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Vale: Robyn McInnes – 15.09.1946 – 30.07.2021
A DEVOTED mother and grandmother, a creative who crafted dazzling dance costumes, a devotee of big family Christmases – long-time Rosewood resident, Robyn McInnes, passed…
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Editorial – ‘A bumptious pretender of a Star Chamber’
DANGERS OF SILENT DICTATORS THE Guardian & Tribune’s David and Goliath victory over a bullying State bureaucracy has exposed an alarming trend in Queensland towards…
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Tokyo Silver medallist jumped for the joy of it
Michelle Mason-Brown says she competed in high jump just for the fun of it. It’s an unusual admission for an Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist,…
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‘Far-reaching and dangerous’: Australian journalists outraged by OIA powers
Leading journalists from across Australia have expressed outrage, disbelief and called for a review of Queensland’s local government watchdog after it sought to use its…
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Fassifern Police
Covid-19 State Border closures continue with restrictions increasing. The gate at Carneys Creek and White Swamp is closed with access limited to those with essential…
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State watchdog silent on threats to journalists, secret recordings
Queensland’s state watchdog has gone silent after serious questions about its conduct were raised by the Guardian & Tribune on Saturday. The Office of the…
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Off the rails: Inland Rail senate inquiry released
The title of the Senate inquiry into the management of the Inland Rail tells all – ‘Inland Rail: Derailed from the start’. The report is…
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‘Disturbing’: Calls for parliamentary inquiry into Office of the Independent Assessor
Federal and state politicians have put aside party differences to back a parliamentary inquiry into Queensland’s local government watchdog. The calls come after the Guardian…
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Cowan is determined to ride her own race
IPSWICH – She has Michelle Payne’s words and deeds as her guide, but apprentice Kate Cowan is blazing her own trail in the saddle –…
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Was Queensland watchdog’s secret recording of councillor legal?
STH EAST QLD – The local government watchdog’s decision to secretly record a Scenic Rim councillor was, likely, lawful. But it was “unusual, ethically puzzling”…
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In the (historical) footsteps of a soldier
Members of the Queensland Living History Federation, ate, slept, and marched as soldiers of the Soviet Army while hiking through the D’Aguilar National Park over…
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CCC powers to lay charges against councillors questioned
The dismissal of Ipswich council in 2018 is likely to be raised in this week’s hearings into the Crime and Corruption Commission’s investigation of former…











