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  • Kalbar’s high achievers awarded on Australia Day

    Kalbar’s high achievers awarded on Australia Day

    FORTY people and businesses were nominated for the annual Kalbar Australia Day Awards hosted by Kalbar Baptist Church. The awards were held at Kalbar Showgrounds…

  • Biosecurity levy furore, pay pain for producers

    Biosecurity levy furore, pay pain for producers

    CATTLE Australia and other organisations representing producers of agricultural, forestry and fishery products have called out a Federal Government’s plan for a mandatory Biosecurity Protection…

  • Australia Day awards recognises inspirational young farmers

    Australia Day awards recognises inspirational young farmers

    SIX young farmers were nominated in the Young Farmer category at Kalbar’s Australia Day Awards presentation.             Kye Beutel, Harrison Gnech, Hayden Pfeffer, Josh Scholl,…

  • Sunflowers smile on festival with heart

    Sunflowers smile on festival with heart

    SUNFLOWER Festival organiser Jenny Jenner dedicated an award presented to her on Australia Day at Kalbar to her late husband Russell.             “It is a…

  • Stories of ancestors, Beaudesert’s history

    Stories of ancestors, Beaudesert’s history

    AS BEAUDESERT enters its 150th year, historians are looking to its people for stories that made it the vibrant and robust community it is today.…

  • A rich array of nominees in the Scenic Rim Australia Day awards

    A rich array of nominees in the Scenic Rim Australia Day awards

    THE founder of a Women’s Shed in Harrisville, a Lions’ hosted Christmas event in Tamborine and three women who have made outstanding contributions to their…

  • Move to increase motel accommodation

    Move to increase motel accommodation

    BOONAH Valley Motel owners are planning to increase the number of cabins on the property beside the Ipswich Boonah Road. The motel and restaurant complex…

  • Knock back for Young Street cabin development

    Knock back for Young Street cabin development

    A CONTENTIOUS tourism development proposed for a property beside the Tamborine Mountain escarpment was refused by a full sitting of the Scenic Rim Regional Council…

  • Moriarty to stand for Division 3

    Moriarty to stand for Division 3

    CANUNGRA resident, Steve Moriarty, is standing for election in Division 3 of the Scenic Rim Regional Council, at the local government elections in March. Steve…

  • Fassifern dingo fallacies

    Fassifern dingo fallacies

    THERE has been some chatter on social media that dingoes have been sighted in the Fassifern.             Mr Mifsud was adamant the animals people have…

  • Catching canines, keeping cattle safe

    Catching canines, keeping cattle safe

    THE economic impact of wild dogs is estimated to be around $110 million a year in lost agricultural productivity and wild dog management officers say…

  • Grow-ning in pain, producers ‘bottom of food chain’

    Grow-ning in pain, producers ‘bottom of food chain’

    FROM growers to processors through to retailers and on to the consumer, it is unquestioned that a price war in Australia is being waged along…

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