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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander painting days

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents of the Central West region are being invited to participate in a series of community painting days...

On This Day: Good Friday!

Good Friday falls on the Friday just before Easter Sunday. This day is special because it commemorates a key event in Christianity: the crucifixion...

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...

Holiday fun in Winton

Funding brings arts to town

New tours at Waltzing Matilda Centre

A show for a Governor

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Sport

Maroons to descend on Rocky

Pre-Covid there were deep conversations with Queensland Rugby League for Rockhampton to host the Queensland Maroons Fan Day, but due to the pandemic, it...

League season a week away

The wait is almost over, with the 2026 Central West Rugby League season set to kick off next weekend, ushering in another chapter of...

Competition games the highlight

Once again, heaps of competition games were played last weekend on both Saturday and Sunday. We are very lucky as a club, as we not...

Fabulous Farr in fine form

Longreach junior Ben Farr again impressed at the back for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, as his side played out a 26–26 draw with the...

Dogs eye Easter response

Following a shock loss to the Newcastle Knights last weekend, Kurt Mann and his Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs teammates will be out to respond when they...

Muttaburra Open a success

Golfers from across the Central West converged on Muttaburra Golf Club for the town's annual Open Championship, with strong fields contesting honours across all...

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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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Council reps at leaders forum

The deputy mayor, CEO and I were in Brisbane last week for the annual Civic Leaders Forum. It’s a gathering of mayors and CEOs...

News in Brief

Thanks for access Longreach Regional Council would like to extend a big thank you to the Champion Family and AAM for their generosity in allowing...

Renal unit’s first birthday

The Central West Renal Unit at Longreach Hospital last week celebrated its first birthday since opening in March last year. Since opening, the...

Relief for struggling motorists as fuel tax slashed

The government has caved to pressure to slash taxes on petrol and diesel to help motorists facing skyrocketing fuel prices due to the war...

CS Energy chief executive resigns

CS Energy's chief executive officer Brian Gillespie has tendered his resignation after nine months in the role. Mr Gillespie was appointed to the role in...

Dezi Freeman killed after six-month search: reports

Fugitive Dezi Freeman has been reportedly shot dead by police after more than six months on the run following the killing of two officers. Victoria...

Man and boy die after vehicle rolls into dam

Police say a report will be prepared for the coroner following the non-suspicious deaths of two people on a private property at Wyuna on...

CS Energy chief executive resigns

CS Energy's chief executive officer Brian Gillespie has tendered his resignation after nine months in the role. Mr Gillespie was appointed to the role in...

Dezi Freeman killed after six-month search: reports

Fugitive Dezi Freeman has been reportedly shot dead by police after more than six months on the run following the killing of two officers. Victoria...

Inflation rate edged down before start of Iran war

Australia's headline inflation rate fell in the final data before the Iran war up-ended the global economy. Data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics...

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