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Seniors warned to be aware of scams

Scamwatch statistics have revealed Queenslanders over the age of 65 are experiencing bigger losses to scammers than any other age group, reporting $34,891,745 million...

Sculpting the heart of Winton

Winton Creative Arts Inc has announced the opening of the $9000 sculpture competition, with nominations closing on the 17 May, and with the artworks...

The rain brings garden surprises

Since the recent rain there have been so many plants in our gardens making spectacular displays. Many of these flowering plants are even totally...

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Longreach Regional Council backing small business

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Fast start to the new season

Longreach Athletics Club staged its first official club meet of 2024 on Sunday, 7 April. The weather was warm and sunny, and the athletes were...

Auskick session in Longreach

Auskick and AFL return to Longreach next Monday with training and games at the Longreach State School. Local co-ordinator Michael Lloyd said the...

North Gregory off and racing

A five-race program was presented by the North Gregory Turf Club Inc on Saturday, 6 April and a very large crowd attended. The crowd was...

King earns his crown in Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe Golf Club members welcomed back their weekly competition on Saturday, 13 April, after no golf was played in the week prior due to...

Bowls with Bones

Well I’m the first to admit it’s been quiet on the competition games at the Longreach Bowls Club over the last few weeks, but...

Jockey on a Missen for happiness in the Central West

Jason Missen is a jockey in an excellent headspace as the Central West racing year starts to build momentum. The 47-year-old has been a ‘fly-in...

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Rural

There no beef over CQ roads upgrades

The Federal Labor Government has confirmed it backed Premier Steven Miles in bringing forward the $500 million Queensland Beef Corridors project by three years. With...

Countdown to Beef

The countdown is on, with less than 50 days until Beef Australia 2024. The triennial event showcasing best of the beef industry will return to...

Nature’s sense of irony

After a morning of outside work, which left me a bit the worse for wear, I shucked my grubby work clothes for a cold...

Ag Energy Australia: Our story

As a farming family, we wanted our kids to carve their own path in agriculture. So, we decided to give them a leg up...

Beef roads upgrade promise

Central Queensland and the Central West is set to benefit from the development and progressive delivery of $500 million of upgrades to priority road...

GroWQ driving innovation

GroWQ hosted an Agricultural Industry Roundtable on Thursday, 29 February at Longreach’s Qantas Founders Museum. The event was in collaboration with the University of Southern...

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Getting ready for Men’s Shed Markets

The Longreach Showgrounds Wool Pavilion was full of busy bees this week in preparation for the first Men's Shed Markets of the year, to...

Legal battle is on for basin

As support to ban Glencore from dumping “industrial waste” into the Great Artesian Basin grows, Agforce and other groups are continuing their fight to...

Our ‘forgotten soldiers’

As Longreach marks Anzac Day in 2024, the Longreach Archival and Historical Research Group (LAHRG) provides this update on the group’s Forgotten Soldiers Project...

Changes at Longreach Hospital

The pathology laboratory and pharmacy unit at Longreach Hospital are relocating temporarily as works progress on a $10.867 million upgrade at the hospital. Central West...

Riders take on 1311km in eight days

A group of bike riders leave Brisbane on Friday, 19 April bound for Longreach to raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service...

Region ready for Barcy festival

The Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival is just two weeks away, with the committee deep in preparation for when the four-day bonanza kicks off...

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