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‘No’ mines unity

By DANE LILLINGSTONE Council and community stand together in opposition... RESIDENTS of the Southern Downs have made it clear that they do not want coal mines...

Independent schools boost

By DANE LILLINGSTONE Independent schools received a 7.5 per cent bump in recurrent funding in the 2015-16 state budget. A total of $628.4 million of recurrent...

Jumpers and Jazz goes out in style

By DANE LILLINGSTONE The 2015 Jumpers and Jazz in July has wrapped up for another successful year this past weekend. Palmerin Street and Leslie Park both...

New president roars in

By TANIA PHILLIPS CONCETTO Lo Giudice has taken up the gavel as the new president of the Lions Club of Warwick. Concetto's installation ceremony at the...

Bruxner Park almost complete

By DANE LILLINGSTONE TENTERFIELD'S Bruxner Park upgrade has been scheduled to finish on 5 August. With the stage structure now installed, this week will see the...

Jumpers and Jazz underway

SUNDAY marked the end of the first official week of Jumpers and Jazz with Palmerin Street hosting the Yarnbombed Bicycle Parade. The music took...

Mayor wants more

By DANE LILLINGSTONE THE Southern Downs has had some notable allocations in this year’s Queensland budget, but Mayor Peter Blundell is not convinced. Warwick will receive...

When dogs attack

By DANE LILLINGSTONE A MAN has been left almost $100 out of pocket after being attacked by stray dogs and the council will do nothing...

Killarney lights up sky

By DANE LILLINGSTONE THE Killarney Bonfire Night has lit up the sky once more with an amazing display of pyrotechnics, fire drums and of course...

Men in the making

By DANE LILLINGSTONE WARWICK State High School’s Mount Gordon Flexi-Campus continues to be a success three years after its inception, and they now want to...

Power switches on Warwick

By DANE LILLINGSTONE THE East Warwick power substation will receive $9.6 million towards its redevelopment as part of the 2015-2016 Queensland budget. The $33.4 million project...

Business at its best

By JOYCE MARSH WOODENBONG CORRESPONDENT. WOODENBONG proudly showcased three local businesses at the recent inaugural ‘Kyogle and Villages Business Awards with one local business taking...

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Councillor declares union campaign donations

Newly elected Southern Downs councillor, Joel Richters, has publicly disclosed receiving $8000 worth of donations from three unions during his election campaign. Under the Electoral...

Ella an Anzac Angel

Across the fairways