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  • Designs on Duck Creek Road to win funds for reconstruction

    Designs on Duck Creek Road to win funds for reconstruction

    DUCK Creek Road, the volunteer built alternate route up to Lamington National Park, is to undergo design work. Partial funding of the cost of a…

  • The Beauty of Life – Saturday’s Child

    The Beauty of Life – Saturday’s Child

    MY CLEVER computer told me that I am a Saturday child, and I believe everything it says. I also believe what that old Nursery Rhyme…

  • Fassifern Police 14th June 2023

    Fassifern Police 14th June 2023

    Truck fire closes Cunningham Highway A truck fire closed the Cunningham Highway at Tarome for almost two hours on Wednesday night. Police and emergency services were…

  • Yes Minister 14th June 2023 – Pr. Peter Geyer, Fassifern Lutheran Churches

    Yes Minister 14th June 2023 – Pr. Peter Geyer, Fassifern Lutheran Churches

    Climate issues Much is said about climate today, and many people are passionate about the subject. Whereas there have always been variations and extremes in…

  • Free kindy for Queensland children in budget cash splash

    Free kindy for Queensland children in budget cash splash

    KINDERGARTEN will be made free for all Queensland children as cost of living pressures mount. To be eligible, the child must be at least four…

  • Moves for a day spa at Thunderbird Park

    Moves for a day spa at Thunderbird Park

    THUNDERBIRD Park owners are hoping to gain approval to add another attraction to their tourism operations beside Tamborine Mountain Road. Bob Minnikin on behalf of…

  • NFF fed up with federal government

    NFF fed up with federal government

    THE Australian Government’s handling of the live cattle export compensation process has come under fire by National Farmer’s Federation president Fiona Simson who said what…

  • Auctioneer echoes cattle drop woes

    Auctioneer echoes cattle drop woes

    THE drop in cattle prices are crippling the industry says Hayes & Co auctioneer and livestock agent Landon Hayes. “Cattle prices have dropped more than…

  • Grazier game gets harder

    Grazier game gets harder

    GRAZIERS Ross and Jocelyn Oppermann own 400 acres [160 hectares] at Maroon where they run a herd of 100 mixed breed cattle. The Oppermanns have…

  • Cattle prices on a downward spiral

    Cattle prices on a downward spiral

    THE gross value of beef and veal production in Australia fell 10 percent to $14 billion in the 2022-23 financial year. The findings come from…

  • Better than all the rest

    Better than all the rest

    RECORDS were broken as more than 10,000 people streamed through the gates to Boonah’s 126th Agricultural Show last weekend. Show secretary Beth Hern said this…

  • Fassifern Police 7th June 2023

    Fassifern Police 7th June 2023

    Boonah Show 2023 It’s show time at Boonah. The Show Committee and its band of volunteers have worked hard to ensure that it was a…

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