Bunnings plan to be considered as submissions close
By Jeremy Sollars
A DECISION on the controversial new Bunnings site for Warwick is expected at next month’s Southern Downs Regional Council meeting.
Public submissions on...
Mayor pushes for rail line
By Jeremy Sollars
SOUTHERN Downs Mayor Tracy Dobie is standing firm in the face of the Australian Rail Track Corporation, demanding options to bring the...
Art in all forms Manifest(ed)
By Jeremy Sollars
CHERRABAH Resort at Elbow Valley was home last weekend to Manifest 2016, a three-day celebration of music, arts, colour and creativity which...
Rod hops off rabbit board
By Jeremy Sollars
ROD Towner has called it a day after 26 years with the Darling Downs Moreton Rabbit Board.
The former Lockyer Shire councillor was...
It’s the VW weekend at Warwick
WARWICK Dragway plays host this weekend to a uniquely Australian motorsport event - the VW Warwick Weekend.
To be held at the Morgan Park Dragway...
Backpacker tax at 19 per cent
By Jeremy Sollars
THE Federal Government has caved in on its plan to introduce a 32.5 per cent tax on backpacker workers.
Instead, working holidaymakers will...
Big turnout at harvest festival
By Jeremy Sollars
THIS year’s Apple and Grape Harvest Festival generated more than $10 million in economic activity for the Stanthorpe region, organisers say.
In a...
16 counts of rape of underage child
By Jeremy Sollars
A 36-YEAR-OLD Warwick man charged with 16 counts of rape involving a child under the age of 16 has had his case...
Keeping fit for free
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council is excited to offer the Get Out, Get Active Southern Downs - Women and Girls Doing It for Themselves 10-week...
Hefty fines for underpaying farm workers
By Jeremy Sollars
THE operators of a Queensland farm with a history of flouting workplace laws have been penalised almost $70,000 and ordered to overhaul...
Male driver injured in crash
By Jeremy Sollars
A MALE driver in his twenties has been taken to Stanthorpe Hospital after crashing his vehicle into a tree, about 3.30pm on...
Longer wait for dam report
By Jeremy Sollars
A REPORT on Stanthorpe’s urban water security - seen as the next critical turning point in the Emu Swamp Dam saga -...
How 12 years in the air force reshaped teen ‘larrikin’
Many in Warwick will know John Telfer for his catalogue of historical writings recounting the tales of brave local soldiers from the bush.
But behind...
