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Wyaralong a key to drinking water for SEQ – Premier
PLANS to construct a water treatment plant downstream of Wyaralong Dam and connect it to the SEQ Water Grid have re-ceived a ‘booster shot’ from Queensland…
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The Beauty of Life – Hello Bill
A GOOD name for a pelican? Well, there’s Colin Thiele’s heroic Mister Percival in his story Storm Boy, set in South Australia’s Koorong. In the…
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Voice fails to gain constitutional change
THE Voice Referendum failed to gain a national majority on Saturday, with more than 60 percent of voters, voting ‘No’. All states and territories with…
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Wildfire response biggest in decades
THE Frenches Creek – Mt French wildfire on Friday is believed to be the biggest local bushfire incident firies have been involved in on the…
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Wellbeing event focused on community cohesion
BOONAH State High School hosted a Wellbeing Expo last week using funding from a program run by the State Government. The school’s guidance teacher Andrea…
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Genetic disorder leading cause of calf loss
BOTTLE teats in cows are a major cause of calf loss reports Australian project CalfWatch. The project was headed by Tim Schatz, the Principal Livestock…
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Ticks cost graziers millions in lost production
CATTLE ticks are one of a graziers’ worst nightmares and cost the Australian agricultural industry around $160 million a year in lost production according to…
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Shortage sparks flurry of female welders to trade
HISTORICALLY welding has been a male dominated trade but this is changing as more women upskill and consider the industry one they can work within.…
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Lights on in Beaudesert’s popular sports ground
SOCCER competition standard lighting has been installed in Selwyn Park, one of Beaudesert’s main sports grounds. The LED lights were installed by the Scenic Rim…
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Park setting for relocated QCWA building
THE relocation of the Beaudesert Queensland Country Women’s Association building in Brisbane Street is expected to be underway by the end of this year. The…
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Lupin protein plant based food’s power powder
AUSTRALIAN company Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) is poised to start commercial production of lupin based protein product Buntine Protein. The interest in plant based protein…
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Financial member attendance could save Boonah Art Society
BOONAH Art Gallery is in danger of closing, ending almost three decades fostering artistic diversity within the community. Its current president and secretary are husband…












