Tag: News
Training destination for Commonwealth Games
THERE could be teams from up to 13 different and diverse countries training on the Southern Downs in the lead up to the Gold...
Traffic injuries worry police
TRAFFIC crashes continue to be an issue in the Stanthorpe area with another four reported during the past week according to local police.
Officer...
Race in the running
RUNNERS from all over southern Queensland and northern New South Wales headed to Warwick at the weekend for the 14th annual Warwick Pentathrun.
Held in...
Lights out for 2500 after power line fails
THE power supply to almost 2500 Ergon Energy customers on the Southern Downs was interrupted on Monday night due to a fallen power line...
$40 million facelift for Rose City
WARWICK’S Rose City Shoppingworld is set for a $40 million facelift over the next few months.
Queensland-based property developer McConaghy Group has begun major works...
Tourist board bitter at council walkout
DESTINATION Southern Downs (DSD) chairwoman Corinne Butler has expressed her board’s extreme disappointment with the Southern Downs Regional Council’s decision to cease funding and...
Tourism body dumped
SOUTHERN Downs has stopped providing funds to the region’s peak tourism body Destination Southern Downs and will form an “in-house” group to help with...
Students deliver the care
FIFTEEN Warwick State High School students recently gave their Saturday morning to help the Zonta Club of Warwick.
The 15 young women worked with Zonta...
Wilting under tax
SOUTHERN Downs farmers face an uncertain time with the Federal Government announcing they will push back the introduction of the backpacker tax until next...
Fair share of scare
THE Warwick Showground was turned into a house of horrors with all the fun of the fair - well the scary fair.
The region's teens...
Riders battle for club pride
THE sound of thundering hooves echoed around the rolling foothills of Killarney on the weekend as competitors from all over Queensland and down into...
Hat from China, miner, deep sea diver
EAGER readers will gather in schools, libraries, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country to simultaneously read I Got...
Darling Downs Health credits staff culture for recruitment success amid statewide...
Nearly 350,000 Queenslanders requiring specialist medical care are currently on a waitlist to be seen, resulting in 50 per cent of patients not being...
