Players pay back Viv with working bee
VIV Johnson got a second surprise this month when after having lunch with Katherine Stewart, she found that her house had been cleaned by...
Outback spiders
WHILE dinosaur bones are continually being discovered in the Central West, there are predictions that there are still thousands of species of arachnids living...
STEM showcase
LONGREACH State High School (LSHS) showcased its very first STEM exhibition earlier this month.
Year 7 students presented their work for their Stem (Science,...
Online platforms shaping our world
LAST week, Leader readers were able to read the work of an essay submitted by Year 10 Longreach State Highschool Student Lachie Horne. ...
Dance showcase warms the crowd
THE Longreach School of Dance recently held a showcase of all the talent we have amongst our young locals.
The show was such...
Alpha Races Abandoned
A phantom meeting will still go ahead tomorrow, after it wasannounced the annual Alpha Races have been abandoned due to wet weather.
The announcement was...
Financial relief for drought-declared districts
VITAL funding for drought-stricken communities was announced this week, with local townships set to benefit from the State Government’s 2021/22 Budget.
Up to...
Rain closes WQ roads
Widespread rain has closed numerous roads across the district.
Below is a list to all roads closed or limited to certain vehicles.
Closed to all vehicles
Ilfracombe...
Youth Centre in Winton given thumbs up
PLANS to build a new Youth Centre in Winton was given the all-clear by the Winton Shire Council this month, with the old building...
Comic to close the gap
FUNDED by Central West Hospital and Health Service and in collaboration with Barcaldine Prep-12 State School, a new radical comic will be landing in...
Depression, Devastation and Death
“The poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall…BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran…”
This was the reality imagined by...
Unique music festival transcendent
THERE’S nothing like it, a new music festival will be nothing like Central West Queensland has ever seen, fusing a road trip through our...
Archives: What was in the news 72 years ago
ON THIS DAY
15 May 1953
A 14-year-old girl from rural Queensland has received an unexpected and deeply cherished reply from Queen Elizabeth II, after penning...
