Prepare for summer weather
IT’S Get Ready Week as people are urged to prepare for wild summer weather.
While many individuals and communities can demonstrate that their experience with...
Ready to survive
By STEVE GRAY
NOW is the time to prepare for a bushfire, so there’s no panic in an emergency.
Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ) South West...
Glassing attack
Warwick police briefs
A 26-YEAR-OLD Warwick man will appear in court charged with wounding after a glassing incident in the city last Friday.
Police allege the...
Lock your car!
Stanthorpe police briefs
STANTHORPE Police have again reminded residents to secure their property, both vehicles and houses, after yet another theft from an unsecured vehicle.
A...
New airport on the radar
PLANS for a new airport near Toowoomba, and the business opportunities it will create for the region will be presented in Warwick next Friday,...
Nip Bullying in the bud
BULLYING has no place in schools, and there is a way that students can make a stand against schoolyard violence and bullying.
The fourth annual...
Hospital looking up
Briefs
RESIDENTS of Southern Downs are among those who have benefitted from the first year of the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service (DDHHS) Board...
Planning the future
THE State Government’s Queensland Plan summit has been welcomed by the state’s farmers.
Queensland Farmers’ Federation CEO Dan Galligan attended the summit, which was also...
Law will limit compensation
WORKERS in Queensland could be denied compensation for work-related injuries, a prominent legal firm says.
The State Government on Tuesday rushed new legislation into Parliament...
Blitz on bullies
Briefs
THE 4th annual National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence will be held on 21 March 2014 and schools are being encouraged to...
Howe quick will they go
WILL the secret Warwick buyer appear again to snap up Jackie Howe’s shears?
Sotheby’s is offering the shears with which the Warwick-born Jack Howe set...
Last of a breed
By STEVE GRAY
TIME was, there were plenty of swagmen to be seen on Australian highways. During the Great Depression of the 1930s there were...
Housing shortages blamed for worsening rental affordability
Real estate agents have blamed coastal migration, a booming energy sector and post-COVID interest rate rises for worsening rental affordability across the Darling Downs...
