Community

30 August 2024

Scoring big for the bowls

The $19,999 grant will provide for modern, fit for purpose audio visual equipment suitable for holding public and private meetings, forums, workshops and seminars at Lowood Bowls Club to help build community capacity, confidence and resilience. It wi...

30 August 2024

Reunion revives memories

Over 70 past and present residents came together to reminisce about their upbringing, looking at old photo albums and scrapbooks and sharing stories of their school days. The museum was covered in posters telling the histories of both towns and showc...

30 August 2024

Keeping the wheels turning

Meals on Wheels Moreton Bay Region (MOWMBR) is dedicated to fostering independence, enhancing quality of life, and promoting well-being among the community’s most vulnerable individuals. They have advised that they need more volunteers in their Pine ...

29 August 2024

Meet the Moreton Bay Top Dog finalists

Chimera, a working Kelpie from Akheron Working Dogs in Burpengary East, is one of the ten finalists competing for the Dog with a Job title, helping her owner run her dog training business by herding sheep, goats and cattle on the property. “Chimera i...

29 August 2024

OZ Honey is under threat

Dr Max Whitten has urged people to buy Australian made honey or face losing the country’s bee keeping industry for good which could result in devastating impacts on our food production capacity. “If you want genuine honey, then buy Australian produce...

28 August 2024

Coeliac trial call

Affecting one in 70 Australians, coeliac disease forces those diagnosed to adhere strictly to a gluten-free diet. However, despite these efforts, many continue to experience symptoms related to the condition. Dr Ivan Lim, Principal Investigator at th...

28 August 2024

Rain delays opening of Burpengary rail station

Queensland Rail Head of South East Queensland, Neil Backer, said the station and car park will still reopen in the coming weeks, with a new date yet to be confirmed. The station was due to be officially opened on August 26. The Burpengary station is ...

28 August 2024

SEQ mayors’ parliament plea

Council of Mayors – South East Queensland (CoMSEQ) Chair and Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said SEQ Mayors would speak with all sides of politics to strengthen the response to SEQ’s growth pressures and national housing crisis. “South East Que...

27 August 2024

A flood of concerns

The resident said his home has been inundated by water, which “doesn’t run off like it used to”. “I’ve had this house for over 20 years and it never flooded before,” he said. “That site should never have been developed because you’re lifting marsh la...