Anger at bulk grain facility
During the hype surrounding Southern Downs Regional Council’s (SDRC) approval of the chicken hatchery outside of Allora, SDRC slipped in under the radar and...
Coal Concern
One only has to look on YouTube to see what a disaster CSG already is to communities just up the road at Dalby, Chinchilla...
Rural communities at risk
Queensland’s early pioneers headed into our regions in search of wealth and prosperity. As pastoralists and farmers, they took on the challenges of the...
In response
John Salata (SFT 6/10/11) quotes Sir Robert Menzies as saying that a Labor politician is a Communist with no brains. Are we to take...
Make your vote count
How does one prepare to stand for Council? What must a candidate aim to achieve for his/her community? Those who hope to win a...
Disappointment over SLA rejection
Once again our Councillors have shown overwhelmingly their lack of long-term vision in the interests of short-term gain. I must echo the disappointment and...
Rudd trip
Who does Kevin Rudd think he is going overseas spending $77, 607 a night to rest his soft bum on a nice soft bed,...
Gasland screening
We know it is a busy time for the Southern Downs Regional Council. However, what will it take to get an answer to 100...
Preaching to the faithful
“Can-do” Newman blew into Stanthorpe and preached to the faithful at a $28 per head dinner meeting, briefly walked the streets and disappeared.
It would...
Poker machines enjoyed by the elderly
Poker machines and those who have requirement to indulge in playing them for too long, too often, have the Federal Government in quite a...
Usurious bankruptcy
Usury, according to my Little Oxford Dictionary, is “lending of money at an exorbent or illegal rate of interest”.
Throughout history, economics have ebbed and...
No more trust
It is indeed so disappointing to realise that there is so little integrity and so much greed in business and Australian and New Zealand...
Stay safe this snake season
As warmer weather sets in, Southern Downs residents are reminded to be on the lookout for snakes.
So far this snake season (September and October),...
