Qantas illuminates Longreach
QantasFounders Museum CEO, Tony Martin, believes this captivating experience willattract locals and tourists alike.
“Thereis nothing like this anywhere else in the world,” Mr Martin...
Channel Country lacks mining protection
The study identified that 64 per cent of the 116chemicals used in shale and tight gas operations in Australia between 2011 and2016 were of...
Longreach slaughterhouse doors re-open
Ministerfor Agriculture and Fisheries, Mark Furner, said businesses, organisations andindividuals had last year been invited to make submissions on the future use ofthe former...
Renewable energy hub proposed for Barcaldine
The Remote Area Planning and Development board (RAPAD)has collaborated with leading renewable energy company Sunshot Energy toundertake a study into establishing a new solar...
Breath testing is back
Police remindall drivers that static breath testing has resumed following the suspension offormal breath tests during Covid-19. Police also remind all drivers to bemindful...
Oral health services returning to normal
Non-urgentservices were suspended in April in line with directions from the NationalCabinet for health services across Australia to reschedule non-urgent electivesurgery and focus on...
Queen honour for former Ilfracombe boy
Theaward to David Muir, now of Brisbane, was for significant service to thecommunity through welfare, social justice and charitable organisations.
Bornin 1955 at the Longreach...
Painting the region red for DV awareness
Two local organisations,RAPAD Employment Services Queensland (RESQ) and Longreach Regional Council,have joined with local police to construct a public bench in support of the...
Cook your health worries away
The Cook at HomeChallenge is the latest initiative in a series of health challenges laid downby Health and Wellbeing Queensland as a part of...
New machine can test for COVID–19 locally in hours
Deputy Premier and Minister forHealth and Ambulance Services Steven Miles said this meant faster turnaroundtimes and testing closer to home for most of our...
Tale of the itinerant cat
Mrs Whip said her four-year-old feline had snuck intoa removalist truck heading for Brisbane last Friday evening, beginning a seriesof events that could only...
RAPAD acknowledges $2.2 billion in government support
TheFederal Government has announced a $1.8 billion support package for localgovernment, $500 million will be distributed through the Local Road andCommunity Infrastructure Program and...
Weed killer suspended due to birth defects
The use of weed killer, chlorthal dimethyl is now illegal in Australia following the US, after both countries called for emergency suspension due to...
