Anger over rates hike
By JONATHON HOWARD
GLADFIELD couple, David and Margaret Taylor, said they were bewildered by their latest rates bill which has risen by 8.82 per cent...
The wonders of Beehive Mine
By LYNETTE HASELGROVE
THE Stanthorpe Field Naturalists will join the Toowoomba Naturalists club to visit Allora Hill on Sunday, 25 August. The meeting point will...
Voters urged to enrol
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Australian Electoral Commission wants to remind Southern Downs’ residents, who are not yet enrolled, that they have only one week to...
Race is on
THE race is on for the Federal seat of Maranoa as four candidates face an uphill battle to rival LNP incumbent Bruce Scott.
It was...
Council settles on road name
By JONATHON HOWARD
AN ARGUMENT over an unnamed stretch of road near Ravenscroft Road, Elbow Valley, has been resolved by the Southern Downs Regional Council.
The...
Beef export boom
By JONATHON HOWARD
RECORD Australian beef exports are forecast to continue in 2013, the combined result of high slaughter levels due to drought conditions, sustained...
Battle for Maranoa heats up
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE FIVE candidates for the Federal seat of Maranoa this week kicked off their election campaigns. The Free Times gave each candidate...
Seeking rural heroes
THE Queensland Regional Achievement and Community Awards is calling for organisation or individual nominations for people they may know who make a valuation contribution...
Environment educator visits
By JONATHON HOWARD
RENOWNED environmental educator, Allan Savory, has spent the past 50 years working on ideas that have won international prizes.
Mr Savory is a...
Visitors praised Jumpers and Jazz
By JONATHON HOWARD
VISITORS in their thousands converged on the Southern Downs with full wallets and smiling faces to help make the 10th annual Jumpers...
Forgotten war
By JONATHON HOWARD
A SOLITARY figure stood at attention near the Leslie Park Cenotaph on Saturday, 27 July, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the...
Russian roulette for drivers
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Nationals’ candidate for New England Barnaby Joyce travelled to Mt Lindesay Road from Legume to Woodenbong recently, with the Parliamentary Secretary...
Second international swimmer
Stanthorpe Swimming Club welcomed their second International swimmer this week, with Vanuatu’s first Olympic swimming representative Jonathan Silas diving into the local for the...
