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Archives: What was in the news 73 years ago

ON THIS DAY 6 February 1953 The untrafficable condition of many roads throughout the Shire following the January rains resulted in one of the busiest months...

Community Events

WEEKLY Social Tennis Grab your racquet (or borrow one) and join the Longreach Tennis Club for a hit every Tuesday. Come down for some...

Idol singers putting Longreach on the map

Longreach has already featured on the current season of Australian Idol, with local entertainer Art Cooper’s audition airing on Monday, 2 February, while two...

On This Day: National Bubble Gum Day!

Grants a lifeline to council’s after Rex pullout

RSL Meet and Greet delivers

Tambo remembers its last mayor

Digital Edition

Sport

Barcy Ball on the horizon

Tickets to the annual Barcaldine Ball will go on sale next Thursday, ahead of what is shaping up as a major night on the...

Barcy poised for big year

The Barcaldine Sandgoannas have begun their preseason preparation in a bid to go back-to-back in 2026, with a strong mix of players hitting the...

Swimmers set for memorial meet

The Longreach Amateur Swimming Club is preparing to welcome competitors from across the region this Saturday for the annual Kim Anderson Memorial Meet, with...

Mann’s Dogs set to pounce

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs will open their 2026 campaign this weekend against the North Queensland Cowboys, naming a youthful side with a sprinkling of NRL...

Johnson stable enjoys Bundy double

The 1700km round trip from Barcaldine to Bundaberg reaped winning rewards for trainer Bevan Johnson last Saturday. Johnson campaigned a team of three in the...

RSL run riot in Birdcage rout

A week can feel like a month in the sporting world, which meant that for Tom McLellan’s RSL outfit, a last-start win all the...

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Rural

Tackling life head-on

You are either in or you’re out with life. There are no half measures. It’s the same with farming, especially when you start down the...

Drums and their end point

Was travelling back through NSW last month and came across this drumMUSTER collection site. It certainly took me back to those years or decades...

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...

More News

Blame game begins as Reserve Bank delivers rate pain

The Reserve Bank's decision to lift the benchmark borrowing rate to 3.85 per cent has brought an end to the shortest easing cycle in...

Amelia delighted to nurse in Alpha

Amelia White is taking the first meaningful steps to a career in nursing, with her CQUniversity training helping her secure employment at the Alpha...

Record result for Winton Festival

Major events are set to play a leading role in Outback Queensland’s visitor recovery following recent flooding, with the Winton Outback Festival delivering record-breaking...

Nominations now open for Beef Australia’s 2027 AMPC National Carcase Competition

Nominations are now open for Beef Australia’s 2027 AMPC National Beef Carcase Competition. The competition is one of Australia’s largest National Carcase competitions with...

Listen, learn and connect with Wellways

Wellways Carer Gateway is coming to Longreach with a simple but important intention: to listen, connect and learn together with the local community. On Tuesday,...

Why biosecurity matters now more than ever

A brazen incursion on our state’s northern border recently has shone a spotlight on the critical importance of our border security - and how...

Wide mobile outage

A mobile network outage spanning hundreds of kilometres in distance occurred on Saturday, 31 January, affecting over 11,072 services. Optus advised of the Significant Local...

Competition very high

Competition games were played on both Saturday and Sunday last weekend and again the standard of some bowls was a very high level. Yes,...

Waddy-ya know? Sam’s skills measure up

Meet another great crew member of Desert Channels. Sam Jackson grew up spending time in the outback with his father, learning from more than 40...

Three new gas exploration areas unlocked

Three new gas exploration areas have been unlocked near the Queensland–South Australia border, laying the foundations for the next wave of gas production. The Queensland...

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