Office politics
By TANIA PHILLIPS
Strap: Barnaby sends reinforcements to Tenterfield...
FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has opened an electorate office at Tenterfield, at the top...
Your say on budget
By SONJA KOREMANS
WHAT changes would you like to see in the budget?
“No changes to pension entitlements, particularly involving the family home,...
Blisters have new meaning
By SONJA KOREMANS
PERFECT weather, but loads of blisters.
That’s how a group of Stanthorpe residents walking 16,000 kilometres around Australia have described the...
Police briefs
In brief
Boy approached
MEMBERS of the community are asked to be vigilant in and around schools after a young boy was allegedly approached...
Man’s daring dash ends behind bars
By SONJA KOREMANS
AN ALLEGED armed robber’s attempt to escape a date at the Warwick Magistrates' Court has earned him a six-month stint behind bars.
Adam...
Nominate a Landcare achiever
MINISTER for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce is calling on community groups, networks and individuals who participate in community Landcare and Coastcare activities to nominate a...
How we remembered
By TANIA PHILLIPS
ALL across the Southern Downs on Anzac Day, people answered the call to remember the fallen. Photographer Terry West found himself at...
Washed away
By SONJA KOREMANS
Council set to sell pensioner’s home over unpaid rates...
A PENSIONER who says he will be left homeless if the council...
A nation’s gratitude
THE Southern Downs reflected the gratitude of the nation on Anzac Day with residents turning out in record numbers across the region to honour...
Harness hung up on horse day
By SONJA KOREMANS
THE man behind an annual heavy horse day that has thrilled crowds for 15 years and attracted tourists to the...
Fluoride debate flushed
By SONJA KOREMANS
FOR most, the public controversy over fluoridating the local water supply is a distant memory, ending late last year with...
Family loses all in fire
By SONJA KOREMANS
THE house fire that killed a much-loved Warwick man has left his wife and daughter homeless and without any possessions.
Police...
Stanthorpe and Warwick battle for Davis points
Warwick and Stanthorpe are set to go head-to-head in the Darling Downs and South West Cricket Representative Dud Davis Shield competition on Sunday at...
