Elly Bradfield
Toowoomba, QLD
Elly Bradfield is a journalist in Southern Queensland, based in Toowoomba. In 2016 she won three Walkley Young Journalist of the Year awards for her in-depth reporting of the small town of St George working its way out of ice addiction.
Latest by Elly Bradfield
An ambitious quest to supply Australians with locally grown garlic year-round is paying off
Garlic lovers can now buy Australian-grown all year round, thanks to decades of work by persistent farmers who refused to give up on the difficult crop.
From trailblazer to sheep grazier, this Matilda-turned-farmer is loving the rise of women's soccer
As the Matildas gear up for their second friendly against Canada in Vancouver, one trailblazer who played for the national team throughout the 1980s will be cheering them on from her farm.
'Not a plaything': Anger grows over mining giant's plan to inject waste into Great Artesian Basin
Environmentalists and farmers are hardening their resolve against a proposal to inject liquefied carbon dioxide into Australia's biggest underground fresh water reservoir.
Farmers pick up the pieces after a wild hail storm causes an estimated $50 million in losses
Farmers are calling for assistance to rebuild infrastructure and replant crops, with the impact on the supply of fruit and vegetables unclear at the moment.
Abattoir inspectors and vets strike for 'decent pay' as meat industry slams 'unions gone wild'
Meat inspectors and vets are walking off the job today, with the industry saying the strike action will create backlogs that affect domestic and export sectors.
Since 1960, Australia has lost 23 native animals in an extinction wave
While Australia has lost many unique species in living memory to bulldozers, climate change and bushfires, nothing has killed off living wonders quite like invasive pests and diseases.
As more people buy bush foods, knowing where they come from is about to get easier
This is how you can make sure Indigenous people benefit when you buy bush foods and products.
How a boy from the outback became an Australian olive oil baron
Chances are you don't know Rob McGavin. But he's made it his life's work to win a place on your kitchen table — and he's been very successful at it.
In a horrible drought, Allie turned to flower growing and now her blooms sell out within the hour
Planting flowers in the middle of a drought doesn't seem like the obvious choice to diversify but this family has said goodbye to sheep and hello to hundreds of Geraldton wax plants.
Queensland beehives allowed across the border from NSW amid varroa mite concerns
Queensland beekeepers are cleared to bring their hives back home but face 12 months of increased surveillance to ensure their bees are varroa mite free.
Could artificial intelligence help solve the world's hunger problem?
Queensland scientists say artificial intelligence can play a role in feeding the world by helping farmers produce more sustainable and profitable plants.
Will your Sunday roast really be carbon neutral by 2030?
The red meat industry concedes it could fall short of its ambitious target, but insists it still has seven years and a solid plan to get there.
Algorithm to bring big brother to the chicken sheds in effort to improve welfare
A Queensland researcher has developed a camera-based system that can analyse the behaviour of chickens when they think there are no humans watching and determine how happy they are.
As horse ownership booms, farriers are in high demand — but good luck finding one
Healthy hooves are key to a healthy horse. But a lack of training opportunities for farriers across the country could be putting horses at risk.
Women find their passion in the once male-dominated world of saddle making
The heritage craft of making, repairing, or selling saddles and other equipment for horses inspires these young women to pursue perfection.
High-end steaks still tasty when cattle eat seaweed to tackle climate change
Researchers make big strides in plans to reduce the effect of cattle burps and farts on climate change by feeding the animals asparagopsis oil.
Could you work with your family? Many generations of this family have made it work
When the American military turned up at Ray Taylor's family farm in southern Queensland on a search for salad during WWII it launched a business that continues today.
Patients facing choice of food or care as they battle costs of long-distance medical treatment
Regional and rural people who are forced to travel to major centres for medical treatment say the travel subsidy scheme is not keeping up with the cost of living.
Scary emus and prickles in your jammies — what it's like to ride a horse across the outback
Kylie Reed and her friends have travelled 1,300km in the saddle for a cause close to their hearts. Now, all they have to do is ride home again.
Milk price drop a 'slap across the head' for dairy farmers
After surviving drought, floods and the dollar-a-litre years, dairy farmers say they have been blindsided by a drop in farmgate prices just when things were finally looking up.
The ag industry is crying out for workers, but is the answer in the classroom?
City girl Kate Waugh traded her Melbourne life for an outback adventure after the COVID lockdowns. The ag industry is crying out for more people to give it a shot.
Land is gradually sinking around gas projects, but the government says gas and farming can co-exist
Lawyers and farmers say the government's response to the subsidence of land near gas projects is like a "bandaid on a volcano" and they have no confidence in its ability to tackle the problem.
New Kissabel apple with its red-hued flesh enters crowded Australian market
Ten years in the making, the Insta-worthy Kissabel apple is a cross between a crabapple and a traditional eating apple.
'Nothing left' of homes, livelihoods as communities begin clean-up after devastating Gulf of Carpentaria floods
Amid the destruction left behind by major flooding in the Gulf of Carpentaria, examples of solidarity are shining through as communities rally to walk the long road to recovery.
This farming family is trying to prove that cattle and carbon can co-exist
Selling their family farm to a carbon developer, Luke and Ally Quartermaine want to be part of the solution to reduce cattle industry emissions.