Indigenous health improves
RESEARCH shows key aspects of Australian Indigenous health are tracking well, with smoking rates declining and high levels of alcohol abstinence reported in the...
Our grower’s top award
By JONATHON HOWARD
Use dincus - Our water our future (New headings - SFT - June folder)
CAPTION: Coles General Manager for Queensland, Mark Scates, with...
Numbers surge at Warwick
NUMBERS doubled on the previous week’s rain-reduced yarding.
A fair panel of export buyers was present and operating.
However feeder buyer activity was not as strong...
Greens up 10 per cent
NEWSPOLLING shows the LNP’s primary vote has slumped five points from 49 per cent to 44 per cent, with Rudd led Labor party benefiting...
Tenterfield tip fee hike
By JONATHON HOWARD
TENTERFIELD Shire Council has reviewed waste disposal fees at all landfills and transfer stations across the shire with increases effective as of...
Riders push the tempo
MOTORCYCLE Sportsmen of Queensland ran round two of the club’s 2013 championship, The Southern Downs Road Race Series on 6-7 July at Morgan Park...
Jump into jazz at regional showcase
By JONATHON HOWARD
THIS year’s jazz element for the 10th anniversary of the Jumpers and Jazz Festival is looking hot, according to organiser Tracy Vellacott.
“From...
Local hero needed to rival Toowoomba
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE hunt is on for the next phone book front cover photo and Warwick and Stanthorpe are up against long-running winner Toowoomba...
MPs cash in
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Newman Government has revealed salary increases equating to as much as double that of previously estimated figures by the Queensland Premier,...
Anzac trip up for grabs
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs’ students went back to school this week for what will be a jam-packed third term.
Minister for Education, Training and Employment...
Mobile library is safe
THE Southern Downs Regional Council’s mobile library will be back up and running by the week beginning 22 July, after it was pulled from...
Expo outing a blooming success
By BEATRICE HAWKINS
The site was crammed with exhibitors with such a variety of wares on show that a day was not enough time to...
Shaping communities through art and music
Marissa Clark’s journey from Brisbane’s quiet suburb of Yeronga to becoming a pivotal figure in the Granite Belt's cultural landscape is one of passion,...
