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Ticked off, cattle vaccine trial steps up a notch
CATTLE ticks are a small but deadly pest that cost the Australian beef industry $128 million a year, globally costs swell into the many billions.…
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Driving change – action plan to increase and diversify housing
BY 2046, the population of the Scenic Rim will have grown from the current 45,000 to 70,000; around 30 percent of residents will be aged…
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Heated bid for Beaudesert admin building
COUNCIL has plans for an $800,000 energy upgrade of its Beaudesert Administration building and The Centre. Scenic Rim councillors will this week be asked to…
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Community funding requests aired in Council
AN equestrian centre for Beaudesert, a dedicated public park with facilities for Roadvale, more footpaths for Kooralbyn, winter openings for public swimming pool, a road…
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Council pitch for $4.75M Beaudesert Indoor Sports Facility
COUNCILLORS will be asked, this week, to back the construction of a multi-million-dollar indoor sports facility for Beaudesert. While the full costing for the design…
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Fire ant control changes may have dire impact
ON Monday, the Scenic Rim Regional Council will become responsible for treating fire ant nests on 1,545 hectares of countryside in addition to 4,000 km…
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Clydesdales draw crowds to spectacular event
HORSE lovers from all over came to Boonah showgrounds last weekend to enjoy a festival of everything equestrian with an emphasis on the region’s Scottish…
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At home among the Clydesdales for TV doc Dr Harry
HE’S known to generations of Australians as Dr Harry and last weekend the doc was in Boonah with a production crew filming an episode of…
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Never gave up, small school’s win after multiple applications
PERSISTENCE has paid off to the tune of $260,000 for Roadvale State School. The school has been successful in gaining funding through the State Government’s…
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Passed down, generations keep land legacies in the family
THERE’S a lot of love for the Fassifern in the O’Reilly family. It’s the region chosen to raise their families and run the cattle that…
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Free entry, wallet friendly … Kalbar show day almost here
IT DOESN’T cost much to get in on the action come show time at Kalbar. The Kalbar Show is an agricultural and entertainment experience with…
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Back to roots, more than agritourism at Rosevale for couple
PUTTING Skyline Farm back together was like completing a jigsaw puzzle as the full picture of the place can’t be appreciated without all the pieces.…












