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Future of farming
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“Emissions ain’t emissions”
“Emissions ain’t emissions” according to Mick Keogh, the Executive Director of the Queensland Farm Institute.
Addressing the Rural Press Club last month Mr Keogh spoke about the way in which Australia can move towards lowering green house gas emissions whilst still feeding the world.
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A true ‘bluey’
17-Apr-10
Country Music legend John Williamson told guests at the Rural Press Club breakfast in Toowoomba recently that his passion for the bush was the reason he became a budding musician
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Stranded in Dubai
18-Apr-10
WELL, the 2010 International Federation of Agricultural Journalist congress has begun in Ostend, Belgium… unfortunately without me!
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Cheeky camel pic is judged Queensland’s best
16-Apr-10
An image of a camel set to bite its startled handler has been judged Queensland’s best in the Star Prize Awards for Rural Photography.
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Rural Awards go south this year
Major national awards which the Queensland Rural Press Club participates in through the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists have all gone south this year.
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Money makes the Well go round, oh and down
12-Mar-10
“You want to make money from your crops and we want to make money from CSG . Surely we can have our slice of the pie?” And that line by Tory Shenstone says it all.
Miss Shenstone who is the project manager for Sunshine Gas, Blue Energy and now Bow Energy, addressed the Rural Press Club last week on the biggest issue hitting our farmers.
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The Road Ahead: Bumpy, but Drivable
12-Feb-10
Her Excellency Penelope Wensley AO Governor of Queensland identified three keys issues for Queensland agriculture when she spoke at the Rural Press Club recently.
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QCL’s James Nason is off to Belgium
12-Feb-10
Queensland Country Life Chief of Staff James Nason is the winner of the Rural Press Club’s Excellence in Rural Journalism Award for 2010.
His prize is a trip to the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists World Congress to be held in Ostend, Belgium in April.
The Queensland Governor, Her Excellency Penelope Wensley, made the presentation to James at the Club’s first function of the year in Brisbane.
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Inaugural Rabobank broadcast award finalists
12-Feb-10
The first State finalists in the new Star Prize Award for Rural Broadcast Journalism were announced in Brisbane today.
The award is sponsored by Rabobank and the work of the national winners will go on to represent Australia at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists World Congress in Ostend, Belgium, in April.
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Rabobank broadcasts new media award
15-Dec-09
Major rural lender, Rabobank, has come on board as sponsor of Australia’s first national broadcast award for rural media.
State finalists in the Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting will now compete for $1000 in prize money, thanks to the support of the bank. The winning entries will go on to represent Australia in the first ever international award for rural broadcasting, due to be announced in Belgium in April 2010
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$34 Billion Future
13-Oct-09
Primary Industries week began with a promise this year that by 2020, the value of agriculture in Queensland will triple to $34 billion according to the Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries, Hon. Tim Mulherin. Mr Mulherin announced the ambitious prediction during his address at the Rural Press Club recently.
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All beer and chocolates – Belgium trip on offer
17-Nov-09
The Rural Press Club is pleased to reward Queensland’s outstanding rural journalist with much more than just beer and chocolates -- a trip to the heart of Europe in 2010.
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Rain is predicted, but is it too much?
13-Nov-09
Guests attending the Rural Press Club Christmas Luncheon enjoyed an informative lecture on hydrology and how this relates to the peanut industry by the outgoing CEO and Managing Director of the Peanut Company of Australia, Bob Hansen.
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Pip Courtney had a great Texas experience
The Club’s inaugural Excellence in Rural Journalism Award winner Pip Courtney is still recovering from her trip. The intrepid ABC Landline reporter was in Tasmania when she learned the good news and cracked a bottle of top local bubbly to celebrate.
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Jane Milburn Life Membership nomination
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Photos at RPC February 2010 lunch
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Future of farming
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