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A super set for the shower

I was in the shower when the hot water fully kicked in and I started thinking about Cole Porter (‘Too Darn Hot’). I think about...

Local connectivity issues in the spotlight

Communities across regional, rural, and remote Australia can now have their say on telecommunications issues as public submissions open on the Regional Telecommunications Review. The...

Ross rides 4000km for Ronald McDonald House

Ross Maclean has pedalled a lonely trail along the bitumen shoulders of the Capricorn Highway through to the Central West this week with nothing...

QLD launches agritourism program

Barcy border beauty

Riding for the Outback

Opal uncertainty remains

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Farr presses Capras claims

Longreach rugby league export Tom Farr is doing everything possible in a bid for a Central Queensland Capras recall. Farr, 24, scored two tries as...

Bowls Club receives crucial grant

Longreach Bowls Club has successfully received a Minor Infrastructure Grant from the Department of Sport and Recreation for the value of $72,806. The funds will...

Blackall hosts Agents Day

The Barcoo Amateur Race Club hosted the Blackall Agents Race Day last Saturday, 20 April, marking the start of a big couple of weeks...

Longreach hosts golf Open

Longreach Golf Club hosted the town’s annual Open Championship on Sunday, 21 April, with more than 50 players from across the region travelling to...

Youngsters enjoy AFL clinics

AFL launched again into Longreach with great interest shown by the local kids. AFLQ Central Queensland development manager Scott Smithwick drove out from Rockhampton...

Blackall hosts first junior cluster

The Blackall Showgrounds hosted the first junior rugby league cluster in the Central West for 2024 last Saturday, 20 April, hosting teams from Longreach,...

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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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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...

Community Events Billboard

Friday 26 April Tower Hill Races Racing both days, bar open from 10am! Live music, free camping, hot shower and toilets and fully catered all weekend....

Longreach Regional Council backing small business

Longreach Regional Council has made a formal commitment to supporting the region’s small businesses to grow and create more good local jobs for Queenslanders. The...

Archives: What was news 72 years ago

On this day, 18 April 1952 Drinks thrown over girls on train. A grievance was raised during a meeting of the Longreach Rugby League regarding an...

Darius in Windorah

The outback Queensland town of Windorah with a population of just over 100 is set to host the landmark launch of an innovative health...

News in Brief

BREZ questions Barcaldine's Renewable Energy Zone (BREZ) was in the spotlight in State Parliament's Questions on Notice this week, with Member for Gregory Lachlan Millar...

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