Rural Queensland Today with Ben Dobbin

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Wednesday 26th July

Deb Frecklington, Nanango MP, chats with Ben about the events and issues affecting Queensland, including regional road maintenance, biosecurity, regional police staffing, taxation, housing, and telehealth

Greg Bowden, Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise CEO, chats with Ben about their Agri Emerging Markets Program

Rod Binny, Glenlea Beef, chat with Ben about their upcoming sale, August 18 (PAID)

Kim Duffy, Senior Animal Care Manager, Qld Off The Track, tells Ben about the new event at the Ekka, a showjumping event for retired racehorses, and the work that Queensland Off the Track does for the welfare of retired racehorses

Ben checks out the results from yesterday’s sale in Roma

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Tuesday 25th July

Chris Evans, Qld Events Manager, Golf Australia, wraps up this year’s Outback Queensland Masters and previews the event for 2024 with Ben

Helen Lewis, Australian Holistic Management Co-operative, CEO, chats with Ben about their partnership with Deckers to make ugg boots from ‘ethically and environmentally sound’ sheepskins , and sponsoring Australian farmers to regenerate their land

Warren Salter, U8J Cattle, Dalby, chats with Ben about their upcoming sale 22 August with an open day tomorrow (PAID)

Jo Reoch, Donate Life Queensland Organ Donor Specialist, chats with Ben about Donate Life Week, and the issues and benefits of organ donation

Ryan Girdler chats with Ben about his podcast, The Medicine, which covers the NRL and health and wellness

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Monday 24th July

KAP Leader and MP for Treager Robbie Katter chats with Ben about the death of Doomadgee Mayor Jason Ned, Olympics spending, coal royalties, gun laws, global warming

Ben looks at sports results from the weekend

Brett Guest, Clunie Range Angus Stud, chats with Ben about their sale on August 4th (PAID)

Rikki Anderson, Volunteering Qld Media Officer, chats with Ben about Qld’s first State of Volunteering Report (launched in 2021) which captured the nature, scale and value of volunteering in 2020, as we entered Covid-19

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Friday 21st July

LNP Susan McDonald chats with Ben about Ag Show funding cuts, biosecurity costs and issues, the Voice referendum, electricity prices and power station closures

Scott Prince, NRLW Broncos coach, chats with Ben about the upcoming NRLW season, starting this weekend

John Warlters, Rural Aid CEO, the Family Farming Reboot, which is a free program, inclusive of accommodation and meals, and important changes are being made

Tim Horan, former Wallaby and current commentator, chats with Ben about the Wallabies upcoming tests against the All Blacks, and the British Lions tour

Rural Queensland Today, Thursday 20th July, 2023

Nigel Brumpton from Mount Ascot Merino Stud, talks with Ben about their win at the Au Wool and Sheep Show, and all the work that went into it

Dr Heidi Parks from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, is the Project Lead on Fall Armyworm, and tells Ben about the damage the worms can do, and how the project is progressing