Citizens fight rate hike
By STEVE GRAY
TENTERFIELD Shire Council and its officials will be in for a torrid time over the next three weeks as they attempt to...
Council working on flood maps
By STEVE GRAY
THERE is a great deal of community concern about the accuracy of flood mapping but Southern Downs Regional Council is working on...
Classic cars under scrutiny
By STEVE GRAY
OWNERS of classic and historic vehicles have been warned about transporting students to school formals.
The warning comes after Department of Transport and...
Mining threat remains
"The Southern Downs is too productive, too beautiful and too precious to turn into an industrial wasteland surrounding big holes in the ground."
AGRICULTURE on...
Total Fire Bans in NSW
A Total Fire Ban has been placed on the New England area of NSW, including the Tenterfield Shire, along with much of the rest...
Rangers lost in history?
By STEVE GRAY
DOES this picture and story ring a bell?
A Southern Free Times reader brought the page to our attention, but we know no...
Drivers beware
Stanthorpe Police
TWO minor traffic crashes occurred in Stanthorpe during the week.
An overseas visitor was charged after a collision for failing to give way at...
Bard’s merry trist under the stars
THE Merry Wives of Windsor will be presented as Stanthorpe Little Theatre stages its ninth annual production of Shakespeare Under the Stars at Bungawarra...
Extra police
Warwick Police
WARWICK police numbers will be reinforced with specialist units from Brisbane to ensure public safety at this weekend’s Rose and Rodeo festival. Units...
Helping hands in bushfire crisis
A STRIKE team of Northern Tablelands firefighters has gone south to assist efforts to combat bushfires raging around Sydney.
A team of 20 volunteer rural...
Duffers law beefed up
CATTLE duffers face bigger fines while magistrates have wider powers under new Queensland laws to crack down on cattle stealing.
With annual losses running into...
Aussie-grown food in favour
WHEN federal MP Bruce Scott goes grocery shopping he hones in on the "product of Australia" label, and he’s urging others to do the...
Nationals facing internal tension over energy policies
Fresh from retaining the Nationals leadership, Maranoa MP David Littleproud has hinted at refining the party’s nuclear policy as tensions over whether to dump...
