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Richmond Shire Council backs sorghum as higher-return alternative to grazing Mon 1 Jun 2026 at 11:35am An outback Queensland council is growing its own crops to help pay for a more livable community for local ratepayers. The Richmond Shire Council is anticipating its coffers will soon be boosted by up to $500,000, depending on the profit made by this season's sorghum crop growing on the town common. Thirteen hundred hectares of grain sorghum was sown by the local council in January on a...
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Unfinished outback opal museum gets $1m lifeline to pay debts
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Outback councils look to US oil state to advise on renewables success
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Families demand answers as truck bypass threatens homes
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