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With book and social enterprise, Gatton researcher to support farmworkers
Both her elder and younger sisters “passionately hate cows”. But Patricia Eats is a “cow-person”. And that, she reckons, is what sets her apart from…
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Deadly dog disease confirmed in Queensland after spreading through Top End
A tick-borne dog disease has been found in a Queensland dog, authorities have confirmed. Ehrlichiosis was first recorded in Western Australia’s Kimberley region in June…
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Emergency chopper called to over 60 motor vehicle incidents in 2021
In May last year, the Lifeflight helicopter was tasked to a motor vehicle accident on the Mount Lindesay Highway in the Scenic Rim. The chopper…
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Wongaburra upgrade project $10 million closer to reality
THE Wongaburra Society of Beaudesert has won a $10 million Federal Government grant towards a project to upgrade the Beaudesert aged care facility and services.…
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New progress association has a focus on town improvements
PUBLIC toilets and street beautification are the first priorities of the newly formed Roadvale Progress Association. Generational Roadvale dairy farmer, Gary Wenzel, heads up the…
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Grower calls for irrigation scheme to expand, rather than intensify
A respected Tarome vegetable grower says he would like to see a proposed new irrigation scheme spread water security throughout the region rather than intensify…
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Soccer chief, festival and farming innovators, young achievers in the awards line up
STRONG community spirit was in the air at the Kalbar Australia Day Awards. “This year, more so than ever before, the spirit of togetherness as…
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From derelict to delight: a story of ruin to renewal
THE RUIN stood in a cow paddock. It commanded our attention once our eyes had separated the dirty brown derelict from the tall swathes of…
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Council watchdog ‘dealing in trivia’
SCENIC Rim Councillor Derek Swanborough has called for the Office of the Independent Assessor to be disbanded, accusing the organisation of bias, hindering free speech…
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Councillors push to end delays on CEO
ANOTHER Special Meeting of council has been called this week to force a decision on the chief executive officer. Councillors Derek Swanborough, Jeff McConnell, Marshall…
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Seqwater to release crucial details as Moogerah water goes to auction
Seqwater is set to release crucial information about its unprecedented auction of 200 megalitres of water allocations from Moogerah Dam in coming days. Its Chief…
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Can independent women shake up one of Australia’s safest rural seats?
Independent candidates are being tipped by some political pundits as a chance of disrupting the upcoming federal election. And while much of the attention has…
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