A fire ban is in place for Western Downs, Goondiwindi, Southern Downs
Due to heightened fire conditions, a local fire ban will be in place the Southern Downs, Western Downs and Goondiwindi regions.
According to the...
Council increases capital works budget
The Western Downs Regional Council approved new works at its September monthly meeting for the 2025-26 capital works programme.
They approved the inclusion of...
Festival of Small Halls Announces Spring Tour 2025 in the Western Downs and Goondiwindi.
Festival of Small Halls has announced that Joe H Henry and Georgia Mooney will feature on their upcoming Spring Tour 2025: Outback Queensland to...
LifeFlight airlifts boy after ATV crash
The Roma-based LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) aeromedical crew yesterday airlifted a boy after an ATV crash in the Western Downs region.
The LifeFlight...
Chris Hammer is coming to the region
Award-winning Australian author Chris Hammer returns to the Western Downs and Maranoa with a scorching new rural outback crime novel.
The Urban Paddock Café...
Western downs residents submit petition again TJ park
Western Downs residents have written to the Queensland Parliament to draw attention to the Western Downs Regional Council (WDRC) proceeding with plans to construct...
Dalby Bore Baths
In 1904, Joey Bell, the Member for Dalby, prevailed upon the Premier of Queensland to sink a bore down to the artesian basin. The...
Dalby post office
The first Dalby Post Office was built circa 1870, and was the first brick building on the main street, Cunningham Street.
The Western Downs...
Beyond Blue teams up with Just a Farmer for rural mental health
Beyond Blue is proud to announce the appointment of Leila McDougall, farmer, filmmaker, and mental health advocate, as Campaign Ambassador for Farming and Rural...
Littleproud admits Coalition ran ’atrocious’ election campaign
In the federal Coalition’s ongoing electoral post-mortem, Nationals Leader David Littleproud delivered possibly his most blunt finding yet, calling his party’s failed election campaign...
King River top regional exporter
King River is Queensland’s Regional Exporter of the Year.
Queensland’s exporters were recently celebrated at the 2024 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards.
The winners...
Speciality snags set to ‘fly’ off the shelf
Newlands Group Managing Director Barry O’Sullivan is the proud creator of a new specialty sausage that is set to take taste buds sky high...
Council wins coveted public sector employer of the year award
Western Downs Regional Council has set the gold standard as a prestigious employer in the public sector, taking home the Employer of the Year...
