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Our Youngest ANZAC
He should have been home in Tocumwal in New South Wales playing football or cricket with his mates but fourteen years old James Charles Martin found himself in the deadly trenches
24 April, 2026
General News
Weary Dunlop: “A lighthouse of sanity in a universe of madness and suffering”
The above quote by one of Weary’s men, author Donald Stuart, goes some way to explaining why over ten thousand people...
23 April, 2026
Local News
Man arrested at Showgrounds after car chase
A man has been arrested at the Oakey Showgrounds this morning after...
Local News
Fatal Crash at Greenmount
Police are investigating a head-on collision in which a man was killed...
Local News
Hamilton outlines his ‘Australia First’ and ‘hyper Australia’ agenda at Norwin Farmers Forum
At a Farmers Forum at Norwin last week, Groom MP Garth Hamilton laid out...
Community & Business
We Will Remember Them
ANZAC Day provides an opportunity for communities across the Southern Downs to come together in solemn reflection to...
23 April, 2026
Local News
Federation Park now 25 years old
Federation Park at Vale View has been in existence for 25 years and is...
Local News
Warrant Officer to return to Pittsworth for ANZAC Day
Former Pittsworth resident, Warrant Officer Class One Jason Larkin, has...
Local News
CWA House residents talk radio
ABC Southern Queensland breakfast radio presenter David Illiffe visited...
Agricultural
One family, one farm, 100 years
The Garratt family celebrated a century of continuous dairy farming at their Southbrook property “Argyle” over the...
22 April, 2026
Local News
The Mice are Back!
Every year at this time they turn up without an invitation for a feed...
Local News
EU deal leaves red meat and other agricultural industries in the dust
A trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Australia, nearly ten...
Local News
Farmers’ exceptional yields in Toowoomba Show crop competition
The district was well represented in the RASQ Crop Competition at the...
Sport
Are the Bears back?
An upset 36-28 win over the Highfields Eagles at Kuhls Road has left Oakey Bears supporters wondering whether their...
23 April, 2026
Local News
Local to Captain QLD Polocrosse Team
Chosen to lead the mixed junior team at the national championships from...
Local News
Bears and Eagles plot path back to TRL Grand Final
Ahead of their clash at Kuhl's Road this Saturday (3pm), Oakey Bears and...
Local News
Wattles home in a nail-biter
While making hard work of it the Wattles Warriors first grade side...
