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Future proof: Multi-million dollar resilience plan
SCENIC Rim and Ipswich rangeland farmers are set to benefit from a $4 million Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub fund. Minister for Agriculture and…
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Grant to modernise red meat sector prices and market information
MEAT and Livestock Australia have won a Federal Government grant to digitise price, market and trade information into web-based dashboards for use by producers in…
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Tamborine Mountain’s North Stores precinct opened by Tourism Minister
TOURISM Minister Stirling Hinchliffe was on Tamborine Mountain last week to officially open the second stage of North Stores. North Stores owners, Brenda Fawdon and…
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Moves underway to reopen Macquarie Street
MACQUARIE Street near the Boonah High School may be open again within weeks. The road surface on the small bridge over the Salt Gully was…
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Lonely single item before councillors to decide on
COUNCILLORS had one item of business to vote on in Tuesday’s meeting, the controversial application for a service station on flood-prone land at Tamborine. That…
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Council’s executive team ignore vote on transparency
EXECUTIVE officers at Scenic Rim Regional Council have ignored State Government advice and a majority vote of the council on the need to hold discussion…
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‘Public’ council meetings remain closed
SCENIC Rim Regional Council is treating its Ordinary Council meetings as a higher risk environment than hospitals to continue to close meetings to the public…
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Tamborine Mountain lodges Gold Coast bid
THE bid to bring Tamborine Mountain into the Gold Coast boundary is now in the hands of Local Government Minister Steven Miles. Tamborine Mountain Councillor…
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Whistleblower ignored by council watchdogs
A COMPLAINT from a whistleblower councillor about secret dealings in his own council has gone in circles as several State Government bodies refuse to investigate.…
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Major festivals set to top big year of events
EVENTS across the region last year are estimated to have produced a projected economic return of almost $4 million to the Scenic Rim. Scenic Rim…
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Nature hunt: Calling all green thumbs
SCENIC Rim and Ipswich nature lovers are being called on to get involved in an Australia-wide native plant hunt. The hunt will see ‘citizen scientists’…
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“Swift action” to develop vaccines to fight Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle
THE Cattle Council of Australia has commended the Australian Government’s decision to “give the CSIRO everything it needs” to test and develop effective vaccines to…
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