Voters urged to enrol
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Australian Electoral Commission wants to remind Southern Downs’ residents, who are not yet enrolled, that they have only one week to...
Race is on
THE race is on for the Federal seat of Maranoa as four candidates face an uphill battle to rival LNP incumbent Bruce Scott.
It was...
Council settles on road name
By JONATHON HOWARD
AN ARGUMENT over an unnamed stretch of road near Ravenscroft Road, Elbow Valley, has been resolved by the Southern Downs Regional Council.
The...
Beef export boom
By JONATHON HOWARD
RECORD Australian beef exports are forecast to continue in 2013, the combined result of high slaughter levels due to drought conditions, sustained...
Battle for Maranoa heats up
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE FIVE candidates for the Federal seat of Maranoa this week kicked off their election campaigns. The Free Times gave each candidate...
Environment educator visits
By JONATHON HOWARD
RENOWNED environmental educator, Allan Savory, has spent the past 50 years working on ideas that have won international prizes.
Mr Savory is a...
Visitors praised Jumpers and Jazz
By JONATHON HOWARD
VISITORS in their thousands converged on the Southern Downs with full wallets and smiling faces to help make the 10th annual Jumpers...
Forgotten war
By JONATHON HOWARD
A SOLITARY figure stood at attention near the Leslie Park Cenotaph on Saturday, 27 July, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the...
Russian roulette for drivers
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Nationals’ candidate for New England Barnaby Joyce travelled to Mt Lindesay Road from Legume to Woodenbong recently, with the Parliamentary Secretary...
Joe to take on USA
By JONATHON HOWARD
YEAR 12 student Joe Worgan from Inverell’s Macintyre High School will compete in the World Dwarf Games at Michigan State University in...
Gardeners grow in Granite Belt
By BEATRICE HAWKINS
GARDENERS from all over the granite belt and downs area gathered at the Queensland College of Wine Tourism at Stanthorpe on Wednesday,...
Mystery surrounds car rollover
By JONATHON HOWARD
A 24-YEAR-OLD Stanthorpe man lost control of his blue Mazda 323 and rolled across a paddock while travelling north near the Warwick/Toowoomba...
Kicking off the new year
Let’s look back on what made news in Stanthorpe Today during 2024.
January:
The Southern Downs Regional Council helped the Stanthorpe Sports Association kick off...
