Qld budget: What’s in it for the Darling Downs and south west?
Health, education and roads in the Darling Downs and south west have received targeted spending in the LNP’s first state budget since 2014.
Queensland Treasurer...
ACCC digital platforms report signals urgent need to support local journalism
Country Press Australia has welcomed the release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s final report from its Digital Platform Services Inquiry, describing it...
McPhie’s
Hector and Vector McPhie were the sons of Alexander McPhie, who founded the highly successful business, McPhie & Co., in 1896.
Following their father's death...
Kindon to host first QLD on-farm rock crushing demo
Farmers in the Kindon and surrounding areas have the opportunity next week to view the first Queensland on-farm demonstration of the Rocks Gone automated...
Gamlins Bakery
From general stores, hotels, and garages to blacksmiths, butter factories and coal mines. The wide variety of businesses and industries in the Western Downs...
Enjoy our Regional Street Photography exhibition.
We are artists expressing ourselves in a photography art form: seeing and capturing unexpected moments on the street.
Step into this special space. Stop, look and...
Transport Minister visits Goondiwindi to inspect region’s roads
Goondiwindi Regional Council welcomed Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg to see first-hand the condition of the region’s highways.
Minister Mickelberg's visit allowed...
Community leader lands major First Nations health role
South west Indigenous leader Sheryl Lawton has been appointed to chair the region's peak First Nations health committee.
Ms Lawton will taken on the role...
Cattle carbon emission lower than previous estimates
With the release of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report 2023, the Australian Government has revised the feedlot industry’s contribution to carbon emissions.
The Department...
Opening of the Tipton Bridge
The Tipton Bridge was officially opened on 29 August 1932, connecting the Dalby and Cecil Plains districts.
The Western Downs Regional Library notes the...
Long time volunteer recognised
Rob Craig has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for his service to the communities of...
Agricultural outlook for June
Lamb producers look set to enjoy continuing high prices for heavy lambs, while grain markets face global supply pressures and potentially market-defining rainfall, according...
Fatal crash at Yelarbon
The Queensland Police Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal single vehicle traffic crash that occurred at Yelarbon, near Goondiwindi on Monday 15 December.
Initial...
