Growing fuel uncertainty is hitting rural and fisheries businesses across regional Queensland, potentially costing them thousands in lost production and higher operating costs.

Bourke Shire Mayor Lachlan Ford says finding out that a major extension of a wild dog barrier had been cancelled without consultation added insult to injury.

Rural and regional police say their hands are somewhat tied when alleged offenders jump the Queensland-NSW border. Goondiwindi officer-in-charge, Senior Sergeant Richard McIntosh, said some offenders ...