Rural Queensland Today with Ben Dobbin

Ben checks out the market reports from Dalby, Charters Towers, and Gracemere

Peter Badel, league writer with the Courier-Mail, chat with Ben about the prospects for the Broncos leading into the finals in this year’s NRL championship

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Wednesday 19th July

Ben talks about Dan Andrews’ decision to drop the Commonwealth Games, and implications for the Brisbane’s Olympics

Felicity Richards, Farm Safety Australia chair chats with Ben about Farm Safety Week, and its theme of ‘Stay on the Safe Side’ of tractor, vehicle, and machinery safety

John Mercer from Kandanga Valley Stud chats with Ben about their upcoming sale on property on July 29

Ben Hannant chats with Ben about the Legends Dinner with Shane Webke and Darrius Boyd coming up in Kingaroy this Saturday

Alana Moller, Isolated Children’s Parents Association (ICPA) chats with Ben about their upcoming national conference coming up in Darwin next week, and the issues facing parents and their school-age kids

Ashley Steele from TopX Roma chats with Ben about yesterday's sale in Roma

Rural Queensland Today, Tuesday, 18th July

Mark Buttsworth, 5x winner of Cloncurry Stockmans Challenge, chats with Ben about his wins at the Challenge, as well has his career and ongoing work

Vicki Gordon, Au Women in Music Awards, chats with Ben about these upcoming awards, that honour singer-musicians + those working behind the scenes (Techs, elders, producers, engineers, film-makers, photographers, music journos and more).

Dennis Saint, Oakey Creek Speckle Parks (Paid), chats with Ben about their 3rd annual on-property bull and female sale at ‘Florando’, 1409 Namoi River Road, Manilla NSW

Ben chats about the recent dingo attack on K’gari

Dr Maria Boulton, AMAQ president, chats with Ben about the boost for maternity services in Queensland, which are in response to AMAQ advocacy

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Monday 17th July

Melinda Hashimoto, Egg Famers Australia, CEO , chats with Ben about the new federal guidelines and welfare laws for free range, cage and barn-laying hens, and the impact on egg farmers

Mark Jamieson, President, Local Government Assocn Qld & Sunshine Coast Mayor, chats with Ben about the upcoming Bush Councils Convention, which will look at electoral reforms, rural industries, services and issues, and the impact of the 32 Olympics on regional and rural areas

Dr Lisa Murphy, Stroke Foundation CEO, chats with Ben about Qld Health’s new Telestroke program in rural and regional hospitals from 2024, and the benefits for rural patients

Chris Whiting, MP for Bancroft, Chair, State Development & Regional Industries Committee, talks with Ben about the new National Statement on Climate Change and Agriculture, and how it will affect the ongoing Qld parliamentary inquiry on the impact of climate change on agriculture

Rural Queensland Today, full show, Friday 14th July

Sen Susan McDonald chats with Ben about her preselection, electricity prices and policies, the Voice, and other topics

Katherine Best, SQT project officer, chats with Ben about the Koalas in Rangeland project, tracing koala population around the Warrego and Bulloo, and how citizen scientists can help

Paton Fitzsimons from Ray White Rural chats with Ben about the cattle market

Matt Beard from RBV Rural chats with Ben about recent cattle and land sales around central Queensland