Stanbroke Pastoral Company has lodged documents with the Brisbane Supreme Court to sue Xstrata’s Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd (EHM) for just under $2 million ($1,989,520) to cover environmental damage caused by negligence, plus interest and costs. The Ernest Henry mine is located 38km north of Cloncurry (North West Queensland) and it is within the boundaries of the Stanbroke-owned [...]
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Stanbroke Pastoral Company suing Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd
August 15th, 2010The U.S. cattle industry and Texas A & M University
August 7th, 2010Interesting article on Beef producer’s views of the state of the U.S. cattle industry in Agrilife News. Agrilife News is produced by Texas A & M University- a university specialising in agricultural studies and research. There are two campuses – one in Galveston (Texas) and the other in Qatar. Given that Texas is the U.S. state most [...]
S. Kidman & Co’s Quinyambie Station for sale
June 16th, 2010S Kidman & Co Ltd (S.K.) has put Quinyambie station on the market. At 12,119 square kilometres Quinyambie station is one of the largest cattle stations in southern Australia. It starts 160km north west of Broken Hill (over the border in South Australia); running up into the Strzelecki Desert. The average rainfall is only 200mm (about 8″) and [...]
Geoff Wagstaff & Paraway Pastoral Company
May 27th, 2010Geoff Wagstaff worked for King Ranch at Milton Park (Bowral) and Mount House (Derby, WA); then spent nearly 27 years working for the AACo. This included work on a number of properties, including managing Brunette Downs, before moving to the AACo Brisbane head office as General Manager, Cattle Production. After leaving the AACo Geoff worked [...]
The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) Board Changes
May 4th, 2010Australia’s largest pastoral company is the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo). Unfortunately, the AACo has continued to turn over yet more directors and upper level management in recent weeks (including today). Much to the dismay of AACo staff – both present & past; and, presumably, investors. David Farley has been the Managing Director/CEO of AACo for [...]
Global Warming & Climate Change Sceptics (skeptics) – Jo Nova
March 11th, 2010Anyone interested in the climate change/global warming debate should visit Joanne Nova’s website. Joanne has a science degree in molecular biology and has worked in a variety of science-related fields, including as an associate lecturer in science at the ANU and in the media; is author of The Skeptics* Handbook, and producer of cartoons and [...]
Australian imports of beef from countries with BSE (Mad Cow disease)
March 8th, 2010The good news: Tony Burke has just announced that due to public concern, there will be a 2 year delay on allowing the importation of beef from countries where BSE (Mad Cow) cases have been recorded. (Clearly, the general public are brighter than those who thought this was a good idea.) The bad news: the [...]
Floods in far western Queensland
March 2nd, 2010Most of far western – southern/central Queensland has an average rainfall of around 6″ (150mm), but in Australia average rainfall figures are usually misleading. In many years Queensland’s channel country only receives 1-2″ (25-50mm) and in other years they get 10-15″ or more (250-375mm). Cattle stations in the channel country have had a fair old [...]
Townsville meatworks & the live export trade
February 9th, 2010There are rock-throwers who periodically accuse the live export trade of being a threat to the only remaining meatworks in northern Australia – the JBS-owned meatworks at Townsville. For example, Jenny Brown, who regularly writes in to the Townsville Bulletin, bagging the live export trade (as ‘cruel’ and a threat to meatworker’s jobs). Such criticisers [...]
MLA ‘Give chops a chance’ ad
September 2nd, 2009It’s the 40th anniversary of the famous Woodstock music festival, and the MLA has a top new ad out – Give Chops a Chance(We love our lamb in spring), featuring a bunch of ultra-clean (and healthy) hippies, tucking into barbequed lamb chops to ‘Turn, turn, turn’. Enough to make you want to run to the [...]
