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Easter in Gladstone for Governor

Queensland Governor Dr Jeannette Young, accompanied by her husband Professor Graeme Nimmo, began an official visit to the Gladstone Regional Council area on Sunday,...

290,000 visits to Daniel’s Law website since launch

More than 290,000 visits have been made to the Daniel’s Law website since the register went live on 31 December, 2025. This is encouraging news...

Archives: What was in the news 73 years ago

On this day, 10 April 1953: Three Winton men have been fined after admitting to unlawfully using a railway tricycle, in a case heard in...

Three pioneering QANTAS farewells

Vale Owen Stockwell

Decision to cancel Big Red Bash a difficult one

On This Day: National Hug Your Dog Day!

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Sport

Strong fields for memorial meet

The Longreach Jockey Club will honour one of its most influential figures on Monday, 13 April, hosting the Kate Deane Memorial Race Day as...

Matt Scott Carnival returns

Longreach Showgrounds will once again come alive with junior rugby league this weekend, with the annual Matt Scott Carnival set to take centre stage. The...

Heagney’s treble highlight of Barcy meeting

Evergreen jockey Michael Heagney’s decision to set up camp in the Central West struck paydirt with a winning treble at Barcaldine last Saturday. Heagney, 59,...

Dogs suffer Good Friday defeat

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time in 2026, going down 32-24 to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in their traditional...

Rivals collide in season opener

A new Central West Rugby League season kicks off this Saturday, 11 April, with the Longreach/Ilfracombe Tigers hosting the Blackall Magpies in what shapes...

Farr’s Seagulls eye return to form

The Wynnum Manly Seagulls return to Hostplus Cup action this Saturday, travelling north to face the Townsville Blackhawks following a competition-wide bye over the...

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Ag In Brief

A-EU FTA negotiations must rectify punitive access Australia’s red meat industry has issued its clearest message yet on the pending endgame of the Australia-European Union...

New grant to build skills and strengthen future workforce

AgriFutures Australia has opened applications for its new People and Capability Program, investing up to $200,000 to help our levied and emerging industries address...

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...

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‘River to sea’ accused denies hateful speech intent

A pro-Palestine protester was threatened with arrest for displaying a sign outside court while the first person charged under a state's new anti-Semitism laws...

Pride being restored

Restoration works are underway on The Pride of the Murray, with Outback Pioneers’ Richard Kinnon and his team working hard to bring the “old...

Support flows after floods

Flood-affected communities across Central West are set to benefit from an expanded package of disaster assistance as recovery efforts continue following last month's flooding...

Australia urged to push back against Trump war rhetoric

Australia is being urged to make it clear it does not support Donald Trump's rhetoric in his war against Iran after he threatened to...

Renowned palaeontologist visits Winton

Internationally acclaimed palaeontologist Dr Dean Lomax is heading to Winton as part of Queensland Dinosaur Week. Running from 4 to 10 May 2026, and including...

Nation tops up fuel supply after Easter demand

Demand for fuel has spiked by a third during the Easter break as Australia secures more petrol and diesel. The nation had supply until mid-April,...

Easter baby for Kinnon family

Longreach's Kinnon family received a special Easter present on Sunday, with Emily and Jeremy welcoming new baby Archer. Archer was born at 1.03pm on Sunday,...

A goose called Intrepid

I love watching our geese. They’ve been around for years. I tried to remember when this lot came, and I think before our own...

Celebrating Waltzing Matilda

A big crowd of locals and visitors attended the Winton's annual Waltzing Matilda Day on Easter Monday, 6 April to celebrate Australia's most iconic...

Good Friday donations for Legacy

A steady stream of donors visited the Banjo Paterson Reading room at the Waltzing Matilda Centre on Friday, 3 April, to donate to the...

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