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Road upgrade

The vital Richmond Winton Road has undergone a significant upgrade to improve safety, reliability and access for communities and industries across Western Queensland Sections of...

Book launch caps off a wonderful Winton year

As 2025 draws to a close, so too does the year-long program the Winton Shire Council has co-ordinated to celebrate 150 years of European...

Winton lights up

Elderslie St was packed with young and old for the lighting of the Christmas Tree on Friday, 5 December. The scene stealers were the young,...

News in Brief

Dillon reflects on 2025

Christmas Light and Rural Mailbox Competition is back

Victims mourned as community stands strong

Digital Edition

Sport

Pearce closes 2025 with win

The Ilfracombe Golf Club season came to a quiet close last week following a busy month that included an in-house Club Championship, along with...

Max shines on national stage

Longreach’s Max Bruggemann has wrapped up an unforgettable week on the national stage, representing Athletics North Queensland at the 2025 Australian Athletics All Schools...

Farr finding his feet at Red Hill

More than a month into his preseason stint with the Brisbane Broncos, Longreach junior Ben Farr is continuing to impress inside the NRL powerhouse’s...

RSL wary of Wellshot threat

After being unable to field a side last week, the RSL will return to the Longreach Showgrounds this Friday night knowing they are in...

Caffrey shines in Doomben final

The Queensland Country Cups Challenge returned in 2025, bringing together the state’s top country-trained horses across more than 16 heats in regional Queensland. The action...

Schofield and Mankelow in red-hot form

The Central West combination of Toni Schofield and Maddie Mankelow have taken the show on the road in the past week. With the local season...

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Rural

Farmers and families urged to stay safe on quad bikes

The ACCC has launched a quad bike safety awareness campaign in regional Australia warning that older male farmers remain the group most at risk...

REGIONAL: Hot prices at Roma saleyards

Hot prices and packed laneways, it was a sellers’ market here at the Roma Saleyards with a little over 6,100 head of cattle yarded. With...

Ag In Brief

Poor affordability to pressure global fertiliser demand in 2026 Global fertiliser markets are entering a new phase of contraction, as rising prices begin to...

Ag In Brief

Combing through genetics delivers tools to keep bees busy Australian researchers are delving into the secret life of bees in a quest to breed more...

Ag In Brief

Combing through genetics delivers tools to keep bees busy Australian researchers are delving into the secret life of bees in a quest to breed more...

Ag In Brief

Strong growth in livestock Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has released the results of its 2024–25 National Saleyard Survey, revealing a significant increase in livestock...

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Hungry Australia: why our food security demands attention now

Australia has long been confident in its ability to feed our population and even beyond our borders. Yet recent pressures have exposed how fragile...

Our region among Australia’s unhealthiest

The Darling Downs–Maranoa region ranks as the second unhealthiest place to live in Australia and the unhealthiest in Queensland, driven by population health challenges...

Herbicide resistance and winds

Over the decades I have been in a fair few farming paddocks and many the time have I heard a farmer say to me,...

Community in motion

The Outback Run Club has marked two years on the tracks and trails of Longreach, celebrating a milestone built on friendship, fitness, and the...

Turn of the tassel

CQUniversity has set another record with more than 600 graduates walking across the stage and turning their tassels in Rockhampton on Thursday, 4 December. From...

Big attendance at Lapidary Club

The Winton Lapidary Club drew an attendance of 12 members on Saturday, 6 December, as the cutting and grinding machinery housed at the Men’s...

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