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Rudd's plane breaks down, staff stranded
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plane has broken down in Windorah in outback Queensland, where he made a solar power announcement earlier today.[MORE]
PM fast-tracks renewable energy investment
The Government's $500 million renewable energy fund will be delivered over the next 18 months rather than six years.[MORE]
PM, Bligh to open Qld's first solar town
Anna Bligh and Kevin Rudd are in Windorah to open Queensland's first solar town.[MORE]
Mine job losses sees swing back to farm work
One of the nation's biggest cattle companies says job losses in the mining industry are making it easier to find pastoral workers.[MORE]
One-student outback school fears closure
A tiny town in outback Queensland says its school should stay open, even if only two or three students are attending.[MORE]
Minister sheds light on outback solar farm progress
The final touches are being made to a solar farm in western Queensland which could revolutionise the way electricity is delivered to small, remote towns.[MORE]
Big crowd expected for outback yabby races
Hundreds of people are expected to line the main street of Windorah, in south-west Queensland tonight, to cheer on yabbies racing as part of an unusual outback event.[MORE]
Stranded travellers wait to resume Birdsville Races trek
Hundreds of people are stranded in Windorah, in Queensland's Channel Country, as they make their way to the iconic Birdsville Races this weekend.[MORE]
Work heats up on outback solar farm
An innovative solar farm is nearing completion in the Channel Country in western Queensland. [MORE]
Severe rains continue across central Queensland
Residents along Qld's central and southern coast are enduring yet another day of severe weather.[MORE]
River forum pushes for increased buyback funding
A national conference has been told that the Federal Government needs to spend more money to buyback water from irrigators. [MORE]
Fed Govt urged to spend more on water buyback
A national conference looking at the health of inland rivers has heard the Federal Government needs to spend more money to buy back water from irrigators.[MORE]
Experts focus on unregulated outback rivers
Scientists and farmers have returned to the western Queensland town of Windorah to asses the state of eastern Australian rivers and flood plains.[MORE]
Toad tadpoles may ride floods to western Qld
There are concerns cane toads could move into pastoral areas of western Queensland where they have not been found before. [MORE]
Flooding arrives in Windorah
Graziers in western Queensland's Channel Country are seeing the first of the floodwaters arrive, with major flooding now being reported at Windorah.[MORE]
Food supplies to be airlifted to Thargomindah, Quilpie
Three tonnes of food supplies will be airlifted to two small towns in south-west Queensland today, with floodwaters cutting road access.[MORE]
La Nina promises rain boost for southern Qld areas
The weather bureau says graziers in some parts of southern Queensland can expect above average rainfall over the next three months, thanks to a La Nina system.[MORE]
Illegal fishing drum nets killing native turtles
The Environmental Protection Agency is warning bush fishermen in the Channel Country in Western Queensland to stop using illegal drum nets that kill native turtles, as well as catch fish.[MORE]
Police yet to identify body found near Windorah
The launch of a coronial inquiry into the death of a 47-year-old tourist near Windorah has prompted police to send the man's body to Brisbane for examination.[MORE]
Tourist's death a mystery: police
Police say the death of a Slovenian tourist in far-western Queensland is a mystery.[MORE]
Police recreate movements of dead tourist
Queensland police are trying to track the last movements of an overseas tourist whose remains were found near Windorah, in western Queensland.[MORE]
Telstra promises broadband boost if court case won
Far western Queensland could get an optic fibre cable network if Telstra wins a Federal Court case against the Minister for Communications.[MORE]
Remote Qld town welcomes solar farm
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A remote town is set to become one of Australia's greenest communities.[MORE]
Solar farm set for construction in Windorah
After years of planning, the western Queensland town of Windorah looks set to become one of the state's greenest communities, with the construction of a solar farm.[MORE]
