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14 March 2024

Meet your 2024 Candidates: Somerset edition

The candidates were asked to submit a written piece with a 300 word limit, answering the question: Tell us what makes you the best candidate and one key policy you would like to implement. Our aim with this feature is to provide a ‘level playing fiel...

14 March 2024

Meet your 2024 Candidates: Moreton Bay edition

14 March 2024

Laundrette is set to clean up

21-year-old director Harrison Kearns decided to open a laundrette in Woodford after noticing how these facilities can bring a community together. “While on holidays in Europe I found myself going to laundrettes for the first time in my life, and some...

13 March 2024

Lowood opens photo gallery

More than 100 items were on display, as six members of the group showcased a variety of locations, themes and subject matters. Shayne Neumann (Federal Member for Blair), Graeme Lehmann (Somerset Regional Council Mayor) and Sean Choat (Somerset counci...

13 March 2024

Sawmill expansion finally completed

Catherine King (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister) and Anthony Chisholm (Assistant Minister for Regional Development) officially opened the project last Thursday. As a result of the project, the site has do...

12 March 2024

Fashion gallops onto Esk Races

A contingent of people took part in Fashions on the Field (FOTF), with attendees coming from places including Burpengary, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Cleveland, Sandstone Point, Forest Hill, Wellington Point and Kangaroo Point. Verelle O’Shanesy was named b...

12 March 2024

Miriam’s love of her community

It was where she met the love of her life, Thomas Hedley Gittins, and they also got married in Kilcoy. A mother of five, a grandmother of 15 and a great-grandmother of 19, Miriam passed away at Aloaka Aged Care on January 16. The daughter of Robert (...

12 March 2024

Heroes praised after fire

Police praised the actions of the residents, who had tried to break windows and force open a door after being confronted with an unimpenetrable fire just after 9pm. Once extinguished, police did uncover a body. While no identification has been made, ...

9 March 2024

New award amid usual categories

The awards provide an opportunity to share the extraordinary and innovative ways people and organisations are making Queensland communities stronger and more cohesive by ensuring everyone is supported to connect, contribute and belong. A new Lifetime...