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Dalby market report

The Dalby sale delivered a very strong result, with a full buyer panel in attendance on Wednesday 4 Feburary. Market conditions remained firm throughout...

Rathlea in Bell

Rathlea was a house built by Hugh Downes, and his wife Kate, not long after arriving in Bell in 1912. The Western Downs regional council...

Geopolitics the “dominant risk” for agriculture in year ahead

Geopolitics remains the “dominant risk factor” for Australian agriculture in the year ahead, according to Rabobank in its newly-released annual outlook, with the prospect...

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Feeling need for speed

Ironbark Raceway hosted a strong turnout on Australia Day as racing returned for the club’s annual event, with competitors, car enthusiasts and spectators braving...

Goanna’s soar to win Roma 7s

The Soaring Goannas have capped off a big Australia Day weekend in Roma, claiming the Australia Day Cricket 7s title at the Roma Cricket...

Action at King’s Royal

Speedway drivers from across Australia came to the South Burnett for one of the nation’s biggest weekends of racing. Kingaroy Speedway’s 14th Annual Ian...

Wheatmen Colts look forward to big opening challenge

The Dalby Wheatmen Colts are putting in the hard yards as preparations ramp up for the third season of the Downs Rugby Lightning Colts...

Chinchilla bowls 4s champions crowned

Chinchilla Bowls Club staged its annual 4s Championship over the weekend, with six teams battling through hot and humid conditions across Saturday and Sunday...

Australia’s number one to contest King’s Royal

Australia’s current top modified sedans driver is set to contest the King’s Royal. Toowoomba speedway driver Nathan Macdonald is among the King’s Royal Modified...

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Residents raise concerns over fracking

Lock the Gate Alliance held an information session inviting the community to learn more about the impacts of fracking near Tara. About a dozen...

Australia day festivities

On Monday 26 January, people around the Western Downs region celebrated Australia Day. In Wandoan and Chicnhilla, people came out in droves to the...

Dalby post office through the lens in time

The first Dalby Post Office was built circa 1870, and was the first brick building in the main street. The Western Downs regional council wrote...

Why biosecurity matters now more than ever

A brazen incursion on our state’s northern border recently has shone a spotlight on the critical importance of our border security - and how...

Rabo Community Fund opens applications for 2026 rural community initiatives

Applications for funding from the Rabo Community Fund for 2026 are now open to rural and regional community organisations and initiatives that are making...

Medical students able to complete full degree in Darling Downs for first time

The University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School has welcomed 35 first-year medical students to its Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit, marking the first time students...

LifeFlight airlifts woman trampled by cow

The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a woman today after she was trampled by a cow south of Condamine. The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at...

Two major road safety operations conclude, as police change focus to school zone compliance

Queensland Police Service (QPS) will maintain its focus on reducing road trauma as two major road safety operations – Operation X-Ray Surety and Operation...

Feeling need for speed

Ironbark Raceway hosted a strong turnout on Australia Day as racing returned for the club’s annual event, with competitors, car enthusiasts and spectators braving...

Goanna’s soar to win Roma 7s

The Soaring Goannas have capped off a big Australia Day weekend in Roma, claiming the Australia Day Cricket 7s title at the Roma Cricket...