Visit takes off
In brief
MORE than 27,000 people filed through the gates of Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport on Sunday to get a tour of the facilities ahead...
Multi-dwellings rejected
By ALENA HIGGINS
ROWLAND Street residents are breathing a sigh of relief after Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) rejected a medium density housing development proposed...
Carbon cloud over solar savings
LOCAL residents who benefit from solar feed-in tariffs will see their savings reduced from 1 October.
The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) reminded customers in regional...
Firm ‘no’ to flouride
By ALENA HIGGINS
A RESOUNDING 'no’ has been the response to the Free Times’ ‘Fluoride Opinion Poll’ set up last week to ensure all residents,...
$11 million for local roads
SOUTHERN Downs and Goondiwindi regional councils will share in more than $11 million dollars over the next five years thanks to the Federal Government’s...
Petty, Leahy lead council
PETER Petty has been re-elected as Tenterfield Shire Council mayor for the third term in a row, but his deputy wasn’t so lucky.
Cr Brian...
Parks facing axe
By ALENA HIGGINS
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council has considered its first group of local parks amid plans to sell off or scale back maintenance of...
High drama after festival
By ALENA HIGGINS
THE Brisbane organisers of a music and art festival held at Goomburra last weekend have condemned comments by an Allora police officer...
Heritage register updated
By ALENA HIGGINS
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council has agreed to remove four listings from the Local Heritage Register and include two others.
Councillors passed a motion...
BACKDOWN
By ALENA HIGGINS
RATEPAYERS who were recently stung two years' worth of back-dated rates will have the debt wiped clean after Southern Downs Regional Council...
Thin blue line praised
FOUR Tenterfield police officers were recognised for their exceptional service at a special awards presentation ceremony in Armidale last week.
Senior Constable Ian O’Rourke, Constable...
It’s popular – give you the tip
THE newly upgraded Stanthorpe Waste Facility has proved popular, with over 300 cubic metres of waste being disposed of and taken to landfill.
Southern Downs...
Push for safer battery disposal after near-miss fires
Safe disposal options for lithium-ion batteries are set to expand across the Southern Downs after a year involving several battery-related waste fires in Warwick.
The...
