Council votes to sack CEO ‘effective immediately’
Southern Downs Regional Council has voted to terminate its chief executive Dave Burges at its ordinary September council meeting.
Councillors had spent about one hour...
Spring and harvest vineyard party
Ballandean Estate has announced a vineyard party to celebrate the end of spring and the upcoming harvest on Saturday, 30 November.
Wine enthusiasts are...
Council welcomes Nick
Nick Wellwood has been welcomed as the new Southern Downs Regional Council director of infrastructure services following an extensive nation-wide recruitment search.
With more...
Beating holiday boredom
Stanthorpe’s Weeroona Park was transformed into a lively hub of activity on the first day of school holidays, as BUSHkids hosted a fun-filled Family...
Rent stress hits home
The Southern Downs continues to rank among some of the worst regions in Queensland for rental stress, a fresh report has found.
According to Suburbtrends,...
Big numbers at rodeo
There were spills, thrills and skills galore at this year’s McDougall and Sons 2024 Killarney National Rodeo Association Rodeo held at Killarney Showgrounds on...
Paving way for defence reform
The final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide was released on 9 September, marking what Soldier On describes as a...
Welcoming 13 new citizens
Thirteen new citizens were welcomed in Stanthorpe on 17 September.
Southern Downs Mayor Melissa Hamilton officially welcomed the new Australian citizens, marking an important...
State candidates step up
Queenslanders will head to the polls in just over one month’s time to vote on their state representatives for the next four years and...
Late rate excuse
The Southern Downs Regional Council has blamed a later than usual budget adoption and software changes for issuing its first rates notices of the...
Restriction to combat tomato virus
As of 13 September, new movement restrictions have been implemented in Queensland under the Movement Control Order (MCO) to reduce the risk of the...
Rodeo and Campdraft around the corner
The 2024 Ariat Warwick Rodeo and Pryde’s Easifeed Warwick Gold Cup Campdraft is just around the corner and tickets are available now.
As one...

















