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  • Extra $275k for bushfire recovery

    Extra $275k for bushfire recovery

    The Scenic Rim Regional Council was given $275,000 in bushfire assistance which increases the total funding to $1.275 million. The region was one of 60…

  • Sharp to run for Mayor of the Scenic Rim

    Sharp to run for Mayor of the Scenic Rim

    Beechmont resident, Tom Sharp, will stand as a candidate for Mayor of the Scenic Rim in the forthcoming local government election. In making the announcement,…

  • Govt funds Large Air Tanker for bushfires

    Govt funds Large Air Tanker for bushfires

    The Queensland Government will fund a $15 million Queensland-based Large Air Tanker to help in future fire seasons. The Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said after a…

  • $3000 grant open to drought affected farmers

    $3000 grant open to drought affected farmers

    Grants of up to $3000 will be available to eligible drought affected Scenic Rim farmers, Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz announced on Thursday. The…

  • More rain needed to lift restrictions

    More rain needed to lift restrictions

    Heavy storm clouds circled the region on Wednesday night however the rain and looming threat of hail only eventuated in scattered falls. And the rainfall…

  • The Lords cricketer who founded the Fassifern Cricket Assn

    The Lords cricketer who founded the Fassifern Cricket Assn

    In 1920, the editor of a popular London sports magazine called on every English cricket enthusiast to select the best possible 11 players to represent…

  • A vision of Utopia or a Joh-echo?: Editorial

    A vision of Utopia or a Joh-echo?: Editorial

    Infrastructure promises are the popular ‘go to’ policy for many governments peering towards the precipitous future of uncertain elections. One long-running Federal Coalition promise to…

  • Teviotville hay contracting firm sold

    Teviotville hay contracting firm sold

    The Lehmann family have sold SEQ Contracting to Mark and Sandra Wilson from Maroon. The busy hay contracting firm, formerly an arm of SEQ Tractors at Teviotville,…

  • New contender in Scenic Rim mayoral race

    New contender in Scenic Rim mayoral race

    Dr Chris Summers has announced plans to stand as a candidate for Mayor of the Scenic Rim Regional Council at the forthcoming local government election.…

  • FASSIFERN in 1920: A cricketer becomes a Boonah institution

    FASSIFERN in 1920: A cricketer becomes a Boonah institution

    THE whereabouts of a noted English cricketer was queried in an article in The Times of London in October 1820. His name was raised in…

  • Revolving doors and Trad Laws: Editorial

    A revolving doors system of juvenile justice in Queensland is being blamed for an escalation in child and youth crime. The laws, it is acknowledged,…

  • Jan-Feb rainfall trumps 2019 total

    Jan-Feb rainfall trumps 2019 total

    More rain has fallen across the Fassifern in the past four weeks than in the 12 months of 2019. The only exception is in the…

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