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Councillors to vote on pay rise
By Jeremy Sollars
Southern Downs councillors will this week vote on whether or not to accept a proposed 2.25 per cent pay rise...
Man charged over $1.5m Wagyu fraud
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Rockhampton Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) have charged a man following a “protracted fraud investigation” in relation...
No leadership bid for Littleproud
The Nationals have a new leader and Australia a new Deputy Prime Minister in the form of Veterans’ Affairs Minister and NSW MP Michael...
New Nationals leader – and DPM – set to be picked
By Jeremy Sollars
Maranoa MP David Littleproud is still staying mum on whether or not he’ll put his hand up for the leadership...
Littleproud a contender for leader?
By Jeremy Sollars
Our local Maranoa MP David Littleproud is being touted as a possible contender for the leadership of the Nationals –...
Barnaby Joyce calls it quits
By Jeremy Sollars
BREAKING: Barnaby Joyce has quit as Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Nationals and will head to the...
Is Barnaby set to quit?
By Jeremy Sollars
BREAKING: Speculation is rife that embattled Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will announce his resignation this afternoon at a media...
Siege classed as ‘mental health matter’
By Jeremy Sollars
Police have refused to release details about a seven-hour siege which played out at Karara west of Warwick yesterday, Wednesday...
Man still holed up at Karara residence
By Jeremy Sollars
UPDATE, 3.30PM: A neighbour of a man who is holed up in a residence at Karara west of Warwick in...
John Boucher remembered as true community stalwart
The Granite Belt is mourning the passing of local identity John Boucher, who has died after a battle with illness.
The business, council and community...
Council arms its officers with body cameras
Southern Downs Regional Council says its Local Law and compliance officers are now wearing the latest in safety technology - The Axon Body Camera.
A...
Water meter reading soon to start
Southern Downs Regional Council water officers will begin water meter readings across the region from Monday 26 February until approximately the end of March...
Vinnies ‘denim week’ expands beyond Warwick
A popular Warwick-born initiative will go regional when Vinnies Denim Week expands across the Darling Downs this month.
It began as a local event at...
