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...
Gardeners grow in Granite Belt
By BEATRICE HAWKINS
GARDENERS from all over the granite belt and downs area gathered at the Queensland College of Wine Tourism at Stanthorpe on Wednesday,...
Mystery surrounds car rollover
By JONATHON HOWARD
A 24-YEAR-OLD Stanthorpe man lost control of his blue Mazda 323 and rolled across a paddock while travelling north near the Warwick/Toowoomba...
Double header for Wallangarra Markets
By JONATHON HOWARD
DO NOT miss the fun and excitement at Wallangarra this Sunday, 4 August, when two popular local events coincide at the Wallangarra...
Here’s to them!
By JONATHON HOWARD
STANTHORPE Toastmasters are looking forward to the busy months ahead following the club’s annual changeover dinner recently.
The newly-installed executive has been busy...
Petition against Rabbit Ridge Wind Farm
By JONATHON HOWARD
A PETITION against the proposed Dalveen Rabbit Ridge Wind Farm near Stanthorpe has attracted more than 200 signatures and raised several health...
Next stage of sale yard upgrades begin
Stage 4 of the Warwick Saleyards Redevelopment Project is now underway, with works aimed at improving safety, accessibility and long-term usability of the facility.
The...
