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16 October 2026

14 Somerset groups share in $67,000 grants

More than $67,000 has been awarded to Somerset community groups, backing everything from Christmas celebrations and local events to wildlife projects and upgrades to community facilities. Fourteen organisations received funding in the latest round of...

16 October 2026

Mini Olympics shine for a fifth year in Kilcoy

FUN, friendship and teamwork took centre stage in Kilcoy on September 25, as Able Retreats celebrated the fifth anniversary of its annual Mini Olympics. Participants from Able Retreats, Aloka and Anglicare joined members of the local community for a ...

16 October 2026

Free Tree Days return to Somerset

Somerset residents will be able to collect up to 20 free native plants when Council’s popular Free Tree Days return across the region this month. More than 20,000 trees are distributed through the program each year, with this year’s events to be held...

16 October 2026

GemLife Greens set to host Pink Up Kilcoy fundraiser

Kilcoy residents are invited to enjoy a morning tea for a good cause later this month, as GemLife Kilcoy Greens joins the community’s Pink Up Kilcoy fundraising campaign. The event, taking place from 10am on Friday, 30 October, will raise funds for P...

15 October 2026

Local bank set to reward shareholders

SHAREHOLDERS in the company behind Bendigo Community Bank Lowood & Fernvale will receive a 15-cent-per-share dividend in November, marking the fifth consecutive year the payment has reached that level. Somerset Region Community Enterprise Ltd, which ...

15 October 2026

Charity grant applications close Friday

Charitable organisations are invited to apply for grants to assist in delivering programs or services to people suffering from disability, homelessness trauma, abuse or neglect within Somerset. Applications for round one of the Somerset Mayoral Gala ...

15 October 2026

Moreton SES crews on the rise

Fifty-five new Moreton Bay SES volunteers are getting rescue ready to help during this year’s severe weather season. As the season approaches, the new recruits will go through an accelerated program to ensure they are ready to respond and help reside...

15 October 2026

Help put names to Somerset’s past

MORE than 700 photographs documenting Somerset’s history are waiting to be identified, with locals being asked to help put names, places and stories to images captured across the region more than two decades ago. The historic photographs, taken as pa...

15 October 2026

From the Editor

FOR all the joy kids are meant to bring to your life, they’re also little ratbags, which is what I’d like to focus on this week. After 35 years of unflinching service, I was forced to cancel my ANZ savings account. It had been there for my first job,...