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  • Festive film feast

    Festive film feast

    Boxing Day arrives each year like a second sunrise. The wrapping paper is still drifting in corners, the leftovers are staging territorial battles in the…

  • Books fly off the table

    Books fly off the table

    Boonah’s Story Tree Cafe buzzed with laughter, nostalgia and more than a little literary magic on Saturday 13 December as local author John (Jack) Alexander…

  • Market helps Roadvale firies

    Market helps Roadvale firies

    Roadvale Rural Fire Brigade and Scenic Rim’s community radio station Rim FM were each given $500 from Kathy Keogh, who is the treasurer and secretary…

  • Christmas plan for ham with the fam

    Christmas plan for ham with the fam

    Boonah Country Markets at Springleigh Park were a hive of activity on Saturday as people travelled from near and far to snap up a bargain…

  • Better hailstorm forecasting

    Better hailstorm forecasting

    A unique network of monitoring stations is being installed across some of Australia’s most hail-prone locations this storm season to better understand extreme weather events.  HailNet…

  • $4.5 million research upgrade to Gatton Smart Farm

    $4.5 million research upgrade to Gatton Smart Farm

    A new state-of-the-art six-bay glasshouse is slated to be built in Gatton in the name of horticulture research. The State Government is pouring $4.5 million…

  • Outlook broadly positive

    Outlook broadly positive

    Bendigo Bank’s 2026 Australian Agriculture Outlook report provides an in-depth perspective on supply, demand, and price outlooks for Australia’s major agricultural commodities for the first…

  • Regional flight hub

    Regional flight hub

    Representatives from healthcare, education and local councils joined the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) for a roundtable focused on improving regional airport connectivity…

  • Comfort for the dying

    Comfort for the dying

    Beaudesert Hospital has a better ability to offer compassion to dying patients and their families with the delivery of a comfort bed on 9 December.…

  • Handwritten cards show care for community

    Handwritten cards show care for community

    Handwritten Christmas cards are becoming a thing of the past, but the personal touch never goes out of style. It’s also something the residents of…

  • Bat solution on hold

    Bat solution on hold

    Rathdowney residents face a grim Christmas after a meeting with Scenic Rim Regional Council failed to address a serious problem with flying foxes. The protected…

  • Birnam RFS lights up

    Birnam RFS lights up

    Birnam Rural Fire Brigade once again put on a cracker of a Christmas party for local children with their annual Christmas Lights Spectacular. Held on…

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