An $84-million proposal to stop the regular flow down Yanco Creek won't save water for the environment and could be redirected to big irrigators downstream, a new report says.

When highly regarded and respected northern livestock industry identity and Stocklick Trading founder and managing director Bill McGuinness passed away on October 7, 2017, he'd already realised many of his dreams through sheer courage, determination, and self-belief.

After succumbing to a forced acquisition in the 1990s and fighting off another in 2016, Charters Towers cattleman Bob Hicks has just about had enough of negotiating property buyouts with governments in Australia.