The mining union says there has been a gas-related safety incident at the coal mine directly next to the Grosvenor Mine at Moranbah, where five men were injured in a an underground explosion last month.
A Gippsland hobby farmer is shocked and angry at the killing of her family's pet alpaca.
Dairy farmers are told the price they will receive from milk processors under a new regime that outlaws retrospective price cuts.
As easing restrictions allow Queenslanders to travel around the state, tourism operators, cafes and accommodation providers in the Wide Bay and Burnett regions have eagerly reopened their doors.
The tourism sector has been ravaged by coronavirus restrictions, but hopes intrastate travellers will save the season.
The Rockhampton Regional Council has voted to change its agricultural show holiday from June 11 to August 14 despite the show being cancelled this year.
An early owner-editor was a controversial political radical and its pages reported on a stock exchange that drove a gold rush boom, but now the Northern Miner is no more.
It's difficult to comprehend the age of two rock shelters destroyed in WA, but we need to try much harder in order to preserve our heritage, writes Gareth Hutchens.
The NSW Government wants to attract 3,000 megawatts of investment worth $4.4 billion for the pilot program in Dubbo, as part of a campaign to help NSW reach zero net emissions by 2050.
While most Australians bunkered down in the comfort of their own houses, those without a fixed address have faced the prospect of homelessness during COVID-19 restrictions.
Cattle station kids are used to isolation, which makes annual school camp extra special — and devastating to miss out on. So they've taken school took camp online.
A radio station has hosted the first virtual agricultural show on air for communities whose local events were cancelled.
Bushfires and COVID-19 restrictions cripple regional cheese businesses reliant on tourism.
While in isolation on her 24-hectare property in northern Victoria, Megan Lawrence decided to brush up on her old skills in clothing design. The result has been a deluge of online orders for her new brand.
Nobody knows how many wild buffalo are on the loose in the remote Top End, but new space technology could help
While in isolation on her 24-hectare property in northern Victoria, Megan Lawrence decided to brush up on her old skills in clothing design. The result has been a deluge of online orders for her new brand.
Mexico has tequila and Japan is known for sake, but two New South Wales distillers say Australia is in need of a national spirit and it should start with infusing native fruit.
People are pining to get outdoors after months of being holed up indoors during COVID-19, and camp sites in South West WA are booking up.
Victorian High Country cattleman Philip Maguire loses his court battle to stop feral horses from being shot under a Parks Victoria management plan.
Poppy the sniffer dog may still be in training, but the pooch has just unearthed the biggest truffle on record at this northern Tasmanian truffle farm.
The blasting of cultural sites in the Pilbara is one of the worst destructions of an archaeological site in recent memory, according the chair of the United Nations' cultural property protection body.
A water pipeline supplying Murrurundi will be switched on today where locals have been living under the highest level water restrictions for two years.
The Longreach Leader, an independent paper in Queensland's central-west, is looking to expand as many regional papers announce they'll cease their print offerings.
Australia's first factory manufacturing food-grade seaweed products from a unique domestic species of the marine plant, has opened on the New South Wales South Coast.
Scientists in the United Kingdom believe they're a step closer to finding a vaccine for the deadly pig disease African swine fever.
Morning walks to get the paper and saving clippings will be a thing of the past when the Daily Mercury is printed for the last time after serving the community for more than 150 years.
Australian farmers are among the least subsidised in the world, but the coronavirus is pushing countries to adopt more agricultural protectionism.
Thousands of Australian native animals can be killed in the production of wine, rice, grains, fruits and vegetables, and a new certification label aims to identify products that are wildlife friendly.
'Rivers of green' cow poo make New Zealand's water unsafe to swim in, Australian farmers are heeding the lessons.
Six new cases of COVID-19 are confirmed among crew members of the Al Kuwait livestock carrier under quarantine in Fremantle Port.
After enduring the devastation of bushfires, followed by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, regional NSW tourism operators are preparing for visitors to return, including those wanting to hit the slopes.
Five months since bushfires decimated apple orchards across the NSW Riverina Highlands, many growers are finally able to focus their attention on rebuilding and cleaning up their orchards.
When WA farmer Alan Sattler spent months in hospital learning how to walk again, the experience laid bare his long-running issues with mental and physical health, as well as alcohol abuse.
Dozens of communities around Australia will lose print editions of their local papers as News Corp slashes jobs and moves editions online.
A Broken Hill business operator says the criteria for a NSW Government small business COVID-19 support package does not take into account the business downturn caused by three years of drought.
Most Tuesday nights, Norm Marston can be found on the printing plant floor, checking on the newspaper his family has owned for more than 60 years.
Doug Dagg never intended to become a spud grower — in fact, he'd retired. But his passion for heritage varietals has seen him become something of a specialist in unique spuds.
Environmental lawyers say the case involving the critically endangered Leadbeater's possum sets a precedent by applying federal threatened species protection law to the native forest logging industry.
The Royal Australian Air Force is restoring historical aircraft, bombs and rockets launched at an outback military testing range in SA.
A north-east Victorian winery says it will be 'detrimental' to the industry if cellar-door tasting is not allowed over the June long weekend.
The Rural Doctors Association says Australians are starting to "lose faith and trust" in health authorities because of inconsistent messaging from the states.
A new formula for a flame retardant is being hailed a success after trials showed the substance was able to stay on crops for weeks without degrading.
Some types of prickly pear are considered a weed, but a researcher, who is also a farmer, believes there are potential health benefits from the plant that need to be explored.
The WA Government is forced to back down after lashing the Commonwealth's handling of a coronavirus outbreak on a live export ship, with the Federal Agriculture Minister hitting back.
Vessel delayed by COVID-19 in crew could trigger an exemption to new animal welfare laws and send 56,000 live sheep to the Middle East in peak summer heat.
One of the Sunshine Coast's oldest farming families is pleading for respect and more parking to be provided for popular Mount Ngungun — before somebody gets hit by a car.
Traditional owners in the Pilbara are left devastated after mining giant Rio Tinto detonates explosives near ancient sites of significant cultural heritage.
These Victorian winemakers say the challenges of 2020 have already guided new products, much like other challenging years that spawned innovation.
Addressing a growing trade dispute between Canberra and Beijing, Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan accuses Australia of being the source of tensions, saying it has launched more than 100 trade investigations against China since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1972.
Former Dow Chemical chief executive Andrew Liveris and the former chief minister who signed off on Darwin's multi-billion-dollar Inpex gas project will lead the Territory's post-COVID-19 economic recovery.
A gorilla is on the loose in Hamilton. Well, a man in a gorilla suit, perhaps. Hammo runs through streets of Hamilton in rural Victoria, bringing smiles to many affected by the COVID-19 shutdowns.
A Far North Queensland manufacturer has plans to treble production of its locally-made fish treats for dogs with a $450,000 expansion of its operation at Mission Beach.
The nation's largest organic dairy company, Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia, is owned by farming families which administrators say are owed millions.
This cactus ensnares animals, slashes tyres, and halves property prices. Now, researchers have found a weapon to take it down.
The NSW Farmers Association demands explanation of decision to leave livestock producers out of $140 million bushfire aid program.
Popular farmers' market Harvest Market Launceston reopened over the weekend after a nine-week hiatus.
The iconic Birdsville Races event is cancelled for 2020 due to travel and social distancing restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Youth unemployment has soared in Toowoomba, which also recorded the highest overall jobless rate in the country for April, according to a new report.
A group of farmers in central west NSW says drifting farm chemicals have damaged established trees but the mayor blames drought.
The Government says they are "large invasive herbivores", the Maguires say they're a cultural icon. While the battle of the brumbies will be heard in court, this cattleman says a judge won't stop him saving Victoria's wild horses.
Silo art has been embraced by rural towns looking to attract visitors but one regional community goes retro with a plan to install a 'big thing' to put its town on the map.
Some resource companies expand in regional Queensland, creating much needed jobs as economies tank from the coronavirus.
Once the major driving force behind Australian prosperity, China is now using trade as a retaliatory weapon. But Beijing needs us as much as we need them, at least for the next few years, writes Ian Verrender.
With his red beard and worn Crocs, part-time truckie Sascha Hanel is a sight to behold striding down the road, bucket in hand, to pick fruit off a neighbour's tree — but it his way of fitting in.
Towns in western NSW struggling through years of extreme drought are seeing the environment burst back to life and showing incredible resilience with new river flows.
For a northern Victorian camel farmer, demand for the rare milk continues to be an udder delight.
As Northern Territory tour guides ask Australians "where the bloody hell are you?" in coronavirus lockdown, crocs and rare birds send a reminder of Kakadu's inspiring beauty.
For decades, Australia's largest wine region, the Riverland, has been known for producing cheap bulk wine, but small producers are trying to change the reputation around it.
Here are some of examples of Chinese investment in Australia's export industries that could face uncertainty in the current trade environment.
As shearing sheds adapt to workplace rules, a backlog of unshorn sheep is mounting in Tasmania, exacerbated by travel restrictions on mainland workers.
Farmers in Queensland's Bundaberg region take last-ditch court action over a plan to lower the Paradise Dam wall.
Three local artists have teamed with SA Water to create a stunning mural on a water pipeline, representing reconciliation and connection.
When mine electrician Paul McGuire clocked on for his shift in May 2014, he was sent to his death by a job card mistakenly instructing him to access an area filled with methane.
It has been a huge week for mine safety in Queensland with industrial manslaughter legislation passing Parliament and an inquiry established to look into 40-plus gas incidents, just a fortnight on from a mine blast that seriously injured five workers.
An online food network platform developed in Violet Town has taken off across the world as producers look for alternative ways to sell produce.
Potato growers call on Federal Government's emergency trade powers to save the Australian industry, as a European potato glut continues to build.
The organisers of an annual fox shoot in Western Australia are calling on people to share the "real" stories about the damage wrought by the pests.
Farmers fear Western Australia will bear the brunt of a "new norm" in the country's trading relationship with China, amid rising diplomatic tensions over the inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic.
Brisbane residents have received a long weekend in August as the Ekka public holiday moves to a Friday to help the tourism industry.
The US beef industry loses at least $US13 billion and is still in turmoil after outbreaks of coronavirus in meat plants across the country.
Queenslanders have received a long weekend in August as the Ekka public holiday moves to a Friday to help the tourism industry.
A majority of the 36,000 voters who took part in an ABC poll want Queensland's borders to stay closed until at least September, but there was one notable exception.
Robbie Katter wants unemployed tourism and retail employees to pack up and move to the outback temporarily to fill unskilled roles.
When birds started dropping out of the sky in front of Michelle Crisp in Esperance, she contacted her local newspaper. The resulting story led to a government inquiry into lead poisoning, and is an example of what may soon be lost.
Australia's largest cattle company may be back in the black, but the road ahead includes the fallout from COVID-19 and trade troubles with China.
After more than a year of lobbying by cement, minerals and freight industry groups, the Federal Government abandons a promise that would raise millions of dollars to protect Australian farmers from pests and diseases.
The Queensland Beekeepers' Association says many honey producers have been forced to hand feed their insects to keep them alive after an unprecedented combination of drought and bushfires.
Recent rain across South Australia's Yorke Peninsula has bought greenery back to the region and farmers busy planting this season's grain crop.
A Central Coast councillor is angling for Lake Macquarie's iconic Big Prawn, but the man who built it says he wants it to stay in his community.
A Victorian hobby farmer had no choice but to euthanase one of her pigs after it was attacked, she believes, by hunters flouting coronavirus restrictions.
Work is to start next week on a massive upgrade of the world's longest fence.
Australia's barley trade with one of the most lucrative markets in the world has effectively ended overnight. Here's why farmers can't just sell it for the same price somewhere else.
Geraldton based seafood operators are hoping their successes in state wide produce awards will cement the region as a recognised seafood hotspot and aid industry recovery from coronavirus market shut downs.
Geraldton based seafood operators are hoping their successes in state wide produce awards will cement the region as a recognised seafood hotspot and aid industry recovery from coronavirus market shut downs.
Tourism and resort operators push to move the traditional Brisbane mid-week Ekka public holiday to a Friday to create a long weekend.
Converting commercial fishing into a quota system could leave the industry open to corporate takeover, industry stakeholders fear, as the State Government seeks to tighten the net on fisheries with major reforms.
The four bidders shortlisted by Virgin Australia's appointed administrator Deloitte include a mix of Australian and foreign-based players and some with greater aviation focus than others.
Senior DFAT bureaucrat Julie Delforce, who is also the mother of a renowned animal rights activist, has resigned following an investigation into her links to the Aussie Farms website.
A farmer from South Australia's mid-north says Americans cannot get enough of Australian carob, a sweet and tasty chocolate substitute.
Why the cancellation of Australia's 'chicken Olympics' could change the future of poultry for the better.
Victorian tourist destinations devastated by bushfires have welcomed back visitors for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed.
The Federal Agriculture Minister confirms he's been unable to speak with his Chinese counterpart on the eve of an expected tariff being formally imposed on Australian barley.
Virgin Australia and its administrator Deloitte shortlist four parties who could end up being the new owners of Australia's second major carrier.
A Queensland agronomist says he's got farmers who haven't sown a winter crop since 2916 — but this year there are seeds in the ground and hope in the air.
Pregnant couples and the recently bereaved are among hundreds of skilled migrants unable to leave or return to Australia while the Federal Government's international travel bans remain in effect.
Pregnant couples are among those separated with little hope of reunion as travel bans keep Australians and non-citizens apart during international travel bans.
A collection of 50-year-old rodeo photos shared online prompts a flood of memories and stories from people across the Top End.
High-ranking calls to China have gone unanswered amid an escalating trade dispute with Australia that has been fuelled by requests for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Trains stopped running on the historic Ida Bay Railway in 2018 after a derailment, but former driver Dave Collins says "it sucks you in" and he and other enthusiasts want to pay to get the attraction back on the rails.
High-ranking calls to China have gone unanswered amid an escalating trade dispute with Australia that has been fuelled by requests for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Australia's bioenergy industry says Australia could be better at utilising the green fuels being produced in regional Australia, much of which is instead shipped overseas.
Stock and station agent Peter MacCallum is confident a historical rainfall graph is proof that we are well on the way out of the worst drought in living memory.
Brewers are expected to tip millions of litres of beer down the drain as it goes stale in pubs with no patrons, but also to avoid paying alcohol taxes if they try to sell it later.
Brewers are expected to tip millions of litres of beer down the drain as it goes stale in pubs with no patrons, but also to avoid paying alcohol taxes if they tried to sell it later.
With water in the Lower Darling river for the first time in over 18 months and recent rainfall, an outback publican says "it'll be exciting times" when restrictions are fully lifted.
The WA timber industry slams the State Government for halting a logging project approved two years ago.
Members of Australia's biggest wheat exporter have narrowly voted to remove a board member, Trevor Badger, for the first time in the WA cooperative's 87-year history.
An organic avocado grower who hit rock bottom due to drought last year is lifting hundreds of strangers' spirits, with the gift of beautiful sunflowers.
"It gives a little bit of security, not a lot," say Murray Valley irrigators who will receive their first water allocation in two years and hope to plant rice.
The past 74 hours has been like Christmas, Easter and New Year's Eve all rolled into one for the team the Portland tackle shop in south-west Victoria.
Rural tourism operators experience a jump in inquiries and bookings as regional travel becomes possible again.
A new report on safety in Western Australia's mining industry reveals hundreds of workers have been seriously injured on the job, including incidents where a driller had two fingers amputated and another worker broke both ankles in a rock fall.
Rural tourism operators experience a jump in inquiries and bookings as regional travel becomes possible again.
The wet Tasmanian Autumn has left potatoes rotting in the field with paddocks too muddy for harvest.
According to a new Australia's Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System report, two companies breached animal welfare standards in Indonesia and Vietnam last year.
It has been just over four months since a bushfire nearly destroyed Dan Tarasenko's free-range chicken farm and his applications for Government recovery loans have stalled.
Duck processor Luv-a-Duck has been forced to cut more than 60 jobs because of the impact of coronavirus on the food service industry.
Australia produced more than 10.6 million trays of mangoes last season. But the big question is, who produced more — Queensland or the Northern Territory?
Three Central Australian cattle stations covering 565,800 hectares are bought by a Red Centre pastoralist for $38.5 million bare of stock and plant.
A proposed bicycle trail could help the Barossa Valley bounce back from drought, fires and coronavirus restrictions.
A hydrogen project in WA's Mid West could produce enough fuel to power tractors by the end of 2022.
Tasmania's small highway towns say they have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and the shutting of the state's borders, and are urging anyone passing through to support them.
Australia's farm lobby attempts to quash fears that China's trade blitz on Australian agriculture could grow.
Queensland's Premier is writing to the Prime Minister in a bid to stop a "full-blown trade war" with China, which she says could threaten thousands of the state's beef processing jobs.
Increased interest in Victorian minerals slows down the exploration application process.
The Coonamble show is cancelled but as the NSW town recovers from years of drought, empty shops will exhibit quilts, pumpkins and flowers in a 'show-not-show' event.
This man has collected organic food waste for 15 years, and says it recently skyrocketed.
Thousands of flowers and bulbs are being planted in Toowoomba despite uncertainty over whether the Carnival of Flowers will go ahead in September.
Nurses and staff at Gidgee Healing in Mount Isa chat live to Her Royal Highness Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and the Countess of Wessex Sophie.
The emerging bioenergy industry could play a fundamental role in Australian agriculture meeting its $100 billion value by 2030 and also help New South Wales achieve its target of zero net emissions by 2050.
A scientist is surprised by reports of a rare dolphin found dead on the road at Cahills Crossing, 60 kilometres from the sea where crocodiles rule the East Alligator River.
Victoria's Agriculture Minister blames recruitment delays at the Pig Services Centre on coronavirus, but details have emerged of unexplained delays before that.
The Rockhampton Agricultural Show is off this year, due to coronavirus restrictions, but residents will still get a public holiday.
Locals and wildlife groups in bushfire-devastated NSW work hard to restore crucial koala habitat.
Widespread autumn rainfall across most of New South Wales has brought a sense of optimism to rural communities as machinery sales surge, property prices rocket and livestock prices soar.
Drinkers will need to prove where they live to get a beer at an outback Queensland pub.
Until the coronavirus pandemic, Leogate Estate Wines was flying high, but many of its sales channels have been shut off and now a spat between Australian and China is threatening its main export market.
Australian grain farmers have stopped sowing barley mid-stream as they brace for lower prices and the prospect of losing a major market, in a brewing trade storm.
A former judge or Queen’s Counsel is to be selected to head up an independent board of inquiry into a Queensland coal mine explosion that critically injured five workers.
A huge reward is offered for a husky that lives in the desert but sleeps in a fridge and demands ice at Threeways Roadhouse, missing for more than a month.
Mount Isa's rescue animals are used when pets need blood transfusions, giving local vets a reliable system.
New research suggests the agriculture industry should prepare to import large shipments of feed grain for livestock, despite the biosecurity risks.
A specialised isolation exercise program is working to keep young people physically and mentally fit during the coronavirus pandemic.
New technology for residents in the remote Indigenous community means they can keep in contact with family, but it also helps staff retention for organisations like the health centre.
Several good falls of rain in autumn come as a blessing for farmers in the Central West region of New South Wales after three years of crippling drought.
