Archives: What was news 72 Years ago
ON THIS DAY
4 November 1952
Around 250 ex-servicemen and women gathered for the Annual Diggers' Dinner held last Friday at the Shire Hall,
The dinner...
Flood-watching pole quells speed camera fears
Travellers heading from Longreach to Winton recently found themselves doing a double-take at a pole standing tall near Dingo Creek.
Nestled beside the Landsborough Highway,...
Outback’s best vying for top tourism gongs
The 2024 Queensland Tourism Awards Gala Ceremony will take place on Friday, 15 November, at The Star Brisbane in Queen’s Wharf, with the annual...
How do their gardens grow?
Barcaldine Regional Council has announced the winners of the 2024 Get Gardening Competition with the Best Regional Garden Award going to Jane Castle. ...
Tour-year jail term for trafficking drugs
A drug trafficker who was the main subject of a 2022 police investigation in Longreach has been jailed for four years.
Robert John Walton, 40,...
News in Brief
Heat is on across Central West
It's been a scorcher in the Central West, with Longreach temperatures peaking at 44.2 degrees on Thursday, 7 November....
Battlers Cup caps off great year for race club
Sunday, 10 November marked the final race day of the year for the Longreach Jockey Club (LJC), capping off what has been a busy...
Region rallying behind Christmas lights competition
The Longreach Regional Council’s annual Dinky Bullen Memorial Christmas Lights Competition closes on Friday, 29 November, with judging set to commence on Monday, 9...
The ‘C-word’ contributing to almost 1 in 4 Australian deaths
Leading heart charities have united to help raise awareness of high cholesterol - a condition that affects around 2.1 million Australians, with the launch...
Federal Government’s support keeps Rex in the skies
Embattled carrier Rex Airlines has been handed an $80 million lifeline by the Federal Government.
The funds have been delivered to administrator Ernst and Young...
Parliament visits the region’s schools
On Monday, November 11 and Tuesday, 12 November, the speaker of the House of Representatives Milton Dick visited the Longreach region alongside Nationals leader...
Making the big leap
Year 12 Longreach State High School student Connie Hoolihan is just one of the 2024 cohort preparing to make the leap into the workforce...
Locals fuel aviation review
A week of aviation consultations across the Central West has wrapped up, with residents in Blackall, Barcaldine and Longreach turning out to share their...
