A soldier’s letter to his Warwick sweetheart…
As part of our online coverage in the lead-up to Anzac Day 2020 the Free Times is featuring a series of letters from World...
Local businesses urged to apply for assistance
The local Chambers of Commerce in Warwick and Stanthorpe are urging small business owners across the region to apply for any and all forms...
Australian War Memorial makes Anzac Day preparations
Commemorations for Anzac Day 2020 – this Saturday 25 April – will be somewhat different this year thanks to COVID-19 gathering restrictions.
But it’s important...
State’s first day of zero new COVID-19 cases: Premier
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is “overjoyed” that the State has for the first day since Monday 9 March recorded no new cases...
JobKeeper enrolments open today, Monday 20 April
Employers, including not-for-profits, who intend to claim the new Federal Government ‘JobKeeper’ payments for staff will be required to enrol between today, Monday 20...
Police continuing investigation into fatal accident
Police say investigations into a vehicle collision at Freestone north-east of Warwick late last week in which a young local man died are continuing.
Two...
Planned burn within Sundown National Park this week
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) will conduct a planned burn within the Sundown National Park to the west of Ballandean due to...
What the Queensland Govt said about tenants, landlords…
The Queensland Government has said it will “continue to listen and work with stakeholders in the finalisation of new temporary COVID-19 tenancy measures”.
State Housing...
COVID-19 regional update, Saturday 18 April
The only active COVID-19 cases in the Darling Downs Health region of Queensland Health are in Toowoomba, as of today, Saturday 18 April.
Of the...
Government appoints ‘Ag Coordination Officers’
The Queensland Government says a team of Agriculture Coordination Officers will support producers, the agriculture industry and local governments to manage COVID-19.
Minister for Agricultural...
Work to start on recycled water extension: SDRC
The Southern Downs Regional Council says work on a new $5 million pipeline to supply Warwick industrial estate businesses with access to recycled water...
New Goondiwindi mayor and council take office
New Goondiwindi Regional Council Mayor Lawrence Springborg and the six Goondiwindi councillors have been sworn in, with Cr Rob Mackenzie named as Deputy Mayor...
GALLERY: Inside Warwick’s mass-casualty rail disaster drill
A mass-casualty rail disaster is the scenario no community wants to ever face, but it was the one Warwick’s first responders drilled for this...
