Be prepared
LESSONS learned from natural disasters in recent years are being passed on in the form of training for emergency response volunteers.
Volunteer Co-ordinator for Southern...
Plan is a future vision
THE State Government’s Queensland Plan is designed to look beyond tomorrow and to plan for a future decades away, Member for Southern Downs Lawrence...
Head for mental health
By STEVE GRAY
TENTERFIELD will host a raft of events and wellbeing activities this month to raise mental health awareness.
Just like our physical health and...
CSG movies to screen
THE Southern Downs Protection Group, which is opposed to the mining of coal and coal seam gas (CSG) in the region will show two...
Gem of an idea
By STEVE GRAY
WARWICK fossickers have welcomed a state government move to open up two nearby state forests to recreational fossickers.
Fossickers will now be able...
Green fingers gather
“Gardening is the blending of our creative, practical and physical skills.
“While we cannot all be celebrated artists, or perform or write wonderful music and...
Award a team effort
By STEVE GRAY
WARWICK’S Fraser Livestock Transport has starred at the Queensland Safe Work Awards.
An invention by Fraser’s that helps transfer cattle from one truck...
Smoke hazard
LARGE volumes of smoke from a bushfire near Inglewood could affect residents within the Southern Downs, firefighters warned.
Rural Fire Service crews on Tuesday were...
Prepare and be vigilant
EXTREME fire conditions are likely on Thursday, 10 October the NSW Rural Fire Service says.
The RFS is urging the public to prepare and be...
Local rider found dead
POLICE are investigating the death of a Warwick man in a motorbike crash on Saturday.
At about 5pm on Saturday a member of the public...
Invasion of ibis
In brief
IN ITS natural habitat the Australian white Ibis is a protected native species that plays an important role in its natural wetland habitat,...
Tip on way out
In brief
DALVEEN’S tip is almost full and will have to close early next year, Southern Downs Regional Council has declared.
There is room for only...
Wolves still improving with two weeks to go
The Warwick Wolves have continued to show a lot of improvement in their second season in the Football Queensland Darling Downs Premier Three competition...
