Community

20 February 2025

Lack of volunteers affecting Red Cross store operations

Due to current volunteer shortages, the shop has reduced trading hours, while working hard to sort the backlog of donations received after Christmas, a common problem after big holidays and weekends. Toogoolawah volunteer, Anna Wheildon, said volunte...

20 February 2025

Homeless site shuts down

Moreton Bay Council announced it was clearing the entire homeless camp, including 13 individuals, at a cost of $110,000 earlier this month. This week the site was fenced off to allow clean-up works to begin, which will include removal of some ground ...

19 February 2025

Energex ends Esk depot

This withdrawal puts an end to a two-year saga, including a court appeal to the Planning and Environment Court. Energex appealed Council’s decision to reject the development in July 2023. Council argued that the development would conflict with the pu...

19 February 2025

1080 baiting a lifeline for native animals

Together with the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, the National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordinator, Gillian Basnett, is sounding the alarm as misinformation surrounding sodium fluoroacetate (commonly known as 1080) undermines its critical...

19 February 2025

Lighting equality

This inspiring event will honour the achievements of women, both locally and globally, while bringing the community together for an evening of empowerment and celebration. The event will feature the BPW International Candle Lighting Ceremony, a meani...

18 February 2025

Community benefits off BESS spark research

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, Enervest, lodged a development application with Somerset Council in 2023 to build a battery storage facility consisting of approximately 256 inverters and 512 battery enclosures in Hazeldean. It would b...

17 February 2025

Ketamine may help PTSD treatment

Conducted by researchers at the National PTSD Research Centre, the study is the first open-label clinical trial to explore the feasibility, safety, and tolerability of low-dose oral ketamine for PTSD treatment. Ketamine—a short-acting anaesthetic—is ...