Local Drought Committee to meet ‘by end of April’
Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner says the Southern Downs and Granite Belt region’s Local Drought Committee (LDC) is still expected to meet by the...
Protection for retail, commercial tenants: State Govt
Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer Jackie Trad says commercial and retail tenants “will be protected from evictions under a series of measures to protect...
Business operators urged to register for JobKeeper
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has welcomed the JobKeeper legislation passed by the federal government overnight with payments to...
Condamine River Road closed until further notice
The Southern Downs Regional Council says due to the current pandemic COVID-19 and non-essential movement restrictions required by the State and Federal Governments the...
Charges follow major drug operation in region
Darling Downs detectives have charged 42 people with 194 offences following the closure of a Southern Downs drug operation.
A Queensland Police media bulletin issued...
Bartley says ‘greater transparency’ is his priority
Ross Bartley says he is both surprised and gratified with the strong showing of support he has received in the councillor ballot for the...
Facetime ‘the new real time’ during COVID-19
Darling Downs Health says ‘Facetime is the new real time’ while it continues to protect vulnerable patients across its region’s hospitals – including Warwick...
Looking back: The ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic…
A century ago the world was confronted with its last pandemic – the somewhat wrongly-named ‘Spanish Flu’. Wallangarra in our own region was the...
Market in the Mountains on hold
Organisers of Stanthorpe’s Market in the Mountains say in the interests of safety for all concerned and the Australian effort to slow the spread...
Pennisi awaits final councillor result, first meeting
New Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Vic Pennisi says he is ready to “knuckle down” and get on with the job after the result...
Pennisi formally declared mayor by Electoral Commission
Vic Pennisi has been formally declared Mayor of the Southern Downs Regional Council by the Electoral Commission of Queensland.
The formal declaration notice was posted...
Murder accused remanded in custody after court
A murder charge against a 30 year old man has been mentioned in the Warwick Magistrates Court today, Monday 6 April.
Benjamin James Nunns, 30,...
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...
