Pip Courtney takes Landline's centre stage

4:00 AM | IT'S been almost 26 years since a young ABC cadet from Tasmania began her career in journalism and current affairs.

Agribusiness and General - General

Picturesque cattle, sugar property on the market

4:00 AM | QUEENSLAND Rural has Stone River Station for private sale. This picturesque property offers lifestyle, cattle breeding and sugarcane production all within 35 minutes of Ingham and 90 minutes from Townsville.

Property - General

Second solar plan for Cloncurry

4:00 AM | AN ambitious plan to build one of Queensland's biggest solar energy farms in Cloncurry was tabled at the Cloncurry Shire Council meeting last week.

Agribusiness and General - General

Katter plans 12 month dairy fix

11 Feb 12 | AN arbitration panel to adjudicate on dairy prices is the latest policy proposal from Katter’s Australia Party.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Remembering Yasi

11 Feb 12 | A YEAR to the day that North Queensland experienced the biggest cyclone in recorded history, emergency personnel whose assistance bordered on the heroic, and locals who lost homes, cars and their most

Agribusiness and General - General

QSL looks ahead under new leadership

11 Feb 12 | ACTING chief executive officer of Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) recently announced Greg Beashel (pictured) has been appointed to the roles of managing director and chief executive officer on a permanent basis.

Sugar - General

Tully State High School being rebuilt better than before

10 Feb 12 | STUDENTS attending Tully State High School will benefit from millions of dollars in additional facilities that didn’t exist before Yasi tore through the school, Premier Anna Bligh said.

Agribusiness and General - General

Western rail links to be restored Monday

10 Feb 12 | TRAINS will finally run west from Roma to Mitchell and Longreach by Monday after track workers today finish repairs to the flood affected main western rail line today.

Agribusiness and General - General

Is flood funding enough?

10 Feb 12 | BURKE Shire Council's chief executive officer has said it would be hard to tell if the government's disaster relief funding would be sufficient until floodwaters cleared the Gulf.

Agribusiness and General - General

Xstrata agrees to merge

10 Feb 12 | LONDON - Mining giant Xstrata and commodities dealer Glencore have agreed to a $US90 billion ($A84.22 billion) merger that will create the world's fourth largest natural resources company. |

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Agribusiness and General - Finance

Numbers light-on at Mareeba

10 Feb 12 | NUMBERS were tight with a yarding of 234 for the first Mareeba prime sale of the new year, held on January 31. The yarding included five cows and calves that were sold at open auction, topping a

Livestock - Cattle

Rescue and salvage as flooding hits

10 Feb 12 | SEVERAL people have been rescued over the past fortnight as floodwaters swept across Central and North West Queensland.

Agribusiness and General - General

Keep watch for flood-related animal diseases

09 Feb 12 | PRODUCERS are warned to keep an eye out for animal diseases in parts of Queensland affected by severe flooding.

Agribusiness and General - General

Katter is no One Nation, say pundits

09 Feb 12 | KATTER'S Australian Party is predicted to win four seats at the upcoming Queensland election but is unlikely to replicate the success of One Nation, according to key election analysts.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Decision to quarantine Katter cash angers ministers

09 Feb 12 | CABINET ministers scratching for savings to meet the government's pledge to return the budget to surplus have been angered by a decision to quarantine hundreds of millions of dollars for a pet project of the colourful Queensland independent Bob Katter that is not yet economically viable.

Agribusiness and General - Political