COUNCILLOR CANDIDATE PROFILE: Strong ties to Barcaldine
My name is Dorothy Skinn.
My family moved to Barcaldine in 2000 and bought the Barcaldine Bakery in 2008.
I am a mother and grandmother with...
Welcome to Winton
The Winton Shire Council hosted a very successful meet n greet function at the North Gregory Shire last week.
More than 100 people attended...
Longreach High invests in future
Longreach State High School held its annual Investiture Ceremony on Monday to celebrate the induction of their student leaders, Student Representative Council and Leo...
People Power behind World’s Largest Frog Project
FrogID, the Australian Museum’s trail-blazing national frog count and the largest global citizen science project about frogs, has reached a new milestone, one million...
Bundaberg man left wide awake after discovering $2.9 million Saturday Gold Lotto win
A Bundaberg man has confessed he couldn’t sleep a wink after checking his Saturday Gold Lotto ticket late at night and realising he had...
Bundaberg’s newest attraction
Bundaberg locals now have the chance to channel their inner lumberjack at the recently unveiled Rum Raiders Axe Throwing.
This unique experience sprouted from...
Gaza truce talks end inconclusively as Rafah braces
Talks involving the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce have ended without a breakthrough as calls grow for Israel to...
More than 1m claims outstanding at Services Australia
More than one million claims made to Services Australia remain outstanding, despite thousands of new staff hired to the department to reduce the backlog.
Services...
WA’s $64.3 million gun buyback to begin on February 21
A state government sponsored firearms buyback in Western Australia will begin next week.
The $64.3 million scheme starts on February 21 and run for six...
News briefs
Katter floats 'no income tax' proposal
Katter’s Australian Party MP Bob Katter says under his “split income” taxation model, families would virtually be exempt from...
Another cyclone could be on the way
Another cyclone may soon threaten flood-hit regions as Queensland counts the cost of an already disaster-riddled summer.
A tropical low is set to form in...
Archives: What was news 84 years ago
On this Day Saturday, 17 February 1940.
In the Barcaldine Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. T. W. Foran, acting Police Magistrate, Jack Cornwell and...
Farr stars in comeback win
Two second half tries from Longreach junior Ben Farr helped Wynnum Manly to a dramatic 28–20 comeback win over the PNG Hunters on Sunday,...
