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| UpdatedA small internet provider helping to end the data drought in regional Queensland says it could soon be outbid by big telcos on digital spectrum access due to a proposed rule change by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Topics: telecommunications, activism-and-lobbying, regulation, federal-government, rural, community-development, regional-development, dalby-4405, qld, bowenville-4404, australia, toowoomba-4350
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Australia's first grains-to-ethanol plant, once under threat of closure, is now hoping to expand its operation in southern Queensland following the introduction of new laws which says ethanol-blended E10 fuel has to make up at least 30 per cent of petrol available for sale.
Topics: grain, alternative-energy, manufacturing, agricultural-crops, rural, dalby-4405
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| UpdatedAbout 3,500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees bound for Queensland will be settled in the state's south-east in Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba, the Federal Government confirms.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, people, human-interest, regional, federal---state-issues, brisbane-4000, logan-city-dc-4114, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350, southport-4215, dalby-4405, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedAlmost 12,500 properties in south-east Queensland are without power after a storm hit Brisbane and the Lockyer Valley this afternoon, bringing rain and damaging wind gusts.
Topics: storm-disaster, storm-event, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, dalby-4405, toowoomba-4350, warwick-4370
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Small telcos in regional Australia are finding a way around the data drought, by setting up fixed wireless networks that broadcast a signal to paying customers in town from high elevation points like grain silos, bucket elevators and buildings.
Topics: internet-technology, wireless-communication, information-and-communication, rural, regional, dalby-4405, bombala-2632, bongeen-4356
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| UpdatedA teenager has been critically injured in a three-car crash on the Darling Downs, which led to the closure of a highway for a short time in both directions west of Brisbane.
Topics: road, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, dalby-4405, ipswich-4305, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency announces a $92 million investment in 12 new solar power plants it says will triple Australia's large-scale solar power production.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, federal---state-issues, electricity-energy-and-utilities, community-development, regional, regional-development, toowoomba-4350, qld, wa, nsw, collinsville-4804, kidston-4871, longreach-4730, oakey-4401, dalby-4405, dubbo-2830, griffith-2680, parkes-2870, manildra-2865, glen-innes-2370, whitsundays-4802, cervantes-6511
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After years of drought, winter rain is starting to fill in gaps for Queensland farmers.
Topics: rainfall, drought, pasture, agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, rural-tourism, community-development, blackall-4472, windorah-4481, dalby-4405, st-george-4487
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| UpdatedVoters were rugging up as they went to the polls this morning, with below freezing temperatures recorded around the country.
Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, weather, australia, glen-innes-2370, thredbo-village-2625, armidale-2350, canberra-2600, warwick-4370, dalby-4405, norseman-6443
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| UpdatedAn unseasonal soaking has seen rain records tumble in parts of drought-affected Queensland, which graziers say has been a godsend.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rainfall, storm-event, fruit, pasture, sheep-production, beef-cattle, drought, fruits, townsville-4810, bundaberg-4670, augathella-4477, longreach-4730, rockhampton-4700, dalby-4405, mackay-4740
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A Vote Compass analysis has found Australia's most left-leaning electorate is the Melbourne seat of Batman, while Queensland is home to the most right-leaning voters in the seat of Maranoa. We found out what drives the political inclination of these two seats, and the issues that matter most on polling day.
Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, melbourne-3000, longreach-4730, warwick-4370, dalby-4405, birdsville-4482
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The Queensland Government said the funding will help make the state a "biofutures hub" by supporting industry development and creating jobs.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, oil-and-gas, beef-cattle, livestock, agricultural-crops, toowoomba-4350, sarina-4737, dalby-4405
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Biofuels sector welcomes Queensland Government's $20 million to make the state a 'biofutures hub' but further debate from other interest groups surrounds the level of the state's ethanol mandate.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, oil-and-gas, beef-cattle, livestock, agricultural-crops, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, grain, toowoomba-4350, sarina-4737, dalby-4405
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A song inspired by a Queensland farmer who battled CSG is shared thousands of times on social media.
Topics: music, oil-and-gas, dalby-4405
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Toowoomba police have charged a man with the indecent treatment of a child after he was found inside at house at Oakey in southern Queensland.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, sexual-offences, oakey-4401, dalby-4405, toowoomba-4350
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A south-west Queensland council says plans to build two clean energy plants to power its assets will save ratepayers $20 million over 20 years.
Topics: geothermal-energy, solar-energy, roma-4455, mitchell-4465, dalby-4405
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Queensland farmers frustrated the National Party hasn't outlined a clear stance on the proposed backpacker tax slated to be introduced in July.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruit, vegetables, cotton, agricultural-crops, dalby-4405
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| UpdatedIn the first week of the election farmers frustrations were evident that the National Party has still not been clear about its stance on the proposed backpacker tax slated to be introduced on the 1st of July.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruit, vegetables, cotton, agricultural-crops, dalby-4405
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Farmers like QFF president Stuart Armitage are angry about lack of clarity on backpacker tax stance but Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has made assurances it will be addressed before the election.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruit, vegetables, cotton, agricultural-crops, dalby-4405
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Queensland farmers welcome Federal Government's $5.9 million for research and development to boot cotton crop yields.
Topics: cotton, research, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, dalby-4405
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Topics: cotton, research, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, dalby-4405
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An electrical safety adviser urges farmers to learn more about what to do if they contact powerlines, after two electrocutions on farms.
Topics: rural, occupational-health-and-safety, bundaberg-4670, dalby-4405
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| UpdatedUnderground coal gasification is to be banned in Queensland due to its environmental impact with legislation to be introduced to State Parliament by the end of the year.
Topics: oil-and-gas, regulation, environmental-impact, mining-environmental-issues, public-sector, laws, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, chinchilla-4413, toowoomba-4350, dalby-4405, kingaroy-4610
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The new-look Somerset Regional Council has been sworn in, in southern Queensland, including four returning councillors and two new faces.
Topics: local-government, esk-4312, dalby-4405, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedQueensland landholders raise concerns about future water supplies at a public meeting into the effect of coal seam gas on underground water.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, water-management, toowoomba-4350, roma-4455, wandoan-4419, chinchilla-4413, dalby-4405