Maddelin McCosker
Rural Reporter at ABC News (Australia)
🤠 @ABCRural Reporter, based in western Queensland. Thoughts/retweets/likes are my own.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Maddelin McCosker
Areas of outback Queensland that escaped recent flooding are now dealing with a different kind of destruction — locusts. The migratory insects have descended on parts of central and western Queensland, chewing through what was lush pasture. Grazier Leticia Donaldson says there are "millions" of locusts in swarms spanning kilometres of the Alpha property she runs with husband Eddie and their two children. "We've never seen anything like it around here," Mrs Donaldson said.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Abbey Halter |Hannah Walsh |Maddelin McCosker
Widespread flooding in Western Queensland is beginning to ease for property owners. Graziers are beginning to take stock of the damage, particularly to significant infrastructure. Volunteers are gearing up to rally with communities and help clear away the remaining damage. The sun is shining on Queensland grazier Louise Hoch's cattle station, but after weeks of record-breaking floods, the damage is hard to fathom. Warning: This story contains an image some readers may find distressing.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Maddelin McCosker |Kallee Buchanan
A charity tasked with supplying hay to flood-affected graziers in western Queensland says fears fodder drops are being held up by biosecurity concerns over red fire ants are unfounded. As the flooding disaster unfolded this week, Queensland's Department of Primary Industries engaged Rural Aid, a not-for-profit that supports farmers during natural disasters, to coordinate hay and feed drops for animals that managed to survive the rising water. More than 1,000 bales of hay have since been delivered.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Maddelin McCosker |Abbey Halter
Early estimates indicate more 105,348 head of livestock are dead or lost in the ongoing outback Queensland floods. Industry figures say the losses could be "catastrophic" for graziers. The total number of livestock lost will not be known until floodwaters subside. More than 100,000 cattle and sheep are estimated to be dead or missing in the devastating flooding continuing in outback Queensland. WARNING: This story contains images that may be distressing.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Hannah Walsh |Maddelin McCosker
Ange Lawson can smell the stench of dead rams around her property. "They were in the gum trees, hanging in trees, up against roots and rocks," Ms Lawson said from her station, 120 kilometres west of Longreach. "They wouldn't have had any chance with the way that water came across. It flattened fences."In some parts of western Queensland the record floodwaters have subsided, leaving graziers and other property owners to survey the devastation.
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