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Scout help blaze new trail

SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council celebrated a unique project to mark the best route to reach Browns Falls at Killarney. Venturer Scout Scott See worked with...

Knitted nanna takes on gas

A CONTROVERSIAL knitted doll named Tara entered into this year’s Jumpers and Jazz in July Festival is making a very public stand against coal...

Quirky trees draw crowds

By JONATHON HOWARD HUNDREDS of onlookers flocked to Warwick at the weekend to catch a glimpse of more than 110 trees decorated as part of...

Royal baby watch – we are amused

THERE’S nothing like a royal baby to expose the banality of the 24-hour news cycle. Media street has been locked in a feeding frenzy for...

Police Report

By JONATHON HOWARD Lucky escape A CAR driven by a 20-year-old woman crashed into a home on Wallace St at about 2am on Saturday morning. Warwick Police...

Quad bikes our biggest on-farm killers

By JONATHON HOWARD TRACTORS were once considered the most dangerous piece of farm machinery in the Southern Downs, but a new four-wheel contender has emerged. Quad...

Firies plea for action

By JONATHON HOWARD SOUTHERN Downs’ firefighters are concerned that an increasing number of landholders are not honouring their obligations to prepare for the future bushfire...

Music and memories live on

STANTHORPE recording artists Penny Davies and ROGER ILOTT ott helped shaped the musical hopes and dreams of folk legend Gary Shearston, who passed away...

All abuzz over online tool

By JONATHON HOWARD MEMBERS of the Warwick Beekeepers' Association have welcomed a new online tool set to revolutionise they way they find sources of pollen...

Springborg’s Health shield

By JONATHON HOWARD MEMBER for Southern Downs and Health Minister, Lawrence Springborg, wants Queensland Health protected from what he says are another round of Federal...

New dental clinic filling fast

By JONATHON HOWARD WARWICK families are rushing to take advantage of the new Griffith University Warwick Dental Clinic which is offering free teeth cleaning and...

Poultry show a winner

THE annual Stanthorpe Agricultural Society Poultry Show will take place this Sunday, 21 July. The show will be held at the Stanthorpe Show Grounds Poultry...

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‘Absolute disgrace’: CEO’s sudden axing while on holiday sparks outrage

A former mayor has labelled the Southern Downs Regional Council’s sudden axing of its own chief executive while away on holiday as an “absolute...

A Hallelujah moment