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Winton Remembrance Day

Winton Shire residents attended the Remembrance Day service at the Waltzing Matilda Centre's Walkway of Honour. See some of the contributed photos here.

Winton and Longreach all for Aus Day nominations

Nominations are now open for the Winton Shire Council's Australia Day awards. There are four categories, including the Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen...

Memorial statue unveiled: Walking with Greta

A memorial statue of First World War nurse Sister Greta Norman Towner was officially unveiled by Queensland Governor Dr Jeannette Young and the Blackall...

Community Events

Longreach State High School Formal Join us to celebrate our graduating class of 2023. Date and time: Friday, 17 November at 6pm Location: Stockman's Hall...

LSHS awards night

Longreach State High School had their 58th annual presentation of awards on Tuesday, 14 November. Academic Awards Year 7 Merit Certificate Yasin Ait Balla Amelia Banfield Ella Bushnell James Cowley Gray...

Hate speech laws to be tightened for racist ‘ratbags’

State laws criminalising hate speech are being reviewed in NSW after ugly public incidents following the outbreak of conflict in Gaza. Changes introduced in 2018...

Human remains recovered from plane crash site

Human remains have been recovered more than two weeks after a plane crashed into a north Queensland mountain. Two people were killed when the aircraft...

Laws targeting dangerous dogs to be introduced in Qld

Certain dog breeds will be banned and owners held criminally responsible for attacks under laws to be tabled when Queensland parliament resumes. The government gave...

Nominations open for cattle championship

Beef Australia has opened nominations for the Nutrien Ag Solutions Commercial Cattle Championship, set to take place at CQLX on Sunday, 5 May 2024. Beef...

Longreach and Blackall to host Rabobank’s farm financial skills workshops

Central Western Queensland primary producers have the opportunity to expand their knowledge, free of charge, at a series of Rabo Client Council workshops designed...

Music connects solider with his Indigenous culture

An Army soldier with family ties to Bidjara country in south-western Queensland had the rare opportunity to perform didgeridoo at the official opening of...

More items added as Outwest Container Exchange saves 11 million containers from landfill… Cheers...

The Outwest Container Exchange has had a busy October, processing over 237,000 containers and generating $23,700 back into the community. Now, they are set...

Ross rides 4000km for Ronald McDonald House

Ross Maclean has pedalled a lonely trail along the bitumen shoulders of the Capricorn Highway through to the Central West this week with nothing...

Barcy border beauty