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Chinchilla students awarded engineering scholarships

News Four Chinchilla school leavers are set to build a bright future for themselves and the region.

Regional water price cripples rural users

News Western Downs standpipe charges among Aust's dearest.

Man injured after 't-boning' truck

News A man has minor injuries after a crash with a B-double.

9 things to do around the region

News Looking for something to do this week? Look no further!

More Local News

Western Downs council is completely debt-free

News WESTERN Downs Regional Council has joined the slim ranks of councils around the country to be debt-free.

Botanic Parklands opening will be well worth the wait

News It's just a matter of time before it's finally ready for the public unveiling.

Jive the night away at Brigalow Hall's annual dance

News After 40 years, the Brigalow Hall committee sure know how to put on a good time.

Origin and Golf Club tee it off

News Origin Energy hands over old tool boxes to a goof home.

Tara's first day of drafting in three years

News The sport might be suffering but it didn't stop the competitors from trotting up to Tara last weekend.

For the legacy of friends we haven't met

News When a friend he'd never met died of leukaemia last year, it hit close to home for Nathan Pfeffer.

Katie takes a seat at the Youth Council table

News It's not every day a 14-year-old country girl gets to have a say on a new program from a national institution.

Implode some melons at World Science Festival

News Have you ever wondered how many rubber bands it would take to implode a watermelon?

Motorway closed after 20 cars, bus in storm pile-up

Weather TWENTY cars and a bus have been involved in a massive pile-up and the Centenary Motorway has been closed after severe thunderstorms swept through.

STORM ALERT: Damaging winds, large hail for SEQ

Weather THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued another severe thunderstorm warning for southeast Queensland.

Gladys claims historic third term

‘It didn’t work’: Toll evader’s shocker

Homes threatened in suspicious grassfire

Voters are asking Google who to vote for

Around the Region

Do you need domestic violence support? Ask Izzy for help

Crime People leaving family violence are some of the biggest users of Ask Izzy, so 40 survivors helped make it safer and easier to use

SNAKES ALIVE: Epic death battle captured on video

News Southern Downs woman witnesses spine-tingling showdown

Toys seized after drive-by shooting

Crime Shooter hits teacher, 9 students in 'drive-by' gel shooting

GOOD NEWS: Toowoomba woman found 'safe and well'

News Jill Bath, 59, had intended to travel to Dalby to visit daughter

BREAKING: Extreme water restrictions to be enforced tomorrow

Council News Severe water cutbacks to combat 'disaster' drought.

Anning brings drought-proofing plan to Chinchilla

News Senator has revealed plan to drought-proof the state.

MISSING TEEN: Toowoomba boy, 13, not seen since last week

Breaking Teen last seen on Thursday on Margaret St, Toowoomba

Sport

Bulldogs' setback in trial against Toowoomba Brothers

Sport Roma and District premiers Chinchilla made an uncertain start to 2019 when they were beaten in a trial match against Toowoomba Brothers last Saturday.

Taroom Wandoan Battlers fight for Lindsay Williams Shield

Sport The Taroom Wandoan Battlers have tested their skills and come out strong at the Lindsay Williams Shield.

Chinchilla gets ready to hit the ground running at parkrun

Sport Town set to get official course.

Wealth of knowledge shared at squash clinic

Sport Technique was the name of the game last weekend.

Young Radke ready to compete at Grand Nationals

Sport Grace to go for gold at grand national competition in Sydney.

National Sport

Immortal record in Winx’s historic win

Crazy history at stake in Winx farewell

Smith clash that shook Aussie golden boy

Frustrated McGregor still waiting for cap relief to replace de...

Force is with Snowden in hunt for third Slipper

Queensland News

Child killed after being struck at service station

News A YOUNG girl has been killed after being struck by a vehicle at a service station near Caboolture.

FLAT EARTHERS: Bizarre trip to prove ‘end of the world’

Offbeat A group of “flat Earth” conspiracy theorists are heading south

Why schoolies are shunning Bali and the Gold Coast

News Time to start thinking about that epic holiday: Schoolies

EMERGENCY: Mass evacuations in NT as Trevor approaches

Breaking Fears for residents in firing line of Cyclone Trevor

How young boy made up for triple-0 prank

News “I am sorry that I have wasted precious time"

Cyclone’s terrifying eye of the storm

Weather v

Woman charged over alleged abduction of child, 5

News Amber alert issued by police after girl went missing

Business News

88 days of backpacker hell

Business German backpacker Selina Fray was 19 when she arrived in Australia for a working holiday — but her dream quickly turned into a nightmare.

Massive warning light just went off

Money ‘Inverted yield curve’ a signal of looming financial collapse

Disturbing secret behind this photo

News How disturbing AI technology could be used to scam online daters

Hi-tech rail promises insane speed

Politics The PM has announced a long-term Greens policy ahead of the election

What's On

What's on the big screen this week

'I died and saw God': Man's heavenly encounter

NASA lands in Brisbane for museum's largest ever exhibition

Iggy pops for Bluesfest 2019

Who's just been announced on the Bluesfest lineup for 2019?

Lifestyle

Hungry snake makes meal of hapless goanna

Pets & Animals IF YOU’VE ever wondered who would win a fight between a snake and a lizard, you need wonder no more

World’s most talked about burger

Food & Entertainment After years of development, this burger was released in January and is being hailed as a true game changer. So what’s so special about it?

Aussie work tradition dying out

Health IT'S as Australian as Tim Tams, Vegemite and chucking a sickie — but this workplace institution is finally on the brink of extinction.

Four hours of chaos coming to Woolies

Smarter Shopping The supermarket giant is offering collectable-crazed customers a chance to add to their stash without shelling out on auction sites.

Latest Videos

Entertainment

Singer attacked for Jacko claims

Celebrity BARBRA Streisand is facing backlash online after she made controversial claims about two men accusing the King of Pop of child sexual abuse.

Big MAFS spoiler surfaces online

TV “I wanna come clean and just let everyone know the way I feel"

Meghan and Harry’s ‘demands’ delay reno

Celebrity Truth behind Meghan Markle’s ‘feud’ with BFF Priyanka Chopra

Bombshell claims about Michael Jackson’s ‘guilt’

Movies ‘None of them had any doubts at all about his guilt’

Sunrise a ‘bulls**t job’, says Kochie

TV David Koch was perhaps a little too honest when discussing his job.

Latest Photos

Botanic Parklands Update March 2019

Photo Gallery 17-03-2019 14.40

Panasonic Lumix S1R put to test

Tara Show photo gallery 2019

First look at GoT season 8

Real Estate

Buyers don’t want house they bought for $1.34m

Property Major home buy will end in splinters

Price falls will kill off ‘dog boxes’

Property Property downturn spells the death of the ‘dog box’

Dire warning of Australia in ‘crisis mode’

Property “I don’t think lending will ever go back the way it was before"

‘Unbelievable’ cheap reno transforms home

Property It needed work. Have a look.

$1.7m ‘squatter’ slams dead man’s family

Property ‘Squatter’ who claimed $1.7 million home slams dead owner’s family