RSPCA inspectors collect 131 animals, including 30 dogs at a single location, in "multiple large-scale animal cruelty operations" across the state, saying animal owners are struggling with drought conditions and cost-of-living pressures.
Authorities are urging horse owners to vaccinate against the virus but organisers of Queensland’s two biggest equestrian sports — racing and campdrafting — say the latest detection is unlikely to disrupt popular events.
Grazier Boyd Webb is running an outback cropping experiment to get him through the next drought, growing sorghum to bury as insurance against the next big dry.
The federal government's economic think tank says Australia will likely be a winner from Donald Trump's tariffs if it does not retaliate and that we would be better off by removing more of the nation's remaining tariffs.