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No safety net, Australian livestock genetics at risk of extinction
AN ORGANISATION focused on preserving the genetics of rare and endangered livestock is in its fifth year of fundraising for a gene bank in Australia.…
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Diversification, innovation and a niche market
DIVERSIFICATION is the core business on Petersen’s Farm in Woolooga, north-west of Gympie. Greg Petersen, and his wife, Cecilia ‘CC’ Diaz-Petersen, farm 20ha on which…
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On the Council planner’s desk – 12th March 2025
ARE you interested in what developments are in the planning stages in your neighbourhood? Each week, the Fassifern Guardian publishes articles on the known development…
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A luminary in the field of ecotourism and conservation
ECOTOURISM pioneer and conservationist, Peter (Big Pete) O’Reilly, passed away on Wednesday (March 6) aged 91. Described as the beloved patriarch of the O’Reilly family…
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Impending cyclone no deterrent to YoY contestants
CYCLONE warnings, forecast flooding and damaging winds failed to have an impact on the confidence with which three Boonah High Year 12s addressed the audience…
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Widespread flooding the aftermath of TC Alfred
THE full impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred and the subsequent tropical low has yet to be assessed. Coastlines along the South East Queensland and northern…
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Our History – An unusual public hall
WHAT do you do if you want to hold a party, a concert, a ball or a dance and there’s no school of arts, no…
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Rebuild go ahead for Curtis Falls Cafe
PLANS to rebuild the Curtis Falls Cafe on Tamborine Mountain have been approved by the Scenic Rim Regional Council. On the same 1,032sqm block on…
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Multiple villa project proposed for Oakland Way
A DEVELOPER has unveiled plans to build a complex of single bedroom, detached units in a Beaudesert estate. The proposed “affordable housing estate” beside Oakland…
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A message from Cr Marshall Chalk
CONGRATULATIONS to the organisers and everyone involved in making the Fassifern Cricket Association’s recent 125th anniversary celebrations such a success. This was a great evening…
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TC Alfred on the list of rare weather phenomena
A TROPICAL cyclone that tracks as far south as the south-east coast of Queensland and makes an east-west crossing onto the mainland is a rare…
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Ex-TC Alfred: Power outages and heavy skies in Scenic Rim
The Scenic Rim region has so far escaped the major impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which has now been downgraded to a slow moving, tropical…
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