Whole lotto luck
Yeppoon Central Lotto and News owner Lisa White is over the moon with her newsagency landing another division one lotto win.
Lisa, who runs the...
On This Day: Collect Rocks Day!
Collect Rocks Day is on September 16 and we are already getting our tools ready to start digging and collecting.
This day allows us...
Treasurer backs inflation target despite rates risk
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed the central bank's determination to get inflation back to target, despite blaming it for "smashing" economic growth with higher...
Community Events Billboard
WEEKLY
Yayoi Kusama’s The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens exhibition
From now to 22 September.
Qantas Founders Museum proudly announces a prominent...
Beef2024 sets new economic impact record
Beef2024 set a new record for economic impact.
A new independent report, conducted by IER, revealed the event generated $102 million in direct and incremental...
On This Day: Gobstopper Day!
Pop a gobstopper in your mouth, fire up a Willy Wonka or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, and enjoy the pop culture treat...
Endeavour Rally in Longreach
The Great Endeavour Rally blew into Longreach on its final day, 1 September, with nearly 200 participants wrapping up another incredible event in support...
Blackall man receives top SES honour
Blackall's Gregory Tierney was awarded life membership of the SES in Brisbane late last month.
Mr Tierney was awarded the prestigious honour following his exceptional...
Archives: What was news 71 years ago
ON THIS DAY
11 September 1953
No Potato Famine in Longreach
Despite the threatened potato shortage across Queensland, traders remain confident that there will be no severe...
Rally wraps at Longreach
The Great Endeavour Rally has wrapped for another year, with the iconic annual trek culminating in Longreach on Sunday, 1 September.
Nearly 200 participants and...
Farmers take their beef to Parliament
Farmers from across the country made their way to Canberra to send a clear message to the Federal Government and make their voices heard.
After...
Marathon efforts raise $50,000
Paul McClymont successfully completed an incredible 24-hour run, covering approximately 160 kilometres from Ilfracombe to Barcaldine, with this monumental effort undertaken to raise funds...
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...
