Conference stimulates debate
THE 80 delegates who attended the Australian Local Government Women’s Association (ALGWA) Queensland conference at Warwick last week have walked away felling "renewed, refreshed...
Power to the people
By ALENA HIGGINS
REGIONAL communities are poised to reap the most from environmentally-friendly developments and should "actively encourage" such profitable investments to the Southern Downs,...
Cool it on bins
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council is reminding residents that hot ash from fireplaces should not be placed in domestic wheelie bins or taken to waste...
Cycleway to Saddlers estate complete
Council briefs
TENTERFIELD’S footpath and bikeway along the banks of Tenterfield Creek has been extended to Tenterfield Dam and Saddler’s Estate.
Council’s engineers used the contribution...
Time to retune
FREE-to-air TV channels in Stanthorpe and Warwick will change frequencies today while viewers in Goondiwindi will retune on 7 August.
The move will free up...
Chicken out
By ALENA HIGGINS
A GROUP of local landholders fiercely opposed to the development of a large poultry farm near Pratten has called an urgent public...
MP backs medicinal weed
IT’s a topic that’s received unprecedented attention of late, and now Tenterfield’s state MP has weighed in on the medical marijuana debate.
On Monday, Adam...
Pyjama angels fostering hope
YOU could be forgiven for thinking council staff had just got out of bed when they rocked up to the Warwick office dressed in...
Fire drums, country music
A BUMPER crowd gathered at the Killarney polo crosse fields on Saturday night to warm up and watch a magical display of fireworks.
The chilly...
Truck fire causes chaos
By ALENA HIGGINS
THE Cunningham Highway between Warwick and Inglewood was closed for more than 15 hours last week after a semi-trailer carrying toxic chemicals...
Warwick still Crazy
By ALENA HIGGINS
THIRTY-NINE Stanthorpe employees have lost their jobs as the fallout from the collapse of discount retail giant Crazy Clark’s continues.
Four full-time staff,...
Chase ends in eight charges
A MAN disqualified from driving until 2021 will front court after allegedly leading police on a chase while over the limit and in possession...
‘Enough is enough’: SDRC workers pushback
Over 100 Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) union members in Warwick and Stanthorpe walked off the job this afternoon (Thursday 11 September) as negotiations...
