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Impact on jobs ‘not zero’

The Gregory electorate will be the region most impacted by the State Government's Net Zero targets and their impact on jobs, according to new...

News in Brief

Snake bite at Longreach Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics transported a stable patient to Longreach Hospital following a reported snake bite at a private address at...

The History of the Hole In The Wall

When a cafe called the Hole in the Wall opened in Longreach in 1932, the Longreach Leader proclaimed that “Sydney has come to...

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Sport

Showgrounds host town rivals

The Longreach Showgrounds hosted a 40-over match on Saturday, 23 March, with Longreach welcoming Stonehenge to the cricket pitch for the first time this...

New members on touch committee

The Longreach Touch Association held its Annual General Meeting last Monday, 18 March, and experienced a very successful attendance from members of the community. The...

Rain affects golf pennants

The Central West Queensland Golf Pennants, originally scheduled for last Sunday, 24 March, was unfortunately postponed due to inclement weather with a new date...

Successful junior cricket season

Longreach Junior Cricket held their last game and training day last Saturday. A great season saw good numbers on a Saturday morning and...

Still moving on despite rain

On Saturday, 23 March we had an overcast day when we took to the green, but we soon put the shade over the green...

League juniors sign on

Longreach Junior Rugby League held their annual sign-on day last Saturday in Edkins Park. The morning saw about 30 families come down and get...

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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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New land valuations to take effect in Central West

Landholders in five Central West Queensland local government areas have received new increased land valuations. The valuations cover the Longreach, Winton, Barcoo, Diamantina and Bulloo...

Wade Forster to headline Winton Way Out West Festival

Winton cattle producer and local musician Wade Forster is gearing up to captivate audiences once again at the upcoming Winton Way Out West Festival...

Bills rise under Albanese

Two years ago Anthony Albanese promised that he would cut your power bills by $275 if he were elected Prime Minister. I do not know...

Next chapter awaits Trent after Idol

Bigger things are ahead for Emu Park's Trent Richardson following his remarkable Australian Idol journey. Trent, 22, bowed out of the competition with Ivana Ilic...

Interest rates a key to unlocking rural markets in 2024

With official interest rates rising five times in the past year and commodity prices for livestock down by half, the heat came out of...

Letters to the editor

Egg farmers seek exemption to new biosecurity levy on primary producers Dear Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture I write in reference to the proposed new biosecurity...