It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just over a week away. It’s been an incredible 12 months and I am very proud of the hub effort across our multiple member organisations. Most importantly all of the hub team have continued to build relationships, foster networks, strengthen collaboration and
Given the current conditions across Queensland at the moment, I thought it appropriate to open with Dorothea Mackellar’s words from her classic 1908 poem ‘My Country’: “I love a sunburnt country,A land of sweeping plains,Of ragged mountain ranges,Of drought and flooding rains.I love her far horizons,I love her jewel-sea,Her beauty
Congratulations to the AFL Cape York House Aboriginal & Torres Strait Dance Teams. Image: AFL Cape York House – DanceRite 2023 Image: AFL Cape York House – DanceRite 2023 Image: AFL Cape York House – DanceRite 2023 Image: AFL Cape York House – DanceRite 2023 Image: AFL Cape York House
Mackay Workshop to Unveil Strategies for On-Farm ESG Integration Previous Next Farmers and producers in the Mackay and Whitsunday region will soon be able to learn more about the importance of integrating the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework on-farm, thanks to an upcoming workshop being held next week. Learn
Managing Rangelands for Drought Resilience Workshop, 24 November The TNQ Drought Hub is working with five other Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs on a collaborative project that showcases technologies and techniques that use mapping to improve rangeland management across Australia. Rangelands occupy more than 75% of the Australian continent
Calls for expressions of interest for new North Queensland producer group Previous Next Beef producers in the Cape York and Gulf Savannah regions are being encouraged to partake in the TNQ Producer Group, with expressions of interest now open. Led by the Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation
APEN Conference highlights latest extension research and practices, hub workshops delivered. Several of the team had the opportunity to attend and present at the Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) International Conference which is aimed towards those involved in rural extension and education, in Launceston earlier in November. The hub also sponsored
Bare Ground Restoration Project Field Day, 22 November Director David Phelps and Regional Soils Coordinator Dhiraj Gajera were in Julia Creek with node partner Southern Gulf NRM at a bare grounds restoration workshop on ‘Managing Soils and Rangelands for Drought Resilience’. Southern Gulf NRM are conduct baseline sampling to understand
Indigenous Food and Business Expo, 15 November TNQ Drought Hub was proud to be a partner organisation for the Indigenous Food and Business Expo in Cairns. The expo provides an opportunity for Indigenous Owned Businesses to showcase their products including artists, Native foods, and programs and services, to meet corporate,