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Lantana: Choosing your plan of attack to win
THIS week’s weed of choice is Common Lantana (Lantana camara). The choice of adjuvants (wetting agents or surfactants) can have a great bearing on outcome…
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Boonah meeting fires up over ant issue
A COMMUNITY meeting to discuss and share information about the Queensland Government’s fire ant program uncovered ‘disturbing and alarming behaviour’ by program operatives according to…
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Council stalls for an hour to debate $200 training costs
TAMBORINE Mountain councillors Jeff McConnell and Derek Swanborough were grilled for more than an hour in last week’s council meeting over a request to attend…
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Fassifern Police
Police vehicle rammed At approximately 6.00pm on Monday September 5, police were called to an incident on Flinders Street, Peak Crossing involving a man operating…
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Canungra childcare centre approved, shopping centre decision pending
A CHILDCARE centre in Finch Road Canungra could be the outcome of a development approval signed off on by Council town planning officers, this week.…
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Pitch Black 2022 ends amid regional tension
FOLLOWING three solid weeks of concentrated training by Australian and international military aircraft, Exercise Pitch Black 2022 has come back to earth. From August 19…
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The Beauty of Life – Dead Sheds
They change, old sheds, but never die, they rust and lean and beckon passers by: “take photos please of me!” HOW many years have they…
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Grant frees up funds for feeder at Boonah High
WHEN it comes to stretching a dollar Boonah High School teacher Aiden Richters knows how to maximise a budget’s allowance. Earlier this year the Acting…
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Project to examine agricultural supply chain
A $15 MILLION project to examine supply chain efficiencies in Queensland’s agriculture sector, is to be led by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. The…
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Beef loving nation bonds over fondness for farming
AGUSTINA Turcatti holds a degree in Engineering Agronomy and she’s now working cattle on a property at Croftby. It would appear that she is over-qualified…
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Hopes for new CEO to reverse ‘toxic culture’
OUTSPOKEN Councillor Derek Swanborough has described a “toxic culture” at Scenic Rim Council with the Christensen Administration using the OIA, the local government watchdog, for…
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Dispelling the myth: detergents are not good wetting agents
LAST week I promised to provide some advice in regard to spray adjuvants and I added the quip that dishwashing detergent should not be considered…
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