News
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The Beauty of Life – Purpose Built for Underground Living
MERRILYN brought in a protesting Blind Snake she had accidentally dug up unharmed in the veggie patch, an 18 centimetre worm-like slip of pink life,…
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History – Our Greatest Flood – Part 1
I came across this photograph in the Picture Ipswich collection. It was labelled according to the inscription on the donated image: “Members of Stumer family…
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Kooralbyn resort flags plans for tourist park
PLANS for major tourism developments at the Kooralbyn Valley Hotel and Golf Course were made public last week in documents lodged with the Scenic Rim…
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Memories linger from an “amazing wedding”
Story WENDY CREIGHTON Photos INC.MILL PHOTOGRAPHY – CAS MILLER FLEUR and James met on a blind date four years ago. They were both 25. They…
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Letter to the Editor – Game changer for Councillors
THIS is my personal opinion. At last week’s council meeting, items were approved that will see a Councillor Portfolio System introduced, whereby Councillors are assigned…
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Importer fees will help keep us strong
NEW fees and charges for importers came into effect this week as the government seeks to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity system through long term, predictable and…
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Serving those who serve us
SERVING those who serve us is behind The Vue Restaurant’s decision to offer local SES members an evening of fine dining without ever needing to…
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Kalbar’s honour roll book to honour war service
KALBAR RSL Sub-branch is among 57 ex-service and community organisations sharing in more than $3.5 million in grant funding to provide wellbeing projects and commemorative…
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Visa change, wine tariffs and pocket change purchases
CULTURAL work exchange visas, an increase in consumers moving from fresh to frozen and wine tariff removals were addressed in a recent report compiled by…
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Cattle, commodities and fresh produce, the sunshine state’s record breaking year
THE average price of broadacre farmland has increased in the last three years by an impressive 93 percent. Dr Jared Greenville from the Australian Department…
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Move to delete Council’s grants register
COUNCILLORS have been advised to step away from one of the strategies in the “commitment to being open and transparent” and abandon its Register of…
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$3M push for Kooralbyn and Beaudesert road funding
SCENIC Rim Regional Council has made a bid for more than $3 million in grant funding to upgrade a section of Kooralbyn Road and an…












