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Barnaby backs chamber

The Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce this week received a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce supporting the chamber’s desire to...

$11m in flood funding

By Jeremy Sollars The Southern Downs Regional Council will receive $11 million in funding from the Federal and State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements...

New tower, more signal power

By Jeremy Sollars Yangan and Emu Vale Optus customers will have mobile reception following the ‘switch-on’ of a new tower in the area, as part...

Separate Realities

Granite Belt Artist Denis Brockie, winner of the 2015 S’Arcy Doyle Landscape Prize, will be exhibiting a retrospective of his paintings in the Stanthorpe...

Spotlight on Reardon’s Day duty

Whether you are a Holden or Falcon tragic, motor sport enthusiasts normally put a great deal of planning into their Bathurst weekend -...

Last of the walks

The last in a series of wildflower walks being conducted by the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium, will be held this coming Sunday 15 October...

Volunteers among the medals

Warwick’s Roslyn Newley is among State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers across Queensland whose dedicated service has been formally recognised. SES South West Region personnel...

Mick brings out the big guns

By Jeremy Sollars The rolling Swanfels Valley east of Warwick will once again be the backdrop for this year’s Heavy Horse Charity Day at the...

Saleyards in the balance

By Jeremy Sollars The Southern Downs Regional Council says it cannot provide a timeframe for assessment of a tender for the leasing out of the...

There’s silver in them hills

By Jeremy Sollars The mining company which plans to re-start the formerly defunct Twin Hills silver mine at Texas says its testing and trials show...

Rain on the horizon

By Jeremy Sollars Warwick and Stanthorpe can expect the chance of a gusty storm later today, Monday 9 October, and on Tuesday. Wet conditions are likely...

Teen charged with 4WD theft

By Jeremy Sollars BREAKING: A 16-year-old Warwick male has been arrested and charged with the theft of a Nissan Patrol from Dragon Street last week,...

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Curbing coercive control

Fourteen years in prison! That’s how serious coercive control is. It’s a form of domestic violence. The Queensland Government passed laws on 6 March this...