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On This Day: National Simplicity Day

Have you ever considered the impact of simplicity on your life? Simplifying life isn’t just about owning fewer things, it makes room for what truly...

Community Events

WEEKLY Sunshine Physio and Pilates - Sundays After a long hiatus, pilates will be starting back at Ilfracombe. Same great location, same great flow......

Memories of kindergarten

Did you go to kindergarten? Just hearing the word can bring a flood of memories — the smell of crayons, learning how to...

Premier goes with the flow with weir plan

Welcome to Mannton

ICPA helps young achievers shine

Rally drivers head home

Digital Edition

Sport

Capras aim up to Hunters

Central Queensland will fly out of a tailspin against one of the most formidable foes in the Hostplus Cup this weekend. The Capras return...

Miller magic at latest club meet

The Longreach Athletics Club held a meeting on Sunday, 29 June, once again delivering some incredible performances. A total of 36 athletes combined for 53...

Delius eyes third Bluff Cup win

All roads lead to Bluff for Saturday’s Cup meeting. Five races will be run and won, headlined by the $13,000 Cook Colliery Bluff Cup (1800m). Run...

Seagulls poised for finals push

Wynnum Manly Seagulls return fresh from a well-earned bye this week, ready to continue their charge towards the finals when they take on the...

Ravenscroft wins Ron Swan Memorial

Longreach Golf Club played host to the 2025 Ron Swan Memorial 27-hole stroke event on Sunday, with players teeing off at 10am for one...

Ilfracombe set for annual meeting

The Ilfracombe Picnic Race Club is gearing up for its annual race meeting this Saturday, 12 July, with a five-race program set to bring...

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Rural

Ag In Brief

Australian Beef Sustainability Framework welcomes EU recognition of land management practices The Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF) has welcomed the announcement from the European Commission...

Calls falling on deaf ears

There’s growing concern in agriculture circles about the overreach by the Queensland Police Service’s Weapons Licensing Branch (WLB) applying increasing restrictions on farmers’ legitimate...

Ag In Brief

Australia heading towards record-high winter crop planting Australia’s farmers are heading towards a record-high winter crop planting this year, Rabobank says in its newly-released 2025/26...

Newly re-elected Federal Governments prioritisation of Nature Positive Laws welcomed

AgForce welcomes the newly-elected Albanese Government’s prioritisation of much-needed Nature Positive reforms. With a clear majority in the Lower House and strength in the...

Ag In Brief

Australian farmland values hit record high Australian farmland values have now recorded eleven years of unbroken growth with the national median price rising to a...

Survivor weeds are an issue

Heard a colleague from another part of Australia speak on his issues with weed control and paddock profitability. It did surprise me a bit...

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Regional news is the canary in the coal mine

This week, I step up as President of Country Press Australia (CPA), ostensibly to represent the best interests of independent regional newspaper publishers. But...

Australian Conservation Foundation disingenuous at best

Queensland’s peak representative body for rural producers has condemned the Australian Conservation Foundation for its latest misleading campaign against Australian cattle producers. AgForce Cattle president...

Child Safety submissions open

The Queensland Government's Commission of Inquiry into the Child Safety System officially commenced this week on Tuesday, 1 July. The Honourable Paul Anastassiou KC, appointed...

Bayton award returns to RMOA

Entries are now open for the seventh edition of The Bayton Award, presented by Rockhampton Museum of Art (RMOA). The 2025 competition offers $18,200 in...

Dynamic duo shine on the green

It was quieter on the bowling green at Longreach Bowls Club last weekend with only one competition game, but a great turnout for social...

Letters to the Editor

Steve Hawe's 150-word entry called 'Beauty' was placed in the 2025 Winton’s Outback Writers Festival short story competition. It is now published alongside selected...

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