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Half of councillor complaints come from councils
MORE than half of the complaints to Queensland’s local government watchdog are coming, not from residents, but from inside councils. The Office of the Independent…
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Tamborine Mountain residents fire back at OIA
SCENIC Rim groups have been highly critical of the operations of the Office of the Independent Assessor in submissions to the parliamentary inquiry into the…
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Decision on petty complaints was ‘payback’
IN an attack from behind closed doors Scenic Rim Councillors have unanimously found one of their fellow councillors guilty of a list of petty complaints…
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Multi-million-dollar rural property sales in the Scenic Rim in 2021
A selection of rural properties that have sold in the Scenic Rim over the past year. Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the…
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Small rural residential subdivision put forward for Peak Crossing
ANOTHER rural residential subdivision is planned for Peak Crossing. Last week, a town planning firm lodged documents on behalf of the landowner, Gary Shipperley, to…
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Wedding and function facility approved for rural land at Tarome
RYAN Road, Tarome is to be the address of the Scenic Rim’s newest wedding, events and function venue. This month, the Scenic Rim Regional Council…
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Good rain followed by fine weather a perfect Summer formula for haymakers
“MOOGERAH Dam at 13 percent is no good to anyone, no good to the irrigators and no good to the tourists; Moogerah Dam at nearly…
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Road, rail and rest: how does long distance cattle transport affect beef quality?
Abattoirs and butchers in the South East could get more money from cattle reared on the stations of Western Queensland and the Northern Territory in…
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New owner of the Bunyip Resort makes a bid for a ‘minor change of use’
THE new owners of the Bunyip Scenic Rim Resort at Charlwood are hoping to vary an existing Council approval for six tourist cabins to include…
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Government moves to ensure current and future supplies of AdBlue
THE Federal Government has secured a month’s supply of refined urea from Indonesia and has struck an agreement with a fertiliser manufacturer to enable future…
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‘Seriously panicking’: trucks could ‘grind to halt’ unless AdBlue crisis resolved
The fleet of trucks at Boonah Carrying Co. could “grind to a halt” in 2022, threatening the supply of everything from food on our supermarket…
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Cattle prices end year on record highs, after year of prices ‘never dreamed’ of
Burnett Creek grazier Glen Fearby has been in the beef business all his life, but “never dreamed” he’d see cattle prices soar to the levels…












