Town &
CountryJournal 6th October 2022
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BE ALERT AND
SOMEWHAT ALARMED Cr Cameron Gow attended a biosecurity emergency animal disease and prevention seminar run by Biosecurity Queensland and DAFF during which lumpy skin disease, African swine flu and foot and mouth disease were central to the discussion. The report tabled at the last ordinary meeting of
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wo local Councillors got a sobering glimpse into the future of major animal diseases presenting on the Southern Downs late last month. Cr Stephen Tancred and
Council last week found that the probability of these diseases entering Australia in the next five years is 28 percent for lumpy skin disease, 13 percent for swine flu and 12 percent for foot and mouth disease. However, the probability of one of them entering Australia is 43 percent,
posing an imminent threat to the economic stability of the Southern Downs. According to the report, there are no food safety or human health effects but enormous costs to animal health and thus productivity with severe flow on effects to all sectors of the economy. Continued on page 6...
First concrete pour
Local wind farm gets call from Telstra Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink
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he first concrete is being poured at the monster MacIntyre Wind
Farm, but the spotlight was stolen by the announcement that Telstra will be snapping up a big slice of the output. The 350GWh per year deal means is part of the Telco’s plan to become 100% dependent on renewable
energy. The first of the foundations of the big wind generators was laid recently, in what will be a 180-turbine 1,026MW installation—the largest wind farm in Australia. The Telstra deal effectively means that over a third of the power produced by the MacIntyre precinct is presold.
doing good, Kim Krogh Andersen, Telstra Group Executive of Product & Technology, said. Continued on page 9...
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