When Crops Are Lost, Recovery Should Mean More Than Just Cleanup
Flooding across North Queensland has left many communities facing a long and costly recovery. Homes, businesses, roads, and farms have all been affected, and getting back to normal will take time.
Crushing end to the season
Another crushing season has ended, and once again, Queensland’s sugarcane growers are counting the cost of a broken milling sector.
Time to bring the cane back to Queensland classrooms
There’s something truly special and iconic about sugarcane. Grown along 2000km of Australian coastline, from Grafton in northern New South Wales to the fringes of the Daintree in the tropical far north, it’s been a cornerstone of Queensland’s…
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What a difference a decade makes!
Our perceptions can, and often do, change over time.
Is it too late to win the war on fire ants?
Fire ants are back in the news, and once again, it’s for all the wrong reasons.
Election season just getting started
Local elections might be over, with new and returning councilors appointed across the state last month, but in truth, election season has only just begun.
GHG – not all hot air
It is hard to go anywhere these days without hearing about greenhouse gas emissions. All levels of government, both here and around the world, are looking at ways to legislate a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are doing this by driving large companies to report their emissions regularly. This…
A chore no more
Sometimes in life, when we start something new it can seem like a bit of a chore. It could be exercise, eating healthily, budgeting, or any one of a million other things that we know we should do, but don’t really want to. However, once we form the habit, we begin to realise these ‘chores’ are not nearly as…