Menu
premium_icon Subscribe premium_icon
Login
STORM DAMAGE: Hail, fires and internal flooding

premium_icon STORM DAMAGE: Hail, fires and internal flooding

News SEVERE storms wreaked havoc across the Southern Downs last night.

  • 12th Dec 2019 3:17 PM
Purple Dove sharing Christmas spirit one hamper at a time

premium_icon Purple Dove sharing Christmas spirit one hamper at a time

News Purple Dove Awareness Group has teamed up with Granite Belt Water Relief and Aussie...

  • 12th Dec 2019 2:48 PM
Motorist hospitalised after New England Highway crash

premium_icon Motorist hospitalised after New England Highway crash

News A truck and car collided on the New England Highway.

RAIN ROUNDUP: More than 100ML recorded on Southern Downs

RAIN ROUNDUP: More than 100ML recorded on Southern Downs

News BOM predicts more rainy weather on the way.

More Local News

    Cunningham Highway: When can motorist access roads

    premium_icon Cunningham Highway: When can motorist access roads

    News Department of Transport and Main Roads provides updates to when motorist can expect to access roads again.

    Severe storms smash through region

    Severe storms smash through region

    News More storms are expected over the coming days.

    Backpacker numbers dwindle as drought slams region

    premium_icon Backpacker numbers dwindle as drought slams region

    News With jobs drying up and the drought conditions only worsening, backpackers have been forced to seek work in other corners of the country.

    SCORCHED SALARIES: Volunteers fire back at PM snub

    premium_icon SCORCHED SALARIES: Volunteers fire back at PM snub

    News RURAL firefighters risk not only their lives, but also their income, as they battle some of the harshest and longest burning fires on record.

    Drug charges at 12: Police reveal sad, stark reality

    premium_icon Drug charges at 12: Police reveal sad, stark reality

    News CRIME WRAP: 'It is unusual for such a young offender to be dealt with for such an offence'

    Clowning around brings feel-good humour to hospital ward

    premium_icon Clowning around brings feel-good humour to hospital ward

    News A special visit from these doctors proved that laughter is the best medicine.

    Ring in New Year by donating to vital cause

    Ring in New Year by donating to vital cause

    News What better way to ring in the New Year then to celebrate with friends and family, as well as be giving back to a good cause.

    Queensland’s koala concern continues to grow

    premium_icon Queensland’s koala concern continues to grow

    News A new strategy across south east Queensland has been released to help the rapid decline of koalas.

    New equipment to assist rural volunteer fireys

    New equipment to assist rural volunteer fireys

    News Darling Downs Rural Fire Service volunteers will be better prepared to fight fires with new equipment.

    WEATHER: BoM predicts there is more to come

    WEATHER: BoM predicts there is more to come

    News The Bureau of Meteorology predict there is more rain on the way

    Network News

      Around the Region

        Kangaroo attacks elderly woman

        premium_icon Kangaroo attacks elderly woman

        News AN ELDERLY Darling Downs resident got a rude surprise when a kangaroo attacked her.

        Father determined to keep farm going for his son

        premium_icon Father determined to keep farm going for his son

        News DROUGHT has taken its toll but this Warwick producer is determined to see it...

        DIVERSIFY OR DIE: Farmers predict they’ll innovate to survive

        premium_icon DIVERSIFY OR DIE: Farmers predict they’ll innovate to...

        Sport Southern Downs farmers on how they will stay on the land and the lessons learned as...

        Family saves fish by hand from drought-ravaged creeks

        premium_icon Family saves fish by hand from drought-ravaged creeks

        News THIS nephew and uncle duo are taking it upon themselves to save region’s native...

        12-year-old Stanthorpe boy faces drug charges

        premium_icon 12-year-old Stanthorpe boy faces drug charges

        News THE child is the youngest of six charged with drug related offences over the last...

        Candidates question councillor sessions after dismal turnout

        premium_icon Candidates question councillor sessions after dismal turnout

        News DISAPPOINTING turnout as less than ten candidates express interest in council...

        Future-proofing: Farmers innovate as drought persists

        premium_icon Future-proofing: Farmers innovate as drought persists

        News Meet the farmer who is turning his pig paddock into a vegetable crop

        Sport

        Nominations sought for annual Australia Day event

        Nominations sought for annual Australia Day event

        Sport We might only be in December but organisers of the Australia Day Triathlon are seeking nominations now.

        Stanthorpe schoolboy glides into Olympic trials

        premium_icon Stanthorpe schoolboy glides into Olympic trials

        News Homegrown swimming champion has qualified for the 2020 Olympic Game trials

        Euro star scout bidding to find next Socceroo in our midst

        Euro star scout bidding to find next Socceroo in our midst

        Sport Liverpudlian Ray Wood, who has spent time at some of the top junior football...

        Valleys extend lead in scorching conditions

        Valleys extend lead in scorching conditions

        Sport RSL comprehensively dispatched Tenterfield at Shirley Park while Valleys were too...

        Ladies and Devils set to go head to head in final showdown

        premium_icon Ladies and Devils set to go head to head in final showdown

        Sport The Stanthorpe Fitness Centre’s netball competition is coming to a close, with The...

        National Sport

          Queensland News

            Prince Andrew ‘sex slave’ says FBI confirms death threat

            premium_icon Prince Andrew ‘sex slave’ says FBI confirms death threat

            Crime Virginia Giuffre, the Cairns mum who claims she was trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein, has tweeted a cryptic message in which she claims a death threat

            • 12th Dec 2019 3:26 PM
            120 workers likley to be axed as iconic bakery closes

            premium_icon 120 workers likley to be axed as iconic bakery closes

            Business After more than 50 years in operation, Top Taste is closing down.

            • 12th Dec 2019 3:06 PM
            High school opens its own brewery for teenage students

            premium_icon High school opens its own brewery for teenage students

            Education Teenagers will learn how to brew beer and other alcohol at school.

            • 12th Dec 2019 2:59 PM
            Man arrested after car crashes into home

            premium_icon Man arrested after car crashes into home

            Breaking Resident thought there was an earthquake when a car hit his house

            McLarens Landing boss to face trial

            premium_icon McLarens Landing boss to face trial

            Crime Former resort boss will stand trial for alleged fraud

            Why was bus driver’s petrol bomb killer left untreated?

            premium_icon Why was bus driver’s petrol bomb killer left untreated?

            Crime The delusional man who had been discharged from mental health care

            Child-abusing councillor could stay in office

            premium_icon Child-abusing councillor could stay in office

            Politics Councillor Frank Pardon sexually abused a child but could keep job.

            Business News

              Backpackers complain they can’t find work

              Backpackers complain they can’t find work

              Careers A British backpacking couple say they’re struggling to find work in Australia but many who saw their social media post thought they knew why.

              • 12th Dec 2019 2:14 PM
              Surprise at the top of Google's 2019 most-searched homewares

              Surprise at the top of Google's 2019 most-searched homewares

              Lifestyle Google has revealed the top trending home gifts for 2019

              ‘Shut up’: Westpac boss savaged

              ‘Shut up’: Westpac boss savaged

              Business Shareholders heckled the bank over the child exploitation scandal.

              Free driver training program starts in Queensland next year

              Free driver training program starts in Queensland next year

              News A new skills program could be mandatory for all new truck drivers.

              What's On

                Lifestyle

                Woman accidentally uses MIL's vagina towel to dry hands

                Woman accidentally uses MIL's vagina towel to dry hands

                Lifestyle When Gemma dried her hands with a small towel hanging by the shower. It wouldn’t be long before she learned from her MIL what that towel was actually used for.

                • 12th Dec 2019 3:19 PM
                Unusual dairy product that’s the next big superfood

                premium_icon Unusual dairy product that’s the next big superfood

                Offbeat It’s rich in nutrients, aids health and degenerative conditions and lactose intolerants love it. At $25 a litre, camel dairies are flourishing.

                • 12th Dec 2019 2:59 PM
                • 1 PeaceOut1042
                Parent’s anguish after boy’s slapping death

                Parent’s anguish after boy’s slapping death

                News Devastated parents of a diabetic six-year-old boy who died after a Chinese slapping therapy workshop have told a court of their pain.

                Long sleepers and nappers are at higher risk of strokes

                Long sleepers and nappers are at higher risk of strokes

                Health A study has found that people who lie in, take long midday naps or have disrupted sleep all have a higher risk of suffering strokes.

                Latest Videos

                  premium_icon RAIN SOAKED WEDDING: Stanthorpe bride says rain 'made...

                  Tees for Good Film

                  KFC in wicked Halloween tricks on customers

                  Why Samsung Galaxy Fold will sell fast in Australia

                  Your right to know campaign

                  Entertainment

                  Sophie Ellis-Bextor clears up myth about Kylie Minogue song

                  premium_icon Sophie Ellis-Bextor clears up myth about Kylie Minogue song

                  Entertainment Murder on the Dancefloor was an early 2000s anthem, but what happened to Sophie Ellis-Bextor? She's heading to Australia for the So Pop festival.

                  Star shows off dramatic transformation

                  Star shows off dramatic transformation

                  Celebrity Hayden Panettiere debuts radical new look in return to Twitter

                  Star’s unusual confession about her kids

                  Star’s unusual confession about her kids

                  Celebrity Megan Fox talks parenting, says she sends her sons to vegan school

                  Black Christmas more scary movie than witless hack-’em-up

                  premium_icon Black Christmas more scary movie than witless hack-’em-up

                  Movies This remake has been softened, but it will keep your pulse pounding

                  Outrage over $36m Weinstein settlement

                  premium_icon Outrage over $36m Weinstein settlement

                  Crime ‘Morally wrong, shameful’: Weinstein’s $A36m sex assault settlement

                  Latest Photos

                    Real Estate

                    Timber and Sheep Country

                    0 Cunningham Highway, Oman Ama 4352

                    Rural 0 0 $ 285,000

                    Classifieds Just off the highway, through the Camp and Water reserve for the old bullock track from Leyburn to Inglewood on 497.6 ha is a piece of Aussie history. Quality...

                    Locals benefit from the oldest trick in the economic book

                    premium_icon Locals benefit from the oldest trick in the economic book

                    Politics CBD towers fill with locals thanks to an old economic trick

                    Instagram comedian buys flash penthouse for $1.175k

                    Instagram comedian buys flash penthouse for $1.175k

                    Property Instagram comedy star Celeste Barber buys in Tweed Heads.

                    Huge cost of Opal disaster revealed

                    Huge cost of Opal disaster revealed

                    Property It was the cracked apartment tower that ruined Christmas

                    This could be Queensland’s most amazing pool

                    premium_icon This could be Queensland’s most amazing pool

                    Property You won’t want to swim here if you have vertigo.

                    Property developer denies political donor plot

                    Property developer denies political donor plot

                    Crime Wu International Investments boss says he had no idea about scheme.

                    Ready to SELL your property?

                    Post Your Ad

                    Jobs

                    Space race to bring Queensland jobs boom

                    premium_icon Space race to bring Queensland jobs boom

                    Technology Gilmour Space Technologies announces partnership with Australian Space Agency

                    Employees needed at Australia’s third largest council

                    premium_icon Employees needed at Australia’s third largest council

                    Careers More workers are needed at a council with a high staff turnover.

                    Mass redundancies as network axes 90 radio jobs

                    premium_icon Mass redundancies as network axes 90 radio jobs

                    Business Southern Cross Austereo axes 90 jobs across its radio network.

                    Labor leader takes aim at jobs catchphrase

                    Labor leader takes aim at jobs catchphrase

                    Politics Albanese: Australia has a problem with inter-generational poverty

                    More stability for migrants in CQ

                    More stability for migrants in CQ

                    News New skilled visas to encourage migration to Flynn

                    Need a NEW employee?

                    Post Your Ad

                    Motoring

                    STEVE’S PICK UPS CASH for CARS $500 - $5000

                    STEVE’S PICK UPS CASH for CARS $500 - $5000

                    STEVE’S PICK UPS CASH for CARS $500 - $5000 UTES, VANS, 4WDS, ...

                    Classifieds STEVE’S PICK UPS CASH for CARS $500 - $5000 UTES, VANS, 4WDS, TRUCKS, SMASHED, BLOWN MOTORS, INSURANCE WRITE-OFFS. Scraps Vehicles mini...

                    Government removes controversial truck sign after backlash

                    Government removes controversial truck sign after backlash

                    News Controversial Sleepy Hollow 'no engines' in rest area sign removed.

                    Driver felt ‘body conk out’ on motorway

                    Driver felt ‘body conk out’ on motorway

                    Health Motorist warns of the terrifying experience of driving tired.

                    How to save thousands on a new car

                    How to save thousands on a new car

                    Motoring This resource will help you save thousands on a new car.

                    Commodore fans express shock at axing

                    premium_icon Commodore fans express shock at axing

                    Offbeat End of an era: Holden Commodore drivers pay tribute to iconic car

                    Why Holden had to dump Commodore

                    premium_icon Why Holden had to dump Commodore

                    Opinion The Commodore is no more, as Holden focuses on SUVs and utes

                    Looking to SELL your car?

                    Post Your Ad