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Honouring Australia’s first First Nations police officer this Reconciliation Week

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
History & heritage
Dr Colin Dillon AM, APM, a proud Kombumerri man of the Yugambeh Nation, made history when he joined the Queensland Police Service (QPS) at just 20 years old in 1965. As Australia marked National Reconciliation Week (which ran from the 27th of May to Wednesday of this week, the 3rd of June), the QPS acknowledged the contributions and legacy of the nation’s first, First Nations police officer, Dr Colin Dillon AM, APM.

Cutting edge research into motor neurone disease begins in Toowoomba

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News -
Researchers on the Darling Downs will begin work on cutting-edge techniques to improve the early detection and diagnosis of people with motor neurone disease. The deadly neurodegenerative disease affects nearly 3,000 Australians at any time, and techniques for the early detection of MND remain limited ... The transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) machine based in Toowoomba will be the first of its kind to be used for neurology research in Queensland.

Athol local Zane Hall to represent Queensland in PBR State of Origin Series

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
News
Maroons Out for revenge as Blues chase history in PBR Origin 2026. Zane Hall from Athol has been selected to represent the maroons ... "This means a lot to me personally. Pulling on the Queensland jersey for the fourth time straight. Seeing past origin rides represent their state, it's something every young bull rider dreams about."

Four generations at Greenmount State School

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
Community
Students in grade 6 at Greenmount State School will be interviewing past students, and writing their biographies as part of the school's 125th Anniversary celebrations this year and members of one family, the Stenzels, have been attending Greenmount State School since the 1940s.

Do it for Dolly Day: Watch out for fundraisers

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
Charity
On TikTok, an overwhelming 92 per cent of respondents said social bullying - exclusion, rumour-spreading and being left out - is what they witness most often. Over 1,500 schools, workplaces, sporting clubs, community groups and individuals have so far signed up to fundraise in the lead-up to Friday...
Do It For Dolly OOS 2026

Westbrook ANZAC service still growing

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
Community
The remarkable growth in numbers attending the Westbrook ANZAC Dawn Service continued to grow in 2026.

Our youngest ANZAC

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
History & heritage
He should have been home in Tocumwal in NSW playing football or cricket with his mates but 14 years old James Charles Martin found himself in the deadly trenches of Gallipoli in 1915. What and why was a fourteen year old country boy doing in a man's war?

Ramsay local to captain Queensland Polocrosse team

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News
Business
Chosen to lead the mixed junior team at the national championships from the 22 through to 28 June this year, with a costly trip ahead of her, Piper Mortimer and her family are looking for sponsors to enable her to get there ... Piper's mum Leah Mortimer told On Our Selection News about how the sponsorship would be a two way street.

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On Our Selection News is a free weekly newspaper covering Cambooya, Hodgson Vale, Westbrook and the Wyreema Districts – “Dad and Dave country”.

On Our Selection News is one of the suite of local independent papers circulating in the Darling Downs region published by Our News,
the others being the Allora Advertiser, The Clifton Courier, Pittsworth Sentinel and the Oakey Sentinel.

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