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Prototype tested on Fassifern fires
A prototype fire truck was tested out in the Scenic Rim on the weekend. The new Light Attack truck is a modified Toyota Landcruiser, purpose…
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Seasonal workforce breakthrough a boost for farmers, food supply and economy
The Australian Government has developed a national plan to allow seasonal and Pacific workers to fill farming’s labour void and help support Australia’s Covid-19 recovery. Federal…
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Mt Carmel slopes the target of hazard reduction burn
The Boonah Group of Rural fires brigades ranging from Mt Alford, Tarome, Kalbar, Roadvale to Allandale, lit up the fuel loaded slopes of Mt Carmel…
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The ghost of Spicers Gap
THE rain was pouring down as if sent through a sieve. No glimmer of light. No lamp as a guide on the steep mountain track…
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Hazard reduction burn at Mt Alford
The Mt Alford Rural Fire Brigade conducted a controlled burn behind the Mt Alford township on Saturday. The brigade were getting ahead of what could potentially be…
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Single vehicle accident – Boonah Fassifern Road
A single vehicle accident on the Boonah Fassifern Road has reduced traffic flow to one lane in the vicinity of the intersection with Kents Pocket…
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Small grants for smart farms up to $100k
Farmers, fishers and foresters can now apply for Australian Government funding of up to $100,000 to support natural resource management efforts. Minister for Agriculture,…
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Spinning a yarn: the history of a phrase
This old photograph from a family album of Anton and Pauline Hiller, Pastor and Frau Pastor of Dugandan Church (1919-1951), depicts a domestic scene replicated…
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Queensland’s lucrative fur trade: Part 2
An argument for a regular open season on possums put forward by Joseph Maguire from Miles in central Queensland to the Minister for Agriculture and…
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Dinmore meatworks closure has little impact on graziers as drought deepens
The two week close down of the Dinmore Meatworks is unlikely to have an impact on local graziers say two long term cattlemen. “Many graziers have…
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Tackling the cockroaches of corruption: Editorial
Corruption is the devious underbelly of outward respectability – at its most effective when hidden from sight. Successfully expose its contamination of public life and…
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Dozer creating fire break to try and contain Mt Barney fire
A bushfire is burning uncontrolled in National Park in the Mount Barney area between Upper Logan Road and Klan Road. Bulldozers are creating firebreaks and…
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