Brooke Tindall is a rural reporter for North Queensland. She grew up in the region and completed her bachelor of communication studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. She has now moved back closer to home and works from the Townsville bureau. She is interested in farming and stories about the local community.
Home Hill State School in north Queensland is showing students across Burdekin shire how agricultural education is worth investing in, setting up an industry-scale greenhouse for horticulture training.
A gutted north-west Queensland grazier warns others to vaccinate against blackleg, after nearly 40 of his cattle die of the deadly soil-borne disease.
Hostels and hospitality venues along the north Queensland coast are booming with pre-pandemic levels of backpackers while the outback misses out.
The water from the once-in-a-century flood that wreaked havoc on Ingham and surrounding areas has receded, but the true impact is only just being revealed.
Technology using macroalgae and the sun's rays to purify wastewater saves a council in Queensland's north millions, while providing fertiliser for farmers and reducing nitrogen runoff to the Great Barrier Reef.
Income from off-farm sources such as contract harvesting, mustering and milking will be considered "primary production" under changes to disaster funding.
An amateur horse racing club says venue upgrades required to renew its Racing Queensland licence would have ended its 108-year-old tradition of grass-fed racing.
The introduced species is crucial for graziers but environmentalists say it poses unacceptable dangers. With a decision about its status looming, both sides are putting their cases forward.
Dustin's mum says he is "just a normal bush kid", but the 12-year-old has been unable to enrol in school due to his autism.
North Queensland towns sweating on benefits from a $13.9 billion transmission line say they need certainty in the face of major changes and delays.
Floodwaters have receded in north Queensland to reveal erosion craters that will cost farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair.
The federal government has announced an extra $100 million in disaster relief for Queensland's flood-ravaged north.
Banana prices look likely to stay low, even if supply is temporarily disrupted by flooding.
Growers rushed to pick, pack and truck their bananas out before the rain started, but say it will be difficult to restock supermarket shelves after significant flood damage.
Graziers say they have never seen so many feral pigs in outback Queensland and they want more government support to control the population.
A 97-year-old farmer in north Queensland reckons he always knew what job he wanted to do, and he is still doing it decades later.
It takes a true love for the land to stay on in the North Queensland cane fields for 84 years. Still going strong, Sam Russo has no plans to retire.
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