Farmers eye China trade deal
THE historic free trade agreement signed with China earlier this week will have far-reaching economic benefits for the region, Maranoa MP Bruce Scott says.
The...
Firies thanked
By ALENA HIGGINS
A CELEBRATION to thank the heroic efforts of local firies and volunteers who battled recent blazes near Ballandean is gaining...
Smokers told to butt out
TENTERFIELD Shire residents will no longer be able to smoke in the state’s national parks after the NSW Government banned the practice.
The ban, which...
Get bugs on the run
IMAGINE a world where common bacterial infections such as pnemononia, strep throat and ear infections couldn’t be treated.
This could become reality if anticrobial resistance...
And it’s finally over
By CASEY O’CONNOR
THE rugby league season has finally come to an end. We seem to have been watching rugby league and talking about it...
Government urged to cut the fat
By ALENA HIGGINS
NEWS local hospitals will receive new medical equipment to assist with the care of morbidly obese patients follows renewed calls...
Food futures forum
GROWERS of all commodities are invited to attend an exciting information session on The Future of Agriculture from the Border to an Asian Delicatessen...
A little music goes a long way
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THERE used to be a time when ukeleles were scorned instruments, only seen in Hawaiian movies and played by children...
Councils face road network rundown
By ALENA HIGGINS
A DAMNING new report on local roads has revealed that councils cannot afford to bring crucial infrastructure up to scratch.
Commissioned...
Campaigner has last say
By ALENA HIGGINS
A PASSIONATE suicide prevention campaigner has given himself one last task before stepping down next week.
Johno Felton, director of Warwick...
Bariatric equipment: What each hospital will get
WARWICK
Five pieces, including:
* Shower commode chair
* Wheelchair
* Walker
* Hovertech HoverJack (a device that inflates to safely lift large patients to bed or stretcher height,...
Days for Girls
By ALENA HIGGINS
A LOCAL group aiming to restore the dignity of marginalised women by providing them with feminine hygiene packs has been...
The art of St Marks
For one weekend a year for the past 13 years St Mark’s Anglican Church hall has become one of the focal points of art...
