The introduced species is crucial for graziers but environmentalists say it poses unacceptable dangers. With a decision about its status looming, both sides are putting their cases forward.
Graziers face a tough road to recovery after an estimated half a million cattle, sheep, and goats die in western Queensland's unprecedented flooding event.
Outback Queensland tourism providers are desperate for visitors to return to the region, after record-breaking floods impacted some — but not all — communities.
Queensland's record-breaking rain is set to ease as the Easter weekend approaches, but some residents in the north are isolated following the weekend's deluge.
With an upstream gauge out of action, Thargomindah had no way of knowing how much destruction a torrent of floodwaters would have on the outback community. One local, who witnessed the levee break, says that's not good enough.
Voters tell ABC's Your Say campaign they want courage and vision from politicians, not bickering.
Thousands of kilometres of outback Queensland roads have been destroyed by floods, forcing cattle trucks on huge detours, doubling freight bills and leaving families on remote properties feeling even more isolated.
The deluge which battered south-west Queensland is now draining downhill to a catchment area five times the size of the UK.
Thick layers of silt now stick to belongings like tar and furniture is strewn across the street in a small community in south-west Queensland.