Transport operators are busier than ever, says peak body.
14th May 2020 10:05 AM
The application was approved by Somerset Regional Council in August
22nd Sept. 2019 3:09 PM
AN ABATTOIR promising hundreds of jobs has received the green light but residents close to the site have raised concerns...
27th Aug. 2019 4:08 PM
A GROUP of about 20 animal advocates have entered the Carey Bros Abattoir near Warwick and chained themselves to...
08th April 2019 6:04 AM
In the first year, the abattoir's weekly kills consisted of four pigs and six calves.
23rd Aug. 2018 12:08 PM
An Oakey factory worker has been airlifted to a Brisbane hospital with serious leg injuries after a workplace accident...
10th July 2018 8:07 AM
Health specialist weighs in on slaughterhouse debate stating link between violent crime and abattoir workers, while Meat...
27th March 2018 5:03 AM
Plans by Country Noosa to reopen an abattoir outside of Eumundi for local meat producers has come under fire from local...
06th March 2018 11:03 AM
AUSTRALIA’S major meat processor — with exports to over 80 countries — has been gutted by a fire causing millions of...
04th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM
Stanbroke human resources manager Ross Sticklen reveals what the company looks for in a candidate.
12th Dec. 2017 4:12 PM
AN abattoir has been allowed to continue operating despite shocking footage of animal cruelty caught on a hidden camera.
16th Nov. 2017 4:11 PM
REVOLUTIONISING the Samoan slaughter industry saw Darwin man, David Frost, awarded the World Bank's technical consultant of...
31st Oct. 2017 4:10 PM
The demand was so great he built a second farm.
10th Oct. 2017 11:10 AM
SHE has fought banks, navigated through a web of government departments and even survived a quadruple bypass.
25th July 2017 4:07 PM
A 17-YEAR-old boy has been airlifted from Bundaberg to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital after partially amputating...
30th June 2017 9:06 AM
A ROO processing company in Charleville has been forced to halt operations after Safe Food Queensland placed a suspension...
09th June 2017 3:06 PM
THE Toowoomba region’s meat processing industry could pay higher regulatory costs to hire overseas workers, under new...
21st April 2017 3:04 PM
Workers feeling 'a little nervous' the visa that allows him to work in Australia has just been scrapped.
20th April 2017 4:04 AM
Plan for 'state-of-the-art' livestock handling and processing facility on Gladstone Mount Larcom Rd.
05th April 2017 6:04 AM
UPDATE: About 300 Beef City workers were evacuated early this morning after a chemical spill at the...
06th March 2017 8:03 AM
A PROPOSAL for a cold-storage facility to service a controversial abattoir has been scrapped by Toowoomba company FKG.
29th Dec. 2016 1:12 PM
A $20 MILLION injection into upgrading roads to allow road trains through Rockhampton will also be a boost to the region's...
24th Oct. 2016 6:10 AM
Charleville's new beef abbatoir is one step closer to opening
18th Oct. 2016 11:10 AM
About 12 workers from Thomas Borthwick and Sons' Bakers Creek abbatoir have lost their jobs.
27th Sept. 2016 11:09 AM
BREAKING: A massive abattoir has been given approval in the Darling Downs town of Jimbour.
18th Aug. 2016 8:08 AM
Meatworkers speak out over shift cuts at JBS Australia Dinmore
17th Aug. 2016 5:08 AM
"Whatever happens, I think we will have a sale on Friday."
28th July 2016 10:07 AM
UPDATE: The head of a beef processing plant says the company was forced to slash jobs after drought...
19th July 2016 2:07 PM
ONCE again we have seen the horrors that await Australian cattle in an Asian country, this time in a filthy abattoir in...
18th June 2016 5:06 AM
TOOWOOMBA Regional Council will today decide whether to approve an abattoir on Toowoomba's outskirts.
30th May 2016 6:05 AM
CATTLE are in high demand, with prices driving competition between restockers, feedlots and processors.
28th March 2016 12:03 PM
THE Federal Gov't will be pushed by Capricornia MP to chip in towards the road upgrades needed to allow road trains to...
15th March 2016 10:03 AM
WHILE there has been a mixed review to the plans – AgForce has welcomed the proposal with open arms.
15th March 2016 8:03 AM
Leo Neill-Ballantine says the Rockhampton community needs to be brought on the journey as well.
14th March 2016 6:03 AM
THE COMPANY that wants to build an $80 million abattoir west of Toowoomba has been sent back to the drawing board by the...
24th Nov. 2015 6:11 AM
A TOOWOOMBA husband and wife say they won't move to Glenvale because of plans to build an abattoir in Charlton.
05th Nov. 2015 2:11 PM
THE proposed and now under assessment Wellcamp abattoir is great for the cattle industry and for processed beef to be...
04th Nov. 2015 5:11 AM
A GROUP of residents with concerns about a proposed meat processing facility on the outskirts of Toowoomba is holding a...
30th Oct. 2015 5:10 AM
BOWEN cattleman says niche markets for the local beef industry offered the best opportunities for farmers.
04th June 2015 5:06 AM
THE big bubble on the Warrego Hwy past Oakey has helped one of the region’s largest employers reduce its carbon footprint...
10th April 2015 2:04 PM
Cattle producers sending stock to Townsville and Brisbane instead of Rockhampton.
19th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
WATER and cattle supply, check; land for development, check; feasibility study, check.
06th Sept. 2014 6:09 AM
Kylie King was dismissed from Oakey Abattoir after management discovered a Facebook post, made by her boyfriend, critical...
18th March 2014 5:03 PM
WHEN two brothers went into business together almost 70 years ago, they were setting foundations for what would become one...
13th Sept. 2013 6:09 AM
THE southern hemisphere's largest meat processing plant – JBS at Dinmore – on Tuesday played host to China's Agriculture...
24th April 2013 10:04 AM
EROSION problems plaguing Carey’s Abattoir in Yangan are a widespread issue, Warwick Shire River Improvement Trust member...
06th Feb. 2013 5:02 AM
THE meat industry union has filed unfair dismissal claims with Fair Work Australia on behalf of its members who were sacked...
13th Dec. 2012 8:12 AM
AFTER months of deep concern about the treatment of refugees employed at a Rockhampton abattoir, the union is stepping...
01st Dec. 2012 7:12 AM
AN ABATTOIR will be producing its base load of power onsite through state-of-the-art technologies within six months.
20th Nov. 2012 11:11 AM
IT IS going on three-and-a-half years and 11 workers are still waiting to be paid their full entitlements, despite winning...
28th April 2012 4:04 AM
