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Plenty of action at Wattles Rodeo

A GOOD crowd turned out for last weekend’s Wattles Rodeo fundraiser at the Allora Showgrounds and TERRY WEST was there to snap some shots...

Enriching study in the US

IT’S not every day that you get to spend four weeks travelling around Pennsylvania with four other women in pink blazers. Registered nurse and midwife...

Music festival ends on positive note

By Jeremy Sollars ORGANISERS of Stanthorpe Rocks music festival have pulled the pin on the event’s future after its fourth year. The 2016 festival at Ballandean...

Rail precinct’s future in the balance

By Jeremy Sollars QUEENSLAND Rail has quashed local rumours it plans to sell off the sandstone goods shed at the Warwick railway station precinct and...

Fresh produce from ‘food bowl’

By Jeremy Sollars FROM little things, big things grow - that’s the inspiration behind the Yangan Farmers’ Markets which held its first event last Sunday,...

Day of fun and excitement

THERE was plenty of fun and frivolity at McHappy Day on Saturday 12 November at McDonalds in Warwick. Free Times photographer TERRY WEST was...

Band’s badge is back

By Jeremy Sollars WARWICK Thistle is Warwick’s oldest pipe band, having brought the stirring sounds of the bagpipes and drums to this region - with...

Not guilty plea in serious assault case

By Jeremy Sollars A MAN charged over a horrific assault near Stanthorpe in early 2015 has appeared in the District Court in Warwick. Carl John Simmons,...

Warwick remembers

By Jeremy Sollars WARWICK’S Remembrance Day service in Leslie Park was attended by several hundred today, Friday 11 November, including local schoolchildren. The main speaker...

Little to commend the Commander in Chief

By Jeremy Sollars I’LL say it right at the outset - Donald Trump is a pig. I lean pretty well to the right of politics -...

Court sequel to joyride

By Jeremy Sollars A FORMER Warwick man who helped facilitate an arson attack on a vehicle in October 2015 has been sentenced to 200 hours...

Fire danger warning issued

WITH dangerous fire conditions predicted for parts of southern Queensland today and in coming days, the Rural Fire Service (RFS) is urging Queenslanders to...

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Men must step up to address the ’crisis’ of violence

Echoing the words of anti-family violence campaigner Rosie Batty, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has called on men in Australia to “step up“ and stamp out...