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Personal injury claim lodged

The Southern Downs Regional Council is being sued for more than $543,000 by an employee through a personal injury claim lodged with the courts...

New penalties for farm invaders

The Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) has welcomed the State Parliament’s bipartisan support of new laws imposing greater penalties for animal activists trespassing on farmers’...

Communication and leadership course

McDonalds Stanthorpe has donated $2000 to sponsor a six-week communication and leadership course to be conducted by Stanthorpe Toastmasters. Trevor Burton, owner of McDonalds Stanthorpe,...

Council awards several contracts

Southern Downs councillors at their December 2019 meeting voted in favour of awarding building contracts relating to the re-location of the Warwick Men’s Shed,...

A clip too close

The rinks at Southern Cross Bowls Club are looking fair – still at the regulation height, and with just a few browner patches –...

Region rejoices

The region is rejoicing after widespread heavy falls of rain last weekend and the early part of this week and local morale has received...

More rain forecast early in week

The Condamine River in Warwick continues to subside after almost reaching the ‘minor’ flood level earlier today, Sunday 9 February. The region is rejoicing after...

Condamine close to ‘minor’ flood level

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a flood warning for the Condamine River to Warwick today, Sunday 9 February. As of 10am today the river...

Audit report recommendations

The 2019 Queensland Audit Office financial report on the Southern Downs Regional Council identified more than a dozen “deficiencies” in the council’s internal financial...

New species on global list

The newly described Dalveen blue box (Eucalyptus dalveenica) has been placed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of...

A tribute to resilience

Only days after being named Tenterfield Citizen of the Year, Liston identity Peter Bonner has received another well deserved accolade. On Friday following the...

Littleproud is Nationals’ new deputy leader

Local Maranoa MP David Littleproud has been elected Deputy Leader of the Nationals at a party room meeting in Canberra earlier today, Tuesday 4...

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St Marks continued fete tradition

For more than 50 years the St Mark’s Annual Parish Fete has been held in Warwick and in 2024, the Fete Fabulousness continues on...