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Marked upturn in land values a decade on
TEN years ago, the main feature of the new land valuations was an overall 6 percent slump in property values across the Scenic Rim. This…
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First enrolees to long term staff – All Saints’ networks gather for Open
FOUR students who enrolled in the foundation year of Boonah’s All Saints’ Catholic Primary School joined other past students, as well as teachers and families…
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The Beauty of Life – Excavating the Battlefield
IT WAS more than fifty years ago. They paused for a photo in the white dust and rocks of a hillside a half-hour’s drive west…
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Yes Minister – Pr Peter Geyer, Fassifern Lutheran Churches
Take the blinkers off THE issue of climate change divides many people. On the one hand droughts, floods, fires, earthquakes, cyclones and volcanoes are nothing…
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Residents need a voice on Cunningham Gap closures
THE next phase in the lead up to work beginning on the $212 million reconstruction of the highway over Cunningham’s Gap is underway. Slope survey…
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Festivities and fireworks in the sunflowers
AN Evening in the Sunflowers was how the Mt Walker event was marketed and it did not disappoint. The paddocks surrounding the Kerle home had…
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Hikers rescued in Scenic Rim
Two hikers were assisted by local SES members after becoming lost overnight Mt Maroon. Senior Constable Chris Farnan from Boonah Police said the two women were…
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Bespoke beasts to future proof the dairy industry
INTELLIGENCE is the ability to adapt and scientist Michelle Axford is helping the dairy industry to do just that. Ms Axford is a PhD candidate…
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Solomon Islands visitors study Boonah High STEM
BOONAH High School hosted delegates from the Solomon Islands last week, showing off its science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) study fields. Visitors included Solomon…
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He is risen … passion play promises praiseworthy pageantry
IT’S a tale as old as time but the cast and organisers of the Moogerah Passion Play say each year presents an opportunity to tell…
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Milk prices on the up thanks to continued consumer support
DAIRY Australia found farmgate milk prices continue to strengthen as local milk production contracts and dairy remain a staple product for consumers. The company’s industry…
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Professor says barley project will put money in growers’ pockets
FUNGAL diseases that cost barley growers $177 million in yield losses each year could be eradicated following funding by the Australian Research Council (ARC) into…












