Community

23 October 2025

80-year leap for research

The State Government’s Queensland Institute of Medical Research Bill 2025, repeals and replaces the 80-year-old Act, supporting the QIMRB in its success in developing ground-breaking medical research.Key reforms include:• broadening eligibility for c...

23 October 2025

Lowood has a new vision

The Lowood Botanic Core is a key project in the delivery of Somerset Regional Council’s Lowood Futures Strategy, a multi-phase streetscape project intended to promote outcomes with social, economic and development benefits for Lowood.The project enco...

23 October 2025

Caboolture school’s furniture finds RARE life overseas

The school’s donation is already making an impact, with some items shipped to the Solomon Islands within just two weeks of collection.More furniture is now being prepared for distribution to schools and communities where students often sit and study ...

23 October 2025

Kilcoy RSL gets $12,400 funding

The funding, worth $12,422.88, was awarded under the 2025–26 Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Grants Program, which helps ex-service organisations (ESOs) provide free, high-quality advice to veterans navigating the Department of Vet...

22 October 2025

Harlin kids climb high with $360K playground

HARLIN State School proudly celebrated the official opening of its new, $360,000 playground on Friday, October 17, marking an exciting and long-awaited milestone for students and the community. For over 30 years, the previous playground served ge...

22 October 2025

Counterfeit cash scam

By Mitch Gaynor Nathanial Leigh, who recently closed his lawn mowing business, listed two professional-grade mowers for sale on the platform.He said a woman contacted him expressing interest in purchasing both machines, claiming they were for her son...

22 October 2025

$39m for new wildife hospitals

The funding will help establish three new hospitals, including one in Moreton Bay, alongside new and redeveloped facilities at Redlands, Southport, Currumbin, and Green Island off Cairns.This comes as wildlife carers and the RSPCA told The Sentinel t...

22 October 2025

Kilcoy voices get say over Borumba Hydro

Members of the new Kilcoy, Jimna and Surrounds Focus Group will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the proposed Borumba Project over a two-year term. The focus group will complement the existing community reference groups for th...

22 October 2025

Songbirds and brushstrokes

The visit followed the choir’s receipt of a special 30th anniversary gift from Member for Morayfield, Mark Ryan: a striking painting of songbirds by Mr Edwards, a well-known local artist whose surreal and imaginative works can be viewed at the Artisa...