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Growing regions but who will help the helper?
FINDING more ways to take care of those who help others is being studied by researchers from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) The initiative…
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Eat local, Boonah students involved this year
IN A first for its students, Boonah State High School is presenting an event as part of Scenic Rim’s Eat Local Month. Students and teachers…
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Lighting upgrades to start ‘soon’
WORK on upgrading lighting on two fields on Tamborine Mountain are expected to start soon, those who use the grounds hope it’s a case of…
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Another blue tractor to spread mental health awareness
A SECOND blue tractor has found its forever home in the Scenic Rim, this one is parked at Silverdale on property belonging to Hayes and…
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Trends in the diversity of opportunity in ag studies
HE’S SPENT almost three decades working with and teaching people who want to work in agriculture and says the past decade has been the most…
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No need to mullet over, Helix gets the chop
MOUNT Walker lad Helix Rowe’s hair got the chop last week and with that raised almost $2,000 for the Cancer Council. Mum Mel is proud…
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Kalfresh grower nominated in excellence awards
GROWING and tending to crops is what 24-year-old Jacob Jurgens enjoys doing most so it makes sense he’s been recognised for excelling in his line…
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OIA’s “dogged pursuit” ends, charges dropped
THE Office of the Independent Assessor (OIA) has ‘offered no evidence’ in a criminal prosecution case against a Scenic Rim Regional councillor. The OIA withdrew…
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At-risk and homeless – youth drop in centre needed
OCCUPATIONAL Therapist and community advocate, Barbara Kenny, has an ambitious plan to help the local youth at risk. It’s a plan she has been mapping…
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Emerging trend: Scenic Rim a growth hotspot
THE Scenic Rim is emerging as a notable population growth hotspot. The news comes with the release of the Regional Movers Index (RMI)showing that ‘internal…
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Seniors Feature – A venture into the world of non fiction
I HAVE been an avid reader ever since I first learned to sound out words. My unswerving preference has been fiction. Books with a big…
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Boonah Show promises a bonanza of entertainment
IT has been a massive task scheduling all the entertainments, competitions, pavilion displays, demonstrations, parades and judging events for the Boonah Show but it has…












