New Year’s Day baby
Emmeline Josephine Roberts was born at Stanthorpe Hospital on New Year’s Day at 10.23am.
She weighed 4095gms and was 54cm long.
Emmeline is the...
Have your say on local news
At a time when many regional and remote newspaper services are shutting down or moving online, the government must understand the needs of regional...
TJ Byrnes’ new decoration
The statue of Thomas Byrnes in Warwick's CBD is once more sporting a new decoration, but a different one than you might expect.
While TJ...
Rural news in brief
$500 discounts on energy bills
Queensland and New South Wales farmers could win one of two $500 discounts off their energy bills for participating in...
Gap year on the farm
The Australian Government has partnered with the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) to develop AgCAREERSTART, a 12-month gap year program.
The program matches high school...
Livestock markets update
Livestock agent ROSS ELLIS of McDougall and Sons brings us an update on the local lamb and cattle markets from last week.
Agents yarded 428...
Letters to the editor
Stop the blame game on the government
It is very frustrating when one cannot purchase certain supplies from supermarkets, i.e toilet paper, tissues etc.
However,...
Editor’s Desk
I have a couple things to be potentially annoyed about this week. Where to begin?
I'll start with a funny story. When I was at...
Southern Downs hits over 1000 Covid cases
The Southern Downs region has hit over 1,000 cases of Covid-19.
32 new cases were reported today, bringing the region's total up to 1,019.
The region...
This week on the farm
I swear it has only been a few days since I picked cucumbers from the garden.
I couldn’t believe the size of these guys...
’Observations’ with Bob Wilson…
Local writer and journalist – and songwriter and musician – BOB WILSON shares his latest ‘Observations’ column, ’Buying masks for a masked ball’.
I was...
Bloomin’ sunflowers
This week, in lieu of her regular column, Beatrice is sharing some photos of the wonderful sunflowers you can find blooming in the region.
If...
Zamprogno team takes fours
Zel Zamprogno, Dale Callaghan, Frank Taylor and Col Hayes have taken out the Warwick East Bowls Club November Open Fours Carnival held at the...
