Primary Employers Queensland

03/09/2022

Spot on - she's always been a grub when things weren't going her way

As the curtain fell on Serena Williams’ career, there is one thing that we can be grateful for — she’s retiring, argues Phil Mushnick.

25/01/2022

Urban farming may not resolve all of the world's food production woes, but it's likely to form part of the solution and an increasing number of Australians are answering the call.

24/01/2022

Weeds are flowering in the state's Central highlands and the teams trying to stop their spread have brought in a crack canine team to help get the job done.

10/01/2022

With its smooth edges, sleek design and the notable absence of a driver's cab, it looks like something out of a futuristic movie in which the machines take over. But the new driverless tractor is now set for commercial production and could soon be coming to a paddock near you.

01/12/2021

After a devastating decade in which 8,296 farmers abandoned Australia's dairy industry, the future is finally looking more positive thanks to better weather and higher milk prices.

30/11/2021

In the race to commercialise a product that will significantly reduce methane emissions in cattle around the world, CSIRO and its collaborators have developed a product that cuts emissions by 90 per cent.

24/11/2021

Fed up with the poor state of NT roads making trucking more expensive and dangerous, cattle stations want approval to fix public roads themselves.

23/11/2021

Tackling "greenwashing" in the fashion industry, Australian wool and cotton growers have joined forces to take on Europe's new textile labelling laws over the very definition of sustainable.

22/11/2021

This imported machine is helping unlock the power of poo by taking waste from a nearby piggery and pumping it into the soil — helping to increase food production along the way.

02/11/2021

While its use is currently limited to isolating and tracking exotic disease outbreaks in sheep, farmers say the QR code geo-technology could soon see consumers trace the provenance of woollen items from the shelf back to Australian paddocks.

02/11/2021

Drought mitigation works in outback Queensland are helping to transform once drought-ravaged properties to green oases.

21/10/2020

The live exports class action being brought against the Federal Government has cleared another hurdle, with the case management hearing proceeding on 1 October.

Our corporate partner McCullough Robertson has detailed the case's next steps: https://okt.to/w9gVBL