Era of the ‘blackboot’ brigade

THE Tyson family has lived on, and loved, the land for six generations.
“We were just living a quiet life as graziers. You have your dramas with seasons and so on, but they are things we understand,” says Mr Tyson, 61.
What they don’t understand is how an international mining company based in a place they’ve never heard of called Zug 16,000km away in Switzerland can suddenly move in and turn a century of family history upside down, along with their hopes and plans.

The impact of coal mining in Queensland

Alan Jones speaks to Rob McCreath about the impact of coal mining in Queensland.

Fertile plains under frack attack

Durum wheat is going head-to-head with coal seam gas in a battle over the state’s top agricultural region.

Group plans to fight mining exploration

The Federal Govt. has been put on notice of a new environmental battlefront, to save our water, agricultural land and urban areas.