Crispian Yeomans is a rural reporter at ABC Western Queensland.
If you have a story, give him a call on 0413 447 559 or email [email protected].
Floodwater from rivers that feed iconic desert wetlands could be harvested for limited farming use under a draft proposal from the Queensland government.
After four weeks of study in a classroom that is anything but typical, a motley crew of outback students has learnt how to class wool.
Western Meat Exporters has survived the wool crash, drought, floods and major technological disruption to remain one of Queensland's only goat and sheep processors.
Tiny grasswrens, palm cockatoos and hundreds of wetlands will be protected under a major Queensland land deal involving three cattle stations turned national parks.
Bovine ephemeral fever, also known as three-day sickness, is usually associated with wet weather. But a north Queensland vet says an outbreak during the dry is one of the worst she's seen.
An Australian oil boss says any fossil fuels taken from a new location in Queensland's Channel Country will stay in Australia, but it could take years before oil or gas flows.
Geologists have discovered fossils from an ancient coral reef deep beneath the surface of outback Queensland, which have attracted the attention of international researchers.
Geologists have found what they believe could unlock the secrets to some of palaeontology's biggest mysteries - particularly the secrets of the ancient coral reef.
It comes after finishing drilling a three kilometre-deep hole into the Queensland outback.
Customers say the cost of regional airfares remains unreasonable, and the high prices could be sending domestic tourists overseas.
For those who work in some of the most remote places in Australia, there aren't any luxury hotel suites waiting at the end of a long day.
Instead, there are mobile homes on wheels. But, they are definitely not lacking space or comfort.
Story by Crispian Yeomans with additional production by Josie Sargent.
Western Queensland graziers say they have lost hundreds of sheep to suspected wild dog attacks as the national control programs face funding uncertainty.
Balloons, show bags and carnival rides make up the show circuit and the fight is on to keep the tradition alive.
Australia's cattle industry is halfway through a review of its cattle levy, with most graziers wanting greater flexibility in how the money is spent during crisis.
When a small outback town held its first bronco branding event in 1991, it was the first of its kind in Queensland.
Topic: Rural and Remote Communities
For the hundreds of families enrolled in "schools of the air", education happens in between stockwork and running a commercial property.
In western Queensland, there's hope a new herbicide that mixes with water instead of diesel could help control an invasive thorny weed
From air-conditioned bedrooms to kitchen suites, a mobile road train camp is solving housing on the road while retaining more skilled workers out west.
Queensland's poultry industry is on high alert after the state's first H5 bird flu detection, but consumers are being told there is no need to panic.
The tiny outback Queensland town of Yaraka is fighting to save its public pool but the local council may not be able to afford to replace it.
With scoops made from milk bottles, volunteers have been working tirelessly to save the red-fin blue-eye, found nowhere else in the world, from extinction.
Winged explorers of all colours, shapes and sizes flock to the desert's edge to breed in the bustling wetlands of the Channel Country.
A little-known speed shearing event has attracted dozens of shearers from all over to a small town of Ilfracombe in western Queensland.
Families are angry over a decision to phase out "essential" resources for country kids who learn by distance education.
More than half of Queensland's volunteer rural fire brigades use privately owned vehicles to fight bushfires, with insurance changes leaving them to question their coverage.
Red meat is expected to become more expensive starting this month as higher diesel prices have filtered through the supply chain.