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A hospital in north Queensland is the first in the state to trial the use of 3D cameras to treat patients with diabetes living in rural and remote areas.
Topics: health-administration, regional, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health, diseases-and-disorders, diabetes, townsville-4810, qld, charters-towers-4820, torrens-creek-4816
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Rob Katter, Mount Isa MP
Topics: drought, beef-cattle, national-parks, torrens-creek-4816
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| UpdatedA north-west Queensland grazier has decided to challenge the State Government's refusal to extend national park grazing permits beyond 2013.
Topics: beef-cattle, drought, national-parks, torrens-creek-4816
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John Gilmore, grazier, Torrens Creek
Topics: national-parks, beef-cattle, drought, torrens-creek-4816
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Paul Donatiu, Executive Director, National Parks Association Queensland
Topics: national-parks, drought, beef-cattle, torrens-creek-4816
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Lauren Hewitt, Policy Director, AgForce
Topics: national-parks, drought, beef-cattle, torrens-creek-4816
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The Queensland Minister for National Parks is calling on graziers to submit requests to extend their grazing permits on selected national parks beyond December 31.
Topics: national-parks, beef-cattle, livestock-welfare, animal-welfare, endangered-and-protected-species, drought, torrens-creek-4816
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Paul Donatui, executive director, National Parks Association of Queensland.
Topics: beef-cattle, national-parks, livestock-welfare, animal-welfare, drought, endangered-and-protected-species, torrens-creek-4816
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Queensland Minister for National Parks, Steve Dickson
Topics: beef-cattle, national-parks, drought, animal-welfare, animal-nutrition, livestock-welfare, agricultural-policy, torrens-creek-4816
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John Gilmore, Grazier, Hughenden
Topics: national-parks, drought, beef-cattle, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, torrens-creek-4816
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Drought-affected graziers in Queensland have requested a three-month extension to a national park access agreement to keep their cattle alive.
Topics: drought, beef-cattle, national-parks, livestock-welfare, animal-nutrition, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, hughenden-4821, torrens-creek-4816
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| UpdatedA panel looking into the management of Western Queensland rivers has recommended there be no increase to water allocations for the Cooper Creek, Georgina and Diamantina river catchments.
Topics: irrigation, rivers, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, environmentally-sustainable-business, community-development, longreach-4730, torrens-creek-4816, muttaburra-4732, windorah-4481, birdsville-4482, boulia-4829, bedourie-4829, jundah-4736, stonehenge-4730, blackall-4472, isisford-4731
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government says it will proceed with allowing starving cattle to graze on some national parks and reserves, despite the Federal Government's opposition.
Topics: bushfire, drought, beef-cattle, national-parks, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, agricultural-policy, einasleigh-4871, hughenden-4821, brisbane-4000, ingham-4850, torrens-creek-4816, clermont-4721
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| UpdatedExhausted firefighters will be back battling a large grassfire that has burnt out a large tract of land in Queensland's northern inland.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, hughenden-4821, townsville-4810, prairie-4816, torrens-creek-4816
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| UpdatedHarry and Ade Bode turned things around on their grazing property - all it took was $50,000, some grass seed and a leap of faith.
Topics: beef-cattle, pasture, land-management, torrens-creek-4816, townsville-4810