Harvest workers may be in short supply this season. (Photo: Lambros Lyrarakis on UnSplash)

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Go west, young man: Jobs bonanza luring city workers to Queensland outback

Unemployment fell in western Queensland during the early months of COVID-19, prompting the launch of a new website to fill more vacancies in our regional towns.

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This 150km stretch of dirt road is a crucial transport link for Qld's west - until it rains

Locals say an unsealed section of a major inland trucking route is in desperate need of bitumen to boost outback towns, save millions and connect Queensland’s road network to the rest of the country through the south-west of the state.

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Bringing out the big guns: regional Queensland fires early election shots

As the Queensland economy banks on an agricultural “dining boom” to lead the state out of the pandemic doldrums, are we about to see an election campaign focused on the rural interior like never before? Brad Cooper reports

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Rain at last - but now western farms are being devastated by grasshoppers

After their first decent rains following a decade of drought, farmers in Queensland’s west are now watching helplessly as green pastures are decimated by a grasshopper plague. Nicole Bond reports

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Stranded, but western towns rejoice as 'old friend comes home'

Food and other essential supplies have been trucked, ferried and flown in to people stranded by floodwaters in outback southwest Queensland.