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Bushwalker crawls 700m before rescue on Mt Barney track
A BUSHWALKER dragged herself almost 700 metres in an attempt to return to the Lower Portals camping grounds after she broke her ankle near Mt…
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Council uses survey to rate ratepayer satisfaction
ARE you satisfied with Scenic Rim Regional Council services? That’s the basic question being asked in the online Customer Satisfaction Survey on Council’s website. However,…
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Scenic Rim Properties $400,000 or under
HAVE real estate prices in the Scenic Rim risen to the extent that homes and land are no longer affordable to average wage earners? It’s…
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Harder work to source horticulture workers during Covid
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has reported that while 52 percent of horticulture farmers have experienced greater difficulty in…
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Tree planting grants to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
ON SUNDAY, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 70 years as the British Monarch and Head of the Commonwealth. As one of the Commonwealth of Nations, Australia…
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Groom challengers want climate and housing action, incumbent backs coal, defence
The prospect of independent candidates shaking up the coming federal election has the tongues of pundits wagging across the country. And while much of the…
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New ‘fit for purpose’ police workplace in Beaudesert
POLICE Minister Mark Ryan and Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll officially opened the new $7.1 million Beaudesert Police Station. The new station is the workplace for…
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Canungra Valley equine complex draws multi-million-dollar bids
A STATE of the art equine training and rehabilitation centre beside Canungra Creek at Boyland sold at auction for almost $6 million, late last month.…
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Agriculture workforce study shifts the numbers on age, education and jobs
NEW research has changed the averages in the nation’s agricultural workforce – the average age is down, the average education levels are up and job…
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The Beauty of Life – A Widow’s Words
….. “and there, finally, is our house: no lights on, a desolate place, abandoned. I alone am alone, on this street. I am the lone…
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Mayor ‘stacking the deck’ on CEO vote
ACCUSATIONS of “stacking the deck” were levelled at Mayor Greg Christensen as he continued to use new laws on conflicts of interest in an attempt…
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Tamborine Mountain Library plans ‘rushed through’
DETAILED plans for the $2.1 million Tamborine Mountain Library project have been put forward for council approval this week without going to the local councillors…
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