News
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At-risk and homeless – youth drop in centre needed
OCCUPATIONAL Therapist and community advocate, Barbara Kenny, has an ambitious plan to help the local youth at risk. It’s a plan she has been mapping…
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Emerging trend: Scenic Rim a growth hotspot
THE Scenic Rim is emerging as a notable population growth hotspot. The news comes with the release of the Regional Movers Index (RMI)showing that ‘internal…
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Seniors Feature – A venture into the world of non fiction
I HAVE been an avid reader ever since I first learned to sound out words. My unswerving preference has been fiction. Books with a big…
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Boonah Show promises a bonanza of entertainment
IT has been a massive task scheduling all the entertainments, competitions, pavilion displays, demonstrations, parades and judging events for the Boonah Show but it has…
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Croftby’s champion motocross rider top of the game
NINE plates, 27 screws and three pins … that’s the hardware fitted by surgeons into motorcross rider Brodie Carmichael’s left arm. He’s broken his arm…
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UniSQ summits to strengthen ag ties with China
A QUARTER of a million dollars has been given to the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) to be used in sustainable agriculture summits between China…
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Action plan hope for lower feral deer numbers
WHILE kangaroos are a common road hazard, deer car collisions are increasing alongside population numbers of the feral pest animal. Hitting a large deer can…
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Building a fan base, beautiful brick is back
THE beautiful brick is back at this year’s Boonah Show. Every year LEGO enthusiasts enter a set or one of their own creations for judging.…
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Working dogs back in action at show
ERROL Gill and his pack of talented working dogs will be back at the Boonah Show in an impressive display of skill and agility. Working…
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Worth waiting for, Boonah stadium ‘going to plan’
CONSTRUCTION on the equestrian stadium at the Boonah Showground is progressing well say project managers. Teviot Park project co-ordinator Phil Gutzke and Teviot Park event…
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First timers amaze judges with giant roo sculpture
A DUGANDAN couple who entered their two metre high kangaroo in the Brisbane Sculpture Festival, were overjoyed when it was announced as the winner of…
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Battle of the Sexes on again in Stud Beef section
STUD Beef Chief Steward Jim Harvey said his section always had a good ‘roll up’. “We usually get over a hundred entries and around 35…












