’s possible fire season has been disappointing.... A short opening ceremony for the event, including a welcome to country and smoking ceremony by the elders of the Mogo Land Council, will be broadcast live on Facebook on Friday October 2 (at about 10am). Seven feature photographs have been selected to be included in a silent auction at the event, with all proceeds being donated to BlazeAid. Bidding will take place at the exhibition over the 10 days. See more

22.01.2022 Very insightful words from Dr Walter Starck back in 2007, seen by this shared post as being relevant to the 2019 NSW Koala State Environment Panning Policy. There are also numerous policy areas where it could apply in every State. Take your pick. The Qld Vegetation Management Act, #reefregs, WA Environmentally Sensitive Areas, commercial fishing "reforms", the Federal EPBC Act, even the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework needs to remove itself from direction from these influences. Read more below:

22.01.2022 Reform that has been long needed. You've heard the stories - a small business gets into financial difficulties, without exploring other options control is wrenched away into the hands of administrators who gut the company with fees and creditors get very little. ***** "Thousands of small businesses facing imminent closure will be thrown a lifeline under new US-style Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws that will allow them to trade their way out of insolvency and avoid being wound up ...by vulture administrators. The stay of execution for small and family-run businesses as well as sole traders owing less than $1m to creditors will be the most significant reform to corporations and insolvency laws in 20 years and will potentially save thousands more small companies that are on the brink of collapse. The move could save tens of thousands of jobs that are under threat, with almost 2000 micro businesses having been put into administration between April and July. It will have no cost to the budget but will be framed as significant supply-side reform Josh Frydenberg said the new laws would strip administrators from the process and apply a key feature of the US Chapter 11 laws that allows directors and owners of the company to maintain control of their business as they seek to restructure and trade out of insolvency. The government said 98 per of those were businesses with fewer than 20 employees. A new two-tiered system, in line with US legislative changes last year and those recommended by the Productivity Commission, would be applied to treat small and large businesses differently under insolvency law. It would effectively spare thousands of small businesses being forced into voluntary administration from which many would never recover. " Read more: https://www.theaustralian.com.au//413f7fec414d5ea3e78e56f4

21.01.2022 Australia's new drone laws require registration. From Friday Offcuts: Drone owners in Australia will soon need to register their aircrafts under laws first introduced back in 2019. With drones increasing in popularity in recent years, Australia’s aviation regulator, Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), has introduced new measures designed to keep drone flyers, and any people they’re flying near, safe.... The news laws mean anyone using a drone for commercial use, research, training and community service will need to register their crafts and be accredited by CASA. The registration and accreditation portals will open from September 30 but a deadline of January 28, 2021 means you’ll be able to continue flying without them for a few more months. If you’re just flying your drone for fun or on your own land, there’s good news. You’ll eventually also need to register but it’s a few years off that registration portal opens March 2022 and is only a requirement by 30 May 2022. For everyone else, registration is free for now, thankfully, and lasts for 12 months. The only exemption CASA will provide once those deadlines pass are for drones weighing under 250 grams or those only operated within the house. https://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au//farmers-its-a/

21.01.2022 This has become a huge problem in SW Qld in the districts surrounding the likes of Cunnamulla, Charleville & Quilpie. Just as the Murray Darling water trading has been perverted by speculators, so has so called "carbon farming." It may be a win/ win if an livestock producer willingly commits an area of less productive country & earns income through carbon credits. But not if outside speculators come in lock up multiple properties into carbon schemes. Lock it up and leaving it... to develop a number of problems for the neighbours & the local community. In that case how can what is being called carbon farming, be called farming at all when all agricultural production has been lost? **** "Paroo Mayor Suzette Beresford said, We estimate we are likely to lose 450,000 sheep-goat equivalent (in the shire), Bresford said. The equates to 38 full-time jobs, but it depopulates our area because owners and employers are no longer needed to fence stock and maintain full capacity. We get a decrease in operational expenditure and capital improvement. The motion to be put to the LGAQ conference is for a lobbying effort to start to convince the state and federal governments to investigate the impacts and provide mechanisms for local governments to deal with the decline in rates. Murweh Mayor Shaun (Zoro) Radnedge said about 23 per cent of landholders in the council’s area were carbon farming." Read more: https://inqld.com.au//how-carbon-farming-is-sucking-the-l/

19.01.2022 'Don Mackay on sustainability: Why we talk to everyone' https://www.farmonline.com.au//don-mackay-on-sustainabilit There is too much to find in this opinion that can be disagreed with. As a representative organisation it is your constituents best interest that you do lock the door to the radical minority and tell them to go away. Groups such as WWF don't have credibility, but they are getting a say about the beef supply chain because they are being left through the front d...oor. In fact evident in the last Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF) report released mid year, the likes of WWF had a greater say than an eminent rangeland scientists with 40 years of field research at the ready. PRA Chair, Joanne Rea wrote about this at the time & it can be read at this link: https://www.facebook.com//a.1448834232025/2658784837697345 The lack of recognition, by Mr Mackay in this opinion article, to all the reasons why the Framework was launched is perhaps why it has developed to the current state of needing realigning to best serve the interests of cattle producers. The Framework was a preferable positive step to take the Australian beef industry away from the clutches of the WWF inspired Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB). It was to be our Framework, with an Aussie voice, telling the real story for the benefit of the different sectors along the beef supply chain. But too easily the Framework was attracted to the narrative of the GRSB. It accepted definitions of spun terminology that was at best unhelpful & often downright malicious towards cattle producers. The next logical step is not to develop targets to show our continuous improvement. To not to understand the ratchet affect demanded by this "continuous improvement" imposition by outside unfriendly interests is naive at the very least. No, the next logical step is to reassess the Framework so it really does serve the beef industry well.

19.01.2022 A too rare event these days where a government has proposed policy platform and has changed it when presented with how it would have negative impacts by those hands on in the industry. It should be something standard in the consultation or Parliamentary Committee process before a Bill is presented to parliament to be passed. How can the drafters of new legislation possibly have the insight to know how every last provision could work out in the real world. But government repea...tedly fails to listen & stubbornly jam legislation through as if there have political capital invested & any wavering would be seen as a weakness. Good on the SA government for listing to its commercial fishing industry. Its a great pity that the NSW Lib/Nat coalition failed to do so when implementing it's so called reform package. Qld ALP has a reform package prepared that it is about to unleash on our providers of seafood. The impacts will be massive with a third of Qld commercial fishers gone in the next 18 months. https://www.westcoastsentinel.com.au//quota-backflip-prais

19.01.2022 The Royal Commission into Natural Disaster Preparedness following last Summer’s horrendous fire season has heard evidence about the usefulness of CoWs (cells on Wheels). In fires such as we suffered last fire season, often power lines are destroyed, and this takes mobile phone towers out of service as well. Apparently, this is a more common occurrence than the mobile phone towers themselves being burnt. To deal with this eventuality, Telstra has strategically located cells on... wheels or CoWs to ensure that residents and emergency services can still communicate with each other. According to the attached article there could have been some unintended consequences to the CoWs from proposed legislation but negotiations are addressing the problem. The threat to this type of facility as portrayed in the article seems to be out of date but it is still a good explanation of a piece of emergency equipment which I think most of us did not know existed until the Royal Commission. Telstra said the proposed rules for a temporary above-ground facility, as they stand, would have the effect of prohibiting ongoing use of the carrier’s CoW trailers, which are often deployed to disaster-hit areas to get mobile services back online. The CoW itself consists of a trailer with an extendable pump up mast and antennas on top. However, the rules as they stand would prohibit a temporary above ground facility from also having a tower, as well as impose a total height limit of five metres. Telstra is concerned that the prohibition of a temporary tower (incorporated with a temporary above ground facility) and the height limit has an unintended consequence of prohibiting the use of a Cell on Wheels (CoW), it said. https://www.itnews.com.au//telstras-use-of-cell-on-wheels- Our understanding is that CoWs were a valuable tool in keeping communications going during the Summer fires as presented in evidence to the Royal Commission. See more

18.01.2022 I have come under pressure for allowing Tom Marland's post about Dan McDonald’s proposed class action to be put up on the PRA page last weekend. I do not think that Dan McDonald has any dishonourable intentions in putting this case forward and I congratulate him on succeeding in getting his considerable fine reduced to $10,000. Many people would like to see PRA give unconditional support to Dan’s case. My job and our Board’s job is to ensure that any support that we give, eve...n moral support, is based on full knowledge and good legal advice. Our constitution requires us to believe that a case we support should set a precedent which this quite possibly would, but also that it must be winnable. There s just not enough detail to make that judgment. There are no specifics of what the class action is about. In the interest of being even-handed I am attaching the Country Life article about Dan. By all means contact him if you wish to stay informed but you need to inform yourself of steps that still need to be taken and possible pitfalls. Joanne Rea https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au//plans-to-launch/ See more

18.01.2022 Is it a correct observation that the most lonely are amongst where most of the population is? That the most isolated are not necessarily the most lonely? Is loneliness something government s should involve themselves in. A few years ago the UK government established a Minister for the lonely. Could in be the case for regional & remote landowners that loneliness isn't the greatest cause of stress but rather powerlessness in the face of government over regulation on most matte...rs especially on environmental matters or possibly little protective regulation when faced with large resource companies? https://www.abc.net.au//loneliness-queensland-to-/12911318

14.01.2022 Forest fire professionals disheartened by findings of 2020 royal commission, is the lead article in Issue 628 of Timber and Forestry e-news. https://www.timberandforestryenews.com/issue-628/ "Victorian-based forestry and business consultant John Cameron, who has held senior positions in operational forestry and as a fire controller in the Country Fire Authority, concluded that 'focus has been on ‘disaster response’ rather than the more effective ‘disaster mitigation’.... In his submission to the Royal Commission John Cameron laid pertinent evidence on the table: "His presentation shows that over the last 60 years the southwest Western Australia prescribed burnt area of ca. 9.2% pa contained wildfire losses to 0.9% pa with the loss of only two lives. Victoria prescribed burnt area was 1.6%, had 1.9% wildfire losses and lost 312 lives.Victoria’s record has further deteriorated over the past 21 years, or roughly the life of the bushfire CRCs, Mr Cameron said.Fire is a function of fuel, oxygen and ignition, where fuel is the only variable controllable by forest land managers. However- from the article "the commission basically stated that Australia’s three levels of government should worry about ... climate change". And the last word on the situation should go to the irrepressible, Dr Gary Bacon : " the Royal Commission turned to academics and white collar hose managers whose knowledge of landscape-sized fires started and ended with the backyard barbecue".

14.01.2022 WEEDS - the source of much annoyance that can be the cause of not too much love between neighbours. Read this article to how the Desert Channels together with a number of central west councils have developed The Good Neighbour Program. https://www.rural-leader.com.au/latest-n/love-thy-neighbour ... *** PRA would like to take this opportunity to welcome the Rural Leader as a rural news source. We know the Managing Editor Candyce Grew from her previous role as editor of the Rural weekly which was terminated when a major newspaper corporation closed down many regional newspapers. The Rural Leader is an effort of the independently owned The Longreach Leader expansion to fill the void left behind.

12.01.2022 This will be interesting to see how the Australian Press Council responds to this complaint by Forest & Wood Communities Australia. Many of us are seasoned & cynical enough to say "don't hold your breath." Access to both the offending "hatchet job" essay published in The Monthly and Forest & Wood Communities Australia detailed critique can be found in this link below. It is too often that a post is published on the PRA page, usually a screenshot with the first two words, "Fa...ct Check" that contain a response to a poor journalistic effort. ***** "It would have been easy to ignore the essay given how few people appear to be aware of it, but the more we leave these unjustified attacks unanswered, the more traction they get, said FWCA Managing Director Justin Law. The author appears to be another in a long line of ideological crusaders who are easily seduced by narrow-focused anti-forestry propaganda dressed up as scientific fact. They are not interested in contributing to positive environmental outcomes because they refuse to objectively engage with genuine forestry experts to learn the whole story." read more: https://fwca.org.au/complaint-lodged-against-the-monthlys-f

10.01.2022 Its time the punishments prescribed in law were applied in full to malicious trespass. Do the Crime , Do the Time. https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au//trespassing-ac/

07.01.2022 This looks like repeating the same mistakes by the dairy industry that have proven problematic in the beef industry structure. Having processors and producers in the same organisation. Opinion by Bernie Free, dairy farmer, Winslow in SW Victoria " THE Australian Dairy Plan offers opportunity to address the wrongs of the Australian dairy industry.... Disappointingly, I need to address ADP’s failure to listen to the wishes of grassroots dairy farmers. Its claims of grassroots led and having all cards are on the table, have been false. The four chairs of ADP and state presidents have manipulated feedback from grassroots farmer meetings to enable processors to sit within the same organisation. Their reasoning is that as farmers have questioned the sanity of spending thousands of dollars on advocacy, paying stipends for ineffective inadequate leadership that does not deliver, they would be happy for processors to come into a new combined organisation, effectively taking control. Farmers say no, that is not what we said at 25 farmer meetings. While processors and dairy farmers need each other to survive and prosper, processors have a fiduciary duty to shareholders to pay the lowest price they can. As two separate organisations, dairy farmers and processors can work together for the mutual benefit of the industry while keeping each other in check. The Wannon Solution delivers control and representative accountability to grassroots dairy farmers, with any required expertise being employed in an accountable manner. It brings transparency and governance at every stage; credibility, which the ADF, VFF and UDV lack. It enables all the dairy farmers of Australia to regain control of the wagging tail that is Dairy Australia, a mammoth that has been enjoying millions of dollars from taxpayers, levies from farmers with no accountability. " https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au//abc8c01a56deae16b8ad0dc

07.01.2022 The modern nursery rhyme with no happy endings with cartoonist Dean Alston of The West Australian

07.01.2022 Inland rail route across the Condamine flood plain - it is the engineering feasibility that locals would be most interested in. How the design will allow the flood water to flow; what restrictions the design would place on flood water; where would damaging impacts be pushed to elsewhere; will the rail way structure withstand damage and will it require ongoing expensive maintenance. **** "Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has refused to answer questions about a review ...of an alternate Inland Rail alignment he commissioned. On June 29, Mr McCormack requested Australian Rail Track Corporation review an alternate route for the Border to Gowrie section of the $10 billion project, comparing the government’s selected route through Millmerran, Yandilla and Brookstead to Wellcamp, against an alternative forestry route via Cecil Plains. The review, released to the public earlier this month after being completed in September, found the Wellcamp route was both cheaper, by several hundred million dollars, and faster than two variations of the forestry route. The review did not assess or provide advice on the economic or engineering feasibility of the project, or which route alignment is preferred. " https://www.thechronicle.com.au//69e1071ac1f01da97831d433d

03.01.2022 I don’t know if the term Noble cause corruption was coined by the late Professor Bob Carter but he certainly used it to great effect in his writings. Noble cause corruption exists when an ideology is pursued so passionately that its proponents will pursue any means, even illegal or immoral ones to advance their cause. It is very difficult to fight successfully against popular causes no matter how illogical or corrupt they are. This article in The Australian describes the ph...enomenon beautifully and in a way that we in the country who endure unreasonable legislation know only too well. The improbable locations of some of the koala habitat is reminiscent of some of the supposed locations of protected plants in Queensland such as Suncorp Stadium and the Gabba Cricket Ground. https://www.theaustralian.com.au//299e472b16177a51e6d961ae Native vegetation rules were put in place in the early 2000s with the best of intentions. Over time, however, they have been weighed down with ever more attachments and the bureaucrats get the last word. Even the smartest, most diligent ministers struggle to keep on top of it, let alone muster the strength to fight back. The NSW government’s Koala State Environmental Protection Plan shows how easily noble causes can be corrupted. The koala has been a protected species since who knows when. The 10 varieties of trees favoured by the species have long been protected, and protection zones designated. Now the bureaucrats have declared the protection of not 10 tree varieties but 123. Koala zones have been extended far inland into places where if you came across one you’d presume it had been kidnapped. Koala zones improbably include the Bankwest Stadium and the Warringah Mall.

02.01.2022 There's been plenty of talk of unemployed people heading out to farms to pick fruit. This fruit grower isn't sure it's a good idea.

01.01.2022 LEGAL GUIDE FOR THE PRIMARY PRODUCER The Law Foundation Queensland have prepared this handbook that can be downloaded from this web page below. It covers an comprehensive array of topics from dividing fences, land access by resource companies, to workers compensation. The disclaimer is that the handbook reflects the law as at 30 April 2019 and it is not intended to be a substitute for specific advice about a particular problem. http://qlf.com.au/primary-producers-legal-handbook.html

01.01.2022 Wow! What a contrast to the last post on this page. The first politicians yielding to contrived outraged about highly unlikely environmental impacts. This article from Speak Up 4 Water about a real existing environmental impact that politicians are blind to caused by poorly targeted & managed environmental water policy. " Consistently high summer flows to meet unrealistic downstream targets, with no consideration for upstream damage, are causing massive issues with bank ero...sion. Passionate locals who are observant nature watchers have seen kingfisher nests eroded away, and have identified nesting sites along the Edward River, in particular, which have been destroyed in recent years by these excessive flows. He said there had been recent media attention around a decline in platypus numbers, and these unique Australian creatures also rely on river banks for their habitat and nesting. Maintaining and restoring bank stability is a vital part of platypus management and breeding. Yet under the Basin Plan it seems okay to destroy upstream habitat, as long as the ridiculous flow targets to South Australia are maintained. If the Basin Plan is all about protecting our environment, it should not be okay to ruin some parts with a pretence of helping others, Mr Polkinghorne said. " https://www.speakup4water.com//why-aren-t-we-protecting-ki

01.01.2022 Communication is essential when a community is endangered by a bushfire. There are still too many blackspots out there in regional Australia and when there is a major fire the mobile system too easily goes down. **** "During each of those battles troops on the ground were flying blind.... "When the electricity goes out so does the landline and we have no mobile reception," said Mr Watters. Two way radio on the UHF wavelength worked well in line of sight and the base station at Yulgilbar worked to keep everyone within listening range informed, but UHF doesn't travel well over steep hills. The Fires Near Me app was not updated as often as it could have been and the names of fires were confusing when they spread so far from their ignition source. The Long Gully fire, for instance, ran up to the Rappville blaze by which time it had jumped the Clarence River and travelled 45 kilometres. People living on isolated properties like Coongbar, where a couple perished on October 8, were confused as to where the fires were actually causing the most damage. " Read more https://www.theland.com.au//we-need-mobile-service-say-fir

01.01.2022 Queensland Rural Regional & Remote Women’s Network are running an online public forum where you can ask your burning questions of the QLD Minister for Women and Shadow Minister for Women in the lead-up to the election. Monday, 28 September 2020, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm On the following web page are links to where you can register and more details about the forum.... https://www.qrrrwn.org.au/toward2030