13 September 2026. Shane McCarthy, AgForce General President.
AgForce's EPBC Roadshow begins this week, with the first events to be held in Durong and Millmerran.
These are AgForce-led forums, built around the questions, concerns and practical realities facing Queensland producers as the EPBC reforms take effect.
We have invited the National Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to attend so producers can put those issues directly to the regulator and seek clear answers.
For the better part of a year, AgForce has campaigned against regulations that aren't practical and risk creating perverse environmental outcomes.
Now we're taking that conversation directly to the regions.
The Roadshow will continue at regional locations across the state from St George on September 29 and Muckadilla the next day, to Longreach on October 6 and Cloncurry October 9.
Further events are scheduled in Quilpie on October 12, Augathella the 13th, in Rolleston on November 4 and Charters Towers on November 5.
Additional dates are already tentatively scheduled for Einasleigh and Charters Towers in the North East in April next year.
If you manage vegetation, maintain firebreaks or fences, improve pasture, develop water infrastructure or simply carry out the routine work needed to run a productive property, these reforms matter to you.
We want producers in the room - asking the difficult questions, testing these rules against the reality of their properties and challenging whether national environmental laws are appropriately designed for Queensland's productive agricultural landscapes.
We're also planning to discuss the differences between Commonwealth and State regulation and what that means in practice for producers trying to understand their obligations.
AgForce will continue its campaign on this legislation until we have sensible, workable regulations that provide certainty and recognise the realities of managing productive agricultural land.
At the same time, producers need to understand where the risks currently sit while AgForce continues fighting for a better framework.
AgForce will engage constructively, but constructively does not mean quietly accepting rules that don't work. Where the reforms fail the test of practical land management, we will continue to challenge them and push for change.
The stronger the producer turnout, the harder it is for decision-makers to dismiss these concerns as theoretical.
