On This Day: National Garfield the Cat Day
He’s witty, he’s sassy, he’s blunt, he’s saucy…he’s, well, Garfield.
On June 19, National Garfield the Cat Day celebrates the world’s most opinionated feline....
Anglicare SQ leaving town
Anglicare Southern Queensland is leaving Longreach at the end of the month, but its clients, like 99-year-old Kate Deane, will be transitioning to other...
Fisher takes leave to fight health battle
Popular Leader garden columnist Neil Fisher has taken a leave of absence from his column and his role with Rockhampton Regional Council as he...
On This Day: International sushi day
International Sushi Day on June 18 is the perfect excuse to tuck into the Japanese specialty.
Sushi has become a global phenomenon over the...
The ride of his life
Ross Maclean jokes he's in a state of withdrawal after riding 4214km to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House.
"It's a bit difficult to not...
Funding for SES units in Winton, Isisford
Central West units will be among the recipients as the State Government committed $3.7 million for the State Emergency Service.
More than 60 SES groups...
Calls for clarification on satellite hospitals
The Australian Medical Association is calling on the government to educate the community, after locals with life-threatening conditions presented themselves at newly built satellite...
On This Day: take your cat to work day
For all you cat lovers out there, it’s time to celebrate your feline friend.
Whoever is responsible for Take Your Cat to Work Day,...
Buyers experience outback magic
Eight international buyers from Germany have experienced the region’s tourism offerings first-hand, as part of a familiarisation tour organised by the Outback Queensland Tourism...
Students v staff in dodgeball comp
Longreach State School Year 6 leaders challenged the school staff to a game of dodgeball on Friday last week.
Students threw down the gauntlet to...
Festival celebrates Winton’s literary history
Winton sure is a town with a literary history.
The early shearers in the 1890s had their own reading rooms in their strike camps.
The landholders...
Archives: What was news 80 years ago
On This Day
17 June 1944
Squadron Leader P. J. McGinness, a veteran of two wars and a co-founder of Qantas Airways, has been serving Australia...
On This Day: World Sleep Day!
Sleep may seem like such a normal aspect of life that it might seem silly to even talk about it! It can be one...
