Region gears up for 2032 games
Last month, on Wednesday 21 July, Brisbane was announced the host of the 2032 Olympic Games.
The news was welcomed by most everyone on the...
Australia medal tally
Australia has finished sixth on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic medal tally, equalling its all-time record set at the 2004 Athens Games.
The United States secured...
Vietnam Veterans’ Day
Memories will come flooding back for veterans of the Vietnam War when they and their families meet to remember their service on Wednesday 18...
Local kids look to 2032 Olympics
Following two weeks of non-stop sporting action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and last month’s announcement Brisbane would host the Games in 2032, the...
The lockdown week
Last week Dad went to Brisbane to go to parliament and left parliament on Saturday morning at the time the lockdown started.
So that means...
Gold medallist from Warwick relives experience
The memories came flooding back to former Warwick man Dean Butler last week when the Australian men’s hockey team, the Kookaburras, competed for gold...
Ben named final ambassador
The ninth and final young ambassador has been announced for the 2022 Apple and Grape Harvest Festival, with the entrant set to go down...
Mike balances his heart and returns to home soils
He is one of the most awarded and applauded winemakers in Australia but at heart Mike Hayes is a Stanthorpe boy and is happy...
Harriet Hudson on cloud 9
Warwick’s own Harriet Hudson is a bronze medal winner.
Alongside teammates Caitlin Cronin, Rowena Meredith, and Ria Thompson, Hudson, 23, represented Australia in Tokyo at...
Southern Downs students awarded prestigious scholarships
Two young academics from the Southern Downs have been awarded scholarships that will see them financially supported in their studies at the University of...
Matt Denny: “the support has been amazing“
Matt Denny might have been 5cm off a medal, but he’s cemented himself as one of Australia’s golden boys.
Matt says the competition was “good...
Producers ’devastated’ by second Ekka cancellation
Queensland’s largest agricultural show has been cancelled for a second year due to Covid-19, leaving many Southern Downs producers “devastated” and out of pocket.
The...
Markets feel the heat of weather and rising costs
Numbers were mixed this week as we settle into the normality of the 5-day week after the Easter break.
Cattle saw a yarding of...
