App to help Aussies prepare homes for bushfires
A world-first app has been launched to help Australians be better prepared for further bushfire disasters.
The free app lets people not only assess their...
Of dogs and men, part one
I have met some legendary canines in my day, both here and back in Canada.
One of my uncles bred dogs for showing.
He started...
Booming Beef Capital
The Beef Capital is set to be booming with the Rockhampton region's largest event, Beef2024, The Rockhampton Regional Council and Beef Australia announced on...
Don’t get scared this Halloween
Halloween is creeping up on us and soon we will have hordes of little lolly-crazed zombies, skeletons, vampires and maybe a Barbie and Ken...
Fair trade, not just free trade
Queensland’s peak representative body for farmers is warning a too hasty signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the EU could put the agricultural...
Longreach band brings a beat to Isisford
The Longreach Town Band finished their “Playing in the Parks” Tour last Sunday with a performance at Isisford.
Encouraged by a good crowd,...
Improving healthy living
Children in the Central West will benefit from almost $50,000 in funding to improve their health and well-being.
Funding was provided by Health and...
Petition against airport plan
Biomedical engineer Craig Marshall says Central West residents can't afford plans by the Greens party to reduce flights from Brisbane Airport and intends to...
At least 22 dead, dozens wounded in US mass shootings
Hundreds of police have fanned out across the United States state of Maine hunting a man wanted in connection with deadly mass shootings at...
Family call for justice
The family of a 31-year-old man murdered at Capricornia Correctional Centre have issued a tearful plea for justice 12 months after his death.
Detective Sergeant...
Mines sell for $5b
Whitehaven Coal has won the bidding for two of BHP and Mitsubishi’s coking coalmines in Queensland, agreeing to pay at least $US3.2 billion ($A5...
My home in Longreach
Di and Tony Barrett of 109 Kingfisher Street in Longreach had a visitor from New Zealand in August, someone who had once lived in...
Almost-Christmas baby
While there was no Christmas Day baby born at Longreach Hospital this year, there was a little one who came into the world on...
