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  • The Beauty of Life – Beside the Food

    The Beauty of Life – Beside the Food

    YOU saw this on the television news, I imagine, – that lady in Canberra in whose brain doctors discovered the world’s first parasitic round worm…

  • Fassifern Police 6th September 2023

    Fassifern Police 6th September 2023

    Burglary Boonah Police are investigating the break and enter of the Church Street Service Station at approximately 1.00am on Saturday (August 19). The offender forced…

  • Greyhound farm proposed for Purga

    Greyhound farm proposed for Purga

    PLANS for a major greyhound breeding and training facility at Purga are under review by the Ipswich City Council. Snow Catton Pty Ltd has applied…

  • Letter to the Editor 6th September 2023

    Letter to the Editor 6th September 2023

    BEFORE casting your vote on the Prime Minister’s proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, in our constitution, we should listen to what the Aboriginal…

  • Yes Minister August 30th, 2023 – Dennis Lumley, Fassifern Christian Church

    Yes Minister August 30th, 2023 – Dennis Lumley, Fassifern Christian Church

    Keep Looking In Matt 16:13-16 Jesus asked His disciples: “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” And of course, the disciples…

  • Fassifern Police 30th August 2023

    Fassifern Police 30th August 2023

    Blue Edge The fourth year of Blue Edge is underway at Boonah State High School with a cohort of 20 students. Going by the cohorts…

  • The Beauty of Life – The Arrow Bird

    The Beauty of Life – The Arrow Bird

    As I’m typing this, the persistent ear worm call of our first Oriole of the Spring, a male, announces his arrival. The sound, variously described…

  • Staff shortages continue to plague council

    Staff shortages continue to plague council

    STAFF shortages have continued to plague Scenic Rim Regional Council with the latest progress report detailing 18 budgeted projects for the last financial year were…

  • Lean goat meat gains popularity

    Lean goat meat gains popularity

    THE Australian goat meat industry is experiencing growth as consumers look to the animals as being a source of lean red meat. Goat meat also…

  • $30M grain grower initiative

    $30M grain grower initiative

    AN initiative that seeks to help Australian grain growers manage risks like drought and market volatility was launched last week by Minister for Agriculture Murray…

  • UQ’s first professor of sustainability has big plans for ag

    UQ’s first professor of sustainability has big plans for ag

    IF IT seems ambitious that’s because it probably is, but a sustainable future for the entire food supply chain is what University of Queensland associate…

  • Farming among the stars, quest to conquer space

    Farming among the stars, quest to conquer space

    TO INFINITY and beyond but with carrot sticks for sustenance? The University of Southern Queensland’s agricultural engineering department is investigating ways to grow plants in…

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