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Family continues Doug’s Anzac tradition

A replica 50cc machine gun, made by the Longreach Men's Shed, was attached to the late Doug Wilkie's Army Jeep recently. His daughter...

Winton Shire Council CEO resigns

Winton Shire Council chief executive officer Louise Knol has tendered her resignation. Ms Knol says this was not a decision made lightly and has been...

Fast-tracking the Taroom Trough

The State Government is ratifying the new Taroom Trough Development Plan through regulation, aiming to strengthen Australia's long-term fuel security and unlocking Australia’s first...

New Chief Executive for Powerlink Queensland

Fuel orders just ‘hopes and dreams’

Buffel grass – a feed of national significance

Calling artists for health cover design

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Sport

HELBENT rises as champ

From being a $600 purchase to the Rockynats 06 Grand Champion, Grant Pollard’s VC Commodore has had one hell of a glow-up. The Gold Coast...

Upton to lead the Maroons

CQ product Tamika Upton will lead Queensland into the 2026 State of Origin series. Upton, one of the region’s most accomplished exports, steps into the...

Doubles for Schofield, Mankelow and Bell highlight Blackall meeting

The dynamic duo of Toni Schofield and Maddie Mankelow teamed up for a winning double at Blackall last weekend. Star sprinter Rush Hour put the...

Local Open draws strong field

More than 60 golfers teed off at Longreach Golf Club last Sunday for the club’s annual Open Championship, with ideal conditions setting the stage...

Capras hang tough for an epic win

A gritty six-point victory over Townsville was “one of the best wins” Central Queensland coach Lionel Harbin has been part of during his tenure...

Magpies fly in Devils derby

The Blackall Magpies bounced back in impressive fashion on Saturday, recording a commanding 40–12 win over the Winton Diamantina Devils in their first home...

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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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Premier’s Gladstone oil refinery plans

Gladstone could be home to a fuel refinery if plans announced by Queensland Premier David Crisafulli to ensure the nation's fuel security come to...

Archives: What was in the news 71 years ago

On this day 23 April 1954: Discussion around the observance of Anzac Day arose at a Longreach Shire Council meeting following confirmation of a separate...

Beginning of a legend

The afternoon of Monday, this week, was the 108th anniversary of the day in 1918 when pilot Paul McGinness and observer Hudson Fysh, two-thirds...

From monsoon to autumn

It has been a sudden transition from the humid monsoon to the drier autumn, after the 12 cyclones out of the mega monsoon. This dumped...

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...

On This Day: Scream Day!

In this modern day and age, with pressures and anxieties piled up high, is it really any wonder that someone would come up with...

Cash splash for Outback events

A suite of Outback Queensland events have received a major funding boost as part of ongoing flood recovery efforts, with more than $282,000 committed...

Riders head West

The RideWest peloton will roll out of Brisbane on Friday, 24 April, beginning the eight-day journey west that ends in Longreach next week. The biennial...

Water licence paves way for weirs

The State Government has granted a new 500 megalitre water licence to Longreach Regional Council, ensuring council will be ready to make use of...

Service honoured across the West

Communities will come together this Saturday, 25 April, to mark Anzac Day, with services and commemorations planned across the Central West. The Longreach Regional Council...

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