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Seven mayors from Central and Western Queensland have launched an infrastructure advocacy campaign on behalf of the beef industry.
The Gladstone, Isaac, Banana, Central Highlands, Woorabinda, Barcaldine and Blackall-Tambo mayors formed the Queensland Beef Corridors group to call on the State and Federal Governments to upgrade roads in their regions that allow agriculture to flourish.
Central Highlands Mayor Kerry Hayes said that the seven local government areas provided a quarter of the countryâs cattle, but the associated infrastructure was lacking.
âWe already have a strong commitment from the State and Federal governments to improve key freight routes and connectivity between agricultural regions and ports,â he said.
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Queensland Beef Corridor mayors say the Federal Governmentâs budget, to be handed down on Tuesday, will not derail their push for âcriticalâ beef supply chain funding.
âItâs promising to have funding for the inland freight route, but it needs to link up with the local freight network used by businesses that contribute $1.7 billion a year,â Central Highlands Mayor Kerry Hayes said.
âWe are a mature and sustainable food production system that is creating more value-adding and additional jobs in the new economic environment.
âYou only had to be at Beef 2021 to see the range and extent of innovation and technology that livestock operators, transporters and processors have adopted.
Flooding in Queensland s Central Highlands sees parts of Sapphire township evacuated
By Lia Walsh, Chrissy Arthur and Paul Culliver
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Low-lying homes in the central Queensland township of Sapphire have been evacuated and some people have been rescued from rooftops after a severe storm dumped more than 200 millimetres of rain early this morning.
Up to 215 millimetres fell into the Retreat Creek catchment, rapidly pushing the creek which skirts the southern end of the town to a major flood level.
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Queensland agricultural colleges secure new futures three years after closure
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The Longreach Pastoral College closed its gates in 2019 after 54 years.
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The facilities at the former Longreach Pastoral College are being brought back to life, three years after its mothballing was announced by the state government.
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Three years later, the buildings are being brought back to life.
Telstra, QPS, local council are using the facilities
Closing the agricultural training facility angered the western Queensland community, but it may soon see movement there in the coming months.
Tony Rayner, chair of the Remote Area Planning and Development Board, said Queensland Police Service and Telstra were in talks with RAPAD to lease parts of the empty facility.