Scott Harris has hit the Australian headlines time after time due to his plans to clear thousands of hectares of bushland in Queensland.

The grazier had received governmental permission to clear 58,000 hectares of his enormous 931,000 hectare Strathmore Station, with the end-goal of expanding his agricultural portfolio and growing valuable soy beans and cereal plants.

However, in 2015 he came under fire for clearing land outside of the approved zones, threatening animal habitats and damaging wetland in the process. The controversial clearing was one of the largest in the Australia's history.

Harris also owns Kingvale Station, and his proposal to clear more than 1,800 hectares of its land was flatly rejected in 2020 due to its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef.