Close to 60 leading pastoral women from across the North embarked on a journey of shared best management practice discovery during the Women in Grazing Bus Tour held around the Upper Burdekin on Wednesday, August 31.

A referendum on whether North Queensland should become a separate state will be held within six months of the next parliament forming if Katter's Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter gets his way.

Horticultural production could double in Lakeland in coming years if a proposed irrigation scheme gets the go ahead.