Young adults receive show honours
During the Mother’s Day race meeting at the Longreach Racecourse last Sunday, 12 May, the Longreach Show Society held their Showgirl and Rural Ambassador...
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On this day 21 May 1954
Longreach Gun Club Championship
The Longreach Gun Club is set to host its Championship Carnival on Sunday and Monday, featuring...
Showtime in the West
The 2024 Longreach Show will be held on Friday, 24 May.
The town's show society is deep in preparation for what is set to be...
News in Brief
Motorcycle crash
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics transported one stable patient with a leg injury to Longreach Hospital following a motorcycle crash on the corner of...
ON THIS DAY
Animal lovers and conservationists unite: May 17 is National Endangered Species Day.
This is a day to consider the dwindling populations of certain animals...
Creativity in the Central West
The Central West in Queensland might not come to mind when you first think of the Creative Arts Industry, but it is home to...
Blackall Show results
The 2024 Blackall Show was presented by the Barcoo Pastoral Society on 10-12 May.
This year's event proved a resounding success, with the agricultural events...
Seeing red at town entries
New visual alerts prompting drivers to slow down are being installed at the entrances to towns across the Central West in an effort to...
$2.6 million commitment for new Barcaldine Ambulance Station
The new $2.6 million Barcaldine Ambulance Station is a step closer with designs finalised.
Strategically located in the centre of Barcaldine, the 24-hour station will...
Remembering Don Muir
A legend of the Central West came home this week, with Donal 'Don' Muir's family scattering his ashes at his beloved former property, Glenferrie...
Littleproud takes aim at Budget
Member for Maranoa David Littleproud has slammed the 2024 Federal Budget as "pathetic" but Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists the cost of living measures it...
Basin plan is ‘bad idea’: Premier
Calls to "save the Great Artesian Basin" from a pending Glencore proposal are growing louder as farmers wait in suspense.
While there is currently no...
Bank giant, energy providers rebuked in Shonky awards
Australia's largest bank is back on an annual list for dodgy business behaviour after it refused to refund cash it fleeced from low-income earners.
Consumer...
