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How we remembered

By TANIA PHILLIPS ALL across the Southern Downs on Anzac Day, people answered the call to remember the fallen. Photographer Terry West found himself at...

Washed away

By SONJA KOREMANS Council set to sell pensioner’s home over unpaid rates... A PENSIONER who says he will be left homeless if the council...

A nation’s gratitude

  THE Southern Downs reflected the gratitude of the nation on Anzac Day with residents turning out in record numbers across the region to honour...

Harness hung up on horse day

By SONJA KOREMANS THE man behind an annual heavy horse day that has thrilled crowds for 15 years and attracted tourists to the...

Fluoride debate flushed

By SONJA KOREMANS FOR most, the public controversy over fluoridating the local water supply is a distant memory, ending late last year with...

Family loses all in fire

By SONJA KOREMANS THE house fire that killed a much-loved Warwick man has left his wife and daughter homeless and without any possessions. Police...

Backpacker law call

By SONJA KOREMANS POLICE are calling for a change of law to make it compulsary for international backpackers to sit a test before...

Electic mix art show

By SONJA KOREMANS WORKS from the region’s leading artists will be on display in Ballandean this week. It’s a Case of Art in the...

How you marked Anzac Day

  By SONJA KOREMANS SOUTHERN Downs residents turned out in record numbers to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing. Numbers at Anzac Day services across the...

Lamb prices on the rise

By SONJA KOREMANS BOOMING international demand for Aussie lamb is driving up the price of our favourite meat. That’s good news for farmers, but...

Time to honour our nurses

KNOW someone in nursing who deserves an award for their hard work? Darling Downs residents are being called on to nominate someone in the medical...

News in Brief

Capitals call THE Southern Downs Regional Council has made a bid for Warwick and Stanthorpe to be considered “regional capitals“. SDRC has provided a submission detailing...

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Forfeit doesn’t dampen cultural flavour

The Warwick Water Rat’s Rugby Union club’s Cultural Round didn’t go to plan with their planned opposition, South Burnett Thrashers forfeiting, but that doesn’t...