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Grain campaign steps up

GRAINGROWERS will write to every Federal MP ahead of the election to ask for their support in the fight against Grain Trade Australia’s planned...

Cast your votes early

STANTHORPE STANTHORPE early voting centre Stanthorpe Court House 51 Marsh Street. Assisted access available. TEXAS TEXAS early voting centre Texas QGAP Office 32 Cadell Street. Assisted access available. WARWICK WARWICK early voting centre St Mary's Tennis...

Road repairs bid

By MICHELLE BURTON "A lot of the bus companies are now afraid of travelling out on Amosfield Road in their $500,000 coaches to visit the...

Record cattle at yards

CATTLE numbers more than doubled to the highest levels since April 2012. Overall quality was generally good, with large numbers off the last of the...

Council targets wild dogs

By JONATHON HOWARD SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council will receive more than $43,000 to expand and improve wild dog surveillance and management programs. The funding was announced...

Old servo a bottler

REDEVELOPMENT of the former service station on the corner of Wood and Wallace streets has commenced this week with plans to build a drive...

Crime forum raises hot topics

By JONATHON HOWARD MORE than 20 residents from across the Southern Downs attended a community crime forum at the Stanthorpe Civic Centre on Thursday, 15...

Cast your early vote

By JONATHON HOWARD EARLY voting in this year’s federal election has opened for Maranoa voters unable to vote on election day, Saturday 7 September, the...

Chance to get fire ready

A GOLDEN opportunity to obtain real and practical advice about how to prepare for not only the coming bushfire season but the years ahead...

Lock it up or lose it: Police

MEMBERS of the community are reminded to ensure property is left secured, whether at home or out and about. The reminder follows a recent incident...

Birds of feather under hammer

EXCITEMENT is building for the Stanthorpe Poultry Auction this Sunday, 25 August. The event will feature a total of 201 lots which will go under...

Stop farmland sell-off: Greens

By JONATHON HOWARD SOUTHERN Downs farmland was among those properties being snapped up by foreign investors at an alarming rate, according to the Australian Greens...

A plea for vigilance

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Warwick area manager Warren Dean says that, although the official bushfire season hasn’t started yet, it’s just around...