Postal voting scrapped for 2020 council election
Next year’s Southern Downs Regional Council election in March will be conducted by the ‘attendance’ method at local polling booths and not by postal...
Fish kill the result of ‘natural causes’
A fish kill in parts of the Condamine River in recent days is understood to be the result of natural causes, mainly related to...
Cherrabah water bottling plan approved by council
Southern Downs councillors say they are powerless to stop the movement and private sale of water and its transport out of the region, at...
New water restrictions from Thursday
Emergency water restrictions for the region will come into effect from this Thursday 19 December as the Southern Downs Regional Council begins what is...
Highway at Gap still closed, fire danger ‘extreme’
The Cunningham Highway at Cunningham’s Gap remains closed indefinitely due to a bushfire at Tarome on the eastern side of the Main Range.
Bushfires in...
Cherrabah water plan back on the table
A plan by the Chinese owners of Cherrabah Resort at Elbow Valley east of Warwick to extract up to a million litres of underground...
Water carting trial a success: Council
The Southern Downs Regional Council says it has this week successfully conducted a “full scale trial” of the new emergency water carting infrastructure for...
Major funding for St Mary’s School
More than $5 million in Capital Grants Program funds will go towards upgrades at Warwick’s St Mary’s School, “providing students with the best platform...
Growers’ get-together
Last Saturday evening the Granite Belt Growers Association had its Christmas party at the Stanthorpe International Club.
Cynthia McDonald (SDRC Candidate) attended and met many...
Hospital fire safety work continues
Queensland Health says stage one of work to bring Warwick Hospital up-to-date with new fire safety requirements has been completed.
Warwick Hospital Director of Nursing...
Fire weather warning in place for region
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued a Fire Weather Warning for the Southern Downs and Granite Belt ahead of forecast high temperatures this...
Upgrade to Warwick’s crisis hostel
In order for a Warwick crisis accommodation hostel to better support those in need, $3935 has been secured through the Stronger Communities program, Federal...
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Forfeit doesn’t dampen cultural flavour
The Warwick Water Rat’s Rugby Union club’s Cultural Round didn’t go to plan with their planned opposition, South Burnett Thrashers forfeiting, but that doesn’t...
