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$1.8M grant to $6.9M luxury tourism retreat
Plans for a luxury tourism resort on a property outside Beechmont were given a $1.8 million boost on Monday by the State Government. Tourism Development…
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$1.8m in grants to help with 2019 bushfire disaster
Community groups, local councils and non-government organisations in 23 communities across Queensland will share in $1.8 million in flexible funding grants to support their ongoing…
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Water price freeze to save money for irrigators
Irrigation water prices will remain the same or fall next year after the State Government announced a price freeze. The Government will freeze irrigation prices…
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Minister calls for supermarket milk levy
The Federal Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud, has asked supermarkets and processors to increase the price of milk to make the dairy industry sustainable. Mr…
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Hazard reduction burns on both sides of the Scenic Rim
The smoke haze today comes from a hazard reduction burn in Tamborine National Park. The burn began this morning and is expected to…
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Tamborine burn off blankets Scenic Rim in smoke
A south-easterly wind has blanketed the Scenic Rim in smoke from a planned hazard reduction burn in Tamborine National Park. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service…
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Aussie fighters harried Japanese in WWII Timor
by GENEVEIVE ISBELL Lt Col Alexander (Alan) Spence. My father and mother, Alan and Dorothy Spence, bought The Fassifern Guardian in the mid 1960’s and…
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Somerset has sights set on reducing lantana fuel load
WHILE the Scenic Rim Regional Council has yet to decide on how to spend its $1.25M Federal Government bushfire relief grant, a neighbouring council is using its…
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Farmers urged to access Drought Funds
Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz wants more drought hit primary producers to apply for cash grants. “I was able to secure access to the…
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$170M to sustain agricultural exporters
Scenic Rim farmers who export produce have the opportunity to share in $170 million in Australian Government economic support. The funding is being provided to support…
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Qld Ag staff re-assigned to support Covid-19 response
Approximately 100 staff from the Queensland Department of Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries have been reassigned as Agriculture Co-ordination officers to support producers, the agriculture industry…
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Swanborough wins on Tamborine Mountain
Derek Swanborough has been announced by the Electoral Commission of Queensland as the new Councillor for Division 1. In acknowledging the win, he made the…
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