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‘Let’s not forget or reinvent such harsh lessons’
Planning has already started for next year’s Box Flat memorial service which will mark the 50th anniversary of the mining disaster. A crowd of about…
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More than a century of heritage to make way for rail line
One of the homes linked to Grandchester’s long pastoral and railway history stands in the corridor mapped for the Inland Rail project. The home, Brucedale,…
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Beaudesert Bullet: “I’m going to stop at nothing to be the best”
You might recognise her from the Beaudesert Woolworths but Riley Day, 21, was a face on everyone’s television screens after her blistering run in the…
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Lockdown support for Queensland businesses
As Ipswich and Scenic Rim near the second month under the mask mandate and another lockdown, the State Government has announced financial support for small…
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‘Big blow’: cattle farmers rocked as Ekka cancelled again
Cattle farmers across the South East have taken a financial and emotional blow after a much loved event was cancelled by Covid-19 for the second…
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Lockdown extended for Ipswich, Scenic Rim
The three-day lockdown has turned into eight, after the Queensland government announced 13 locally acquired cases on Monday. The cases are linked to the outbreak…
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Ipswich, Scenic Rim in ‘strictest lockdown’ the state has experienced
Six new cases overnight have plunged eleven local government areas in South East Queensland into a three lockdown. On Saturday, from 4pm, residents from Ipswich,…
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Farmers and ‘plant nerds’ on a quest to capture every plant in SE Queensland
STH EAST QLD – Glenn Leiper was chasing a photo of a Bolly Gum in flower for 30 years. The gum, botanically known as Litsea…
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Staff beefed up at councillor complaint body
An extra $1.3 million will be spent over the next two years to boost staffing at the Office of the Independent Assessor. The body has…
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A timely purchase has the potential to be a ‘just in time’ life saver
SCENIC RIM – A defibrillator stationed at the Rathdowney Caravan Park will have a broad reach beyond the mobile accommodation venue. “This life saving equipment…
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Last salute to Fred
“A cherished friend…a great soldier’ He fought two wars with a broken neck SCENIC RIM – Two of the Australian Army’s former top brass have…
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Our History: Exquisite illustrations by an uncelebrated artist
DIED — On August 18, [1841] at Egham, [England] after five days giving birth to a daughter (her eighth child), Elizabeth, the beloved wife of…












