It has been nothing short of a difficult political year for Jackie Trad but at a time when climate is at the front of people's minds she has pushed the button on a carbon farming scheme.
"I've also had to deal with other really big things, like the death of a parent, like the death of a baby niece," she says.
Liberal insiders know climate change is a hot issue and they know voters are increasingly looking to the Government to do something"more", writes Jane Norman."Every election I've worried I might not win. I've never taken my seat for granted and anyone who does is a fool," she says.
The marketing man behind Australia's"Where the bloody hell are you?" tourism campaign has soiled his own brand by jetting abroad as Australia burns, writes Andrew Probyn. Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch says the fund represents"a tectonic shift in the economy and in our environmental landscape here in Queensland".
The success of the LRF will hinge on enough landholders signing up for what Matthew Bell, an Ernst and Young managing partner, says is"genuinely a revolution in economic opportunities for the land-based sector".
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