Beached cow illustrates extent of North Queensland flood damage to farming

Colin Bettles
Updated March 15 2018 - 10:39am, first published March 14 2018 - 6:40pm
Bob Katter MP, Shane Knuth MP, with Mission Beach Surf Life Saving Club members Dyana Brown and Shane Gee with the cow carcass. Photo credit – Anne Pleash.
Bob Katter MP, Shane Knuth MP, with Mission Beach Surf Life Saving Club members Dyana Brown and Shane Gee with the cow carcass. Photo credit – Anne Pleash.

INDEPENDENT federal Queensland MP Bob Katter and his party’s state MP Shane Knuth say a cow that discovered washed ashore at Mission Beach provides a graphic illustration of the damage done by recent flood waters.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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