Fairy Garden has blossomed into a delight for visitors
A Fairy Garden established in a previously nondescript courtyard is delighting patients, staff and visitors at the Barcaldine Multipurpose Health Service.
The garden...
Southern Regional News: Roma hosts the Rural Generalist Forum
The Maranoa Region played host to the 20-year celebration of rural generalist practice in Queensland recently.
The forum came after positive news that Rural Generalists...
Let’s celebrate excellence: nominations now open for AgForce Producer of the Year 2025
The Producer of the Year Award is more than a title - it’s a celebration of the very best of Australian agriculture.
Following the...
QPS: tradies, secure your tools
Police are urging tradies to secure their tools and protect their livelihood, after more than 25,000 tools were stolen across Queensland in the 2024-25...
Flawed net zero modelling
Ever since they were released, I have wanted a Ford Mustang.
It has been a hard sell to my wife because it is not the...
MATES combat suicide
A landmark study has revealed that targeted mental health interventions during the Rookwood Weir project have led to measurable improvements in worker wellbeing.
Construction on...
80 years of bowling club
When you drive past the Longreach bowling green, you may notice that the year on the gates is 1945.
That means that the bowling green...
Frontline boost for Longreach Station
The Queensland Government has delivered additional emergency pre-hospital care resources for Gregory, with a new Mercedes Sprinter 419 VS 30 Van ambulance vehicle at...
Nationals cite report that warns of renewable energy costs and impacts
Nationals leader and Maranoa MP David Littleproud has pointed to new analysis by Rainforest Reserves Australia and environmental advocate Steven Nowakowski as evidence of...
News in Brief
Middleton Airstrip upgrade
Winton Shire Council has received $26,631 for the supply and installation of animal exclusion fencing at the Middleton Airstrip through the Remote...
Archives: What was in the news 73 years ago
ON THIS DAY
10 October 1952
In a significant restructuring, the Isisford Shire Council yesterday dismissed almost all of its outside staff, leaving only two grader...
Factory fresh at the Dustarena
We didn’t know what to expect when the show was being advertised to help launch the Dustarena stage complex at the Crack Up Sisters'...
Bank giant, energy providers rebuked in Shonky awards
Australia's largest bank is back on an annual list for dodgy business behaviour after it refused to refund cash it fleeced from low-income earners.
Consumer...
