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Kaniva resident Michael Hodges is West Wimmera Shire’s Australia Day citizen of the year. The award will be presented to Mr Hodges at Kaniva’s Australia Day celebrations .. Other Australia Day award winners include community event of the year Henley on Lake Wallace, in Edenhope, and community group of the year Lake Wallace parkrun.

A survey by Southern Downs Regional Council asking for community responses about various Allora facilities has revealed that there is no doubt about the importance of the Community Hall to the town and district. SDRC received 252 responses to the survey and 92 per cent of those placed a level of importance on the Community Hall - 65 per cent saying it was extremely important, 18 per cent very important and 8 per cent somewhat important.

Patrick Goldsmith. Yorke Peninsula Council is considering handing back care, control and management of Cape Elizabeth to the state Minister for Climate, Environment and Water Susan Close. Council is now seeking public feedback about the proposition which, if successful, would result in the land reverting to unalienated Crown land status.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla as guests of this year’s Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers? That is the aim of Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald. The King and Queen have announced that they will be visiting Australia during the spring of 2024, in what will mark their first visit to our country since Charles became Monarch.

Patricia Gill. A café proprietor says Denmark is having ‘growing pains’ and an acceptance is needed that the town is now ‘on the map’, particularly over peak holiday periods. Mrs Jones Café proprietor Sam Jackson is among other accommodation and food-provider businesses which have been under the pump over Christmas and New Year. “Things will change whether we like it or not,” Sam said.

The Albanese and Miles Governments are delivering further disaster assistance to help South East Queensland recover from recent severe storms ... announcement will support local clean-up efforts, invest in specialised recovery staff and provide grants to primary producers, small business owners and non-profit organisations...

How do we fix Naracoorte’s drainage problems? This is the question we asked former mayor David Hood, as the recent rain event put the township’s drainage systems under immense pressure. Mr Hood claims the “drainage problems” had been expanded through the years by the Corporation of Naracoorte...

It was an hour of horror. That’s how many have described the severe storm that hit the western edge of Millicent ... In an hour’s time, the storm had uprooted trees, tore down power lines, blown roofs off, and caused widespread devastation...

The Toowoomba Region’s diverse economy and a steady population increase over the past five years have been the major contributors to the region’s steady economic growth, according to data contained in a report prepared for Toowoomba Regional Council.

Narrandera Shire Council has discontinued the Narrandera-Leeton Airport parallel taxiway project after refusing to accept any of the tender submissions for the bulk earthwork, drainage and associated services required for construction of the taxiway due to all tendered prices exceeding the allocated budget.