The best in the state
Why should you shop local? Well here’s just one reason.Goondiwindi family-owned business MacKenzies Home Timber & Hardware has won the 2016 Queensland Store of the...
Record numbers at grower meeting
A record 360 growers, agronomists and industry representatives navigated some of the major challenges and opportunities facing the grains sector in Goondiwindi this week.It was...
Yelarbon throws it all out including the kitchen sink
Tonnes of rubbish were removed from Yelarbon on the weekend when its townsfolk took up the challenge to clean up their back yards as...
Firies ready for anything
Recently, senior officers from Queensland Fire and Emergency Service, travelled to Goondiwindi from Toowoomba, Warwick, Dalby, Roma and Charleville to attend the South Western...
Biosecurity scare as 80 cattle die from anthrax
Biosecurity Queensland is working with the managers of a St George cattle property following the death of approximately 80 animals.Testing has indicated the presence...
Tell us about your ‘hidden treasures’
Meet Yetman’s “hidden treasure”, Mary Gaston.You can read her full story at right.MP Adam Marshall paid tribute to her community work recently, and it...
Why we need to do more to promote sport
I am writing to your newspaper to specifically ask readers to demand that more action is taken on promoting exercise in Australia.Shocking figures show...
Learn to love life and the real you
Straight from talking to a world-wide audience on Good Morning America to Goondiwindi.But while the world might just be hearing about Taryn Brumfitts’ goal of...
The man who would be king
The LNP candidate for Southern Downs, James Lister, is an affable man who understands the enormity of the job before him.“This will be hardest...
Lions donate baby capsule to Texas
In response to a request for assistance from Texas Police, the Lions Club of Texas has kindly donated a baby capsule and booster seat...
The ‘diabolical’ impact of water clawback
Enough is enough.The Murray-Darling Downs Basin Authority must end any new plan to claw back an extra 6,000mL of water from the border communities.It...
An open letter to our pollies, and a few others
Dear elected representativesThe time has come to restore sanity and functionality to our political system. Rather than largely futile attempts to accommodate all the...
Yabbetes’ sixth straight Cup in last ball thriller
The Yetman Yabbettes have claimed an unprecedented sixth consecutive Meghan L. White Cup, defeating the Yelarbon Yellowbetties by five wickets in a dramatic last-ball...
