A firey competition
It's a 70 year team-building tradition for the Longreach Fire Brigade. Each November over two evenings the 'firies' bring out their 1930s Dennis fire engine and race to beat the clock and each other in...
View ArticleA grave situation
Well, it is a grave situation, but not too grave, in fact next time you visit a cemetery in the Barcoo Shire, you may be agreeably surprised.
View ArticleProtesters want Longreach council sacked
Demonstrators are furious over council's decision to phase out the town's bore water system.
View ArticleGrey nomads: an 'untapped resource'
Senior tourists are being put to work on community projects at Barcaldine.
View ArticleSurvey to gauge business chamber support
Business owners in the Gulf of Carpentaria are considering a virtual network to help industries in the region.
View ArticleNew scheme targets rural skills shortage
More than 500 young professionals have registered to be part of a new initiative aimed at reversing the skills shortage in rural areas.
View ArticleMarine rescue service 'on life support'
A Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) service in north-west Queensland's Gulf country says lives are at risk because of inadequate funding from the State Government.
View ArticleQRWN - a virtual spider's web
The Queensland Rural Women's Network (QRWN) is an internet focussed group creating a virtual spider's web to link women together, right across state.
View ArticleGovt changes charges for blue, yellow cards
The Queensland Government says changes to fees for clearance to work with children and the disabled will not leave organisations worse off.
View ArticleFlooding prompt call for second levee
A group has been formed in Charleville to push for another levee after last week's record flooding in Bradley's Gully.
View ArticleArtists net London showing
A program that makes artwork from discarded fishing nets found in northern Australia is about to go international.
View ArticleDesert Channels considers priorities
Natural resource management group Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) begins a month-long series of meetings this week to look at future priorities for the central and western Queensland region.
View ArticleSharing places: Taiwan visits Queensland and vice versa
A number of Rotary Clubs across central Queensland are hosting a group of Taiwanese professionals over the next few weeks. The group started their visit to Queensland in Longreach over the Anzac...
View ArticleGoat race attracts record entries
The nation's richest goat race meeting in outback Queensland's Barcaldine today has attracted record nominations from across the state.
View ArticleDrovers share outback memories
The memories of some of the nation's oldest drovers have been recorded during a reunion in outback Queensland.
View ArticleOutback forum considers development issues
A forum to discuss mining, agriculture and Indigenous issues begins in Normanton in Queensland's Gulf country today.
View ArticleShire nabs over 300 wild dogs
Biosecurity Queensland says more than 300 wild dogs have been trapped in one south-west Queensland shire in the past few months.
View ArticleRegulator approves 9pc electricity bill rise
The Australian Energy Regulator has allowed a 9pc rise in average electricity bills this financial year.
View ArticleGovernment should 'take back control of power prices'
John-Paul Langbroek says Energy Minister Stephen Robertson should take back control of electricity prices.
View ArticleSocial worker pleads for Indigenous detox centre
A social worker in Mount Isa says the city desperately needs a detoxification centre to cater for the large number of Indigenous people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.
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