Council means business
By TANIA PHILLIPS
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council’s Economic Development Unit is set to hold "Doing Business with Council" workshops.
If you’ve ever wondered how to do...
Prominence for Poppins author
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs Regional councillors were asked to consider a motion to relocate a monument dedicated to Mary Poppins’ author, Pamela Lyndon Travers...
Costly pool heating
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Warwick Indoor Recreation & Aquatic Centre (WIRAC) is chewing through $900 worth of gas per day after a heating pump failed.
The...
Tea break’s charity dough
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Southern Downs took a tea break last week - all for a good cause.
Venues across the region took part in the...
Hannant hair helps out
By JOYCE MARSH (WOODENBONG CORRESPONDENT)
WOODENBONG’S latest hero is 10-year-old William Hannant, who chose to shave off his beautiful curly long hair after his young...
Don’t walk in their shoes
By JONATHON HOWARD
WARWICK Police are calling on local businesses and schools to help deliver a strong message for Fatal Free Friday tomorrow (31 May).
Police...
Gonski and health worth a fight
By JONATHON HOWARD
QUEENSLAND Teacher’s Union Stanthorpe branch representative, Damian Anderson, has slammed the Federal Government’s education and health cuts labelling them “heartless”.
Mr Anderson recently...
Birthday for Border Railway
THE Border Railway Market is set to celebrate a major milestone this weekend.
The popular markets at Wallangarra Railway Station have now been going for...
Behind the battle
THIS year marks the 72nd anniversary of The Battle of the Coral Sea, which was a series of naval engagements off the north-east coast...
Artworks on Davadi backed
By JONATHON HOWARD
STANTHORPE residents have thrown their support behind Artworks on Davadi as the deadline for the community art space looms.
Artworks is under increasing...
Expose abuse
By JONATHON HOWARD
DOMESTIC violence is on the rise across Warwick and residents turning a blind eye could be putting victims at greater risk.
Shocking statistics...
Leap of a lifetime saves kids
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Southern Down’s very own spiderman has raised $1153 for charity and completed the abseil of a lifetime.
When abseiling instructor Eugene Thompson...
A week in the newsroom with Mya Gilliver
It all started 15 years ago, just kidding I won’t start that far back but I will start a few weeks ago when my...
