Music festival permit refusal appealed
Southern Downs councillors will vote next week on a request by the organisers of a bush music and arts festival to overturn the council’s...
Bore testing at Allora next week
The Southern Downs Regional Council says as part of its “work to establish supplementary water sources in the Southern Downs, bore testing will start...
Aged care facilities audited
Aged care facilities across the Southern Downs and Granite Belt are compliant with current standards, having met the vast majority of operating criteria as...
Charging station still unplugged
A charging station for electric vehicles in Warwick is about to become operational after sitting idle for some months, according to the University of...
Meter reading to start, council pools to be filled
The Southern Downs Regional Council will begin water meter readings across the region from next Monday 26 August 2019 until approximately the end of...
O’Dempsey charged over cold case murder
Queensland Police have charged former Warwick resident Vincent O’Dempsey, 80, with the 1964 murder of Vincent Raymond Allen in Warwick.
In July, the Minister for...
Teen rescued after delicate winch operation
The Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue crew yesterday staged a delicate winch operation as part of a “challenging” eight-hour mission to rescue a hiker stranded...
Brazen water thefts on Granite Belt
Police are urging the public to report water theft following a string of brazen incidents in the Stanthorpe area.
A Queensland Police Service (QPS) media...
Premier visits but no emergency water announcement
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has visited Warwick and Stanthorpe today to discuss the drought with the Southern Downs Regional Council but stopped short of...
Show Society working on water supply
The Warwick Show and Rodeo Society has moved to quash suggestions that the 2019 Warwick Rodeo and Campdraft could be in doubt due to...
State caves in on restrictions
As previously reported in the Free Times primary producers across the Warwick area with undergroundwater allocations in the Upper Condamine catchment were given short...
Aged care facilities audited
Aged care facilities across the Southern Downs and Granite Belt are compliant with current standards, having met the vast majority of operating criteria as...
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New citizens welcomed to the Southern Downs
Seven new citizens have been welcomed into the Southern Downs region by the newly appointed Mayor Melissa Hamilton along with councillors Cynthia McDonald, Russell...
