A regulatory impact statement should be undertaken before any of the Palaszczuk government's proposals for the Lake Eyre Basin come into law, according to Quilpie opal miner and secretary of the Queensland Opal Miners Association, Kevin Phillips.

Gavan Doull (1955-2021) was killed last week in an on-farm accident.

When Darryn Atkinson collected the Chas P Ward trophy for the champion grassfed pen at the Central Queensland Carcase Classic, he was following in the footsteps of his grandfather Peter Atkinson.