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Getting down to business

Application forms have been sent out to the nominated businesses for this years Business Excellence Awards

Residents fight rates hike

Residents across the Western Downs are angry about recent rate increases, with some even threatening legal action or getting national media to plead their case

Hope on the horizon for mothballed coal project

A QUEENSLAND-based company has confirmed it has made an offer to global energy giant Peabody Energy to purchase the Wilkie Creek Coal Mine.

'Financial stress' for firm's former staff as $61m owed

OSTWALD Bros owes about $61m to some 537 creditors. How will they get their money back?

No rain in sight as heat rises

The cooler months are well and truly behind us as the weekend shapes up to be a swelter

250MW solar plant to generate 300 jobs

THE REGION'S solar boom brightened even further this week, with the approval of a 250MW solar farm west of Toowoomba.

<strong>BREAKING:</strong> Authorities are no longer pursuing mechanical failure as a line of inquiry with attention now turning to the coroner's report.

FATAL GLIDER CRASH: Probe rules out mechanical error

BREAKING: Authorities are no longer pursuing mechanical failure as a line of inquiry with attention now turning to the coroner's report.

Where to look for once-in-a-lifetime spacecraft fly-by

TOOWOOMBA astronomers and amateur stargazers are in for a treat this Friday evening, as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity swings across the sky.

Tara woman airlifted to hospital after car crash

A 20-year-old woman was airlifted to the Princess Alexandra in a serious condition after the crash on the Tara Chinchilla Road

Sun to shine on ninth solar farm in the Downs

The 240MW APA Group Beelbee Solar Farm Project will be located 42km west of Dalby

OPPORTUNITY: Heritage Bank chief executive Peter Lock, MP Leeanne Enoch and TSBE chief operating officer Stacey Burrell at the announcement of the funding.

News

Funding to help bright minds

OFF ROAD: Emergency services investigate the truck that rolled over nearly 100m from the Bunya Highway.

News

BREAKING: Driver and passenger suffer serious injuries after truck rollover near Bell

Jeremy Thompson, 62, was pronounced dead at the scene.

News

Wife witnesses husband's fatal glider crash

CLOSING DOWN: Employee Maddi Roser with owners Paula and Mark Collier outside their store.

News

Ice cream and video shop to close its doors

HOLIDAY FUN: Councillor Kaye Maguire is excited about the workshops on offer for the region's children during the school holidays.

News

Libraries ready to entertain students

RATE RISE: Mayor Paul McVeigh delivering his 2017/18 Council Budget.

News

Rates hike irks owners

WINNERS: The Southern Star Academy of Dance Cabaret team.

News

Cabaret success:They had it coming

Police whistleblower to run in upcoming state elections

Thurston at the offices of Sony Music Australia in Darlinghurst.

News
11:31 AM Sep 24th

Johnathan Thurston signs with Sony

Britain's Prince Harry speaks during a bilateral meeting with First Lady of the United States Melania Trump ahead of the start of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Canada, Saturday Sept. 23, 2017.

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10:55 AM Sep 24th

Harry and Melania’s awkward Invictus meeting

Emily and Mark Woodman with their daughter Charlotte, 4.Source:Supplied

News

Aussies turning to China for last-ditch medical treatment

Storm Season

Far north Queensland has been hit by heavy rain overnight.

News

North Queensland hit by 1 in 100 year rainfall

TOUGH TASK: A swift water rescue team (including inset) search a stolen LandCruiser ute found in Scrubby Creek.

News

VIDEO: Police to continue search for body of missing man

Josh Watson captured this incredible image from Brightwater Estate on the Sunshine Coast.

News

Queensland facing hot, steamy week ahead

Queensland is facing some 'supercell' activity on Friday.

News

Queensland told to brace for heavy rain from 'epic low'

Sport

Ross McCormack (left) in action for Aston Villa in the English Championship.

Sport
12:34 PM Sep 24th

Scottish striker heading south to Melbourne City

Manchester City's Leroy Sane celebrates scoring his side's first goal in the 5-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Sport
10:53 AM Sep 24th

Man City overcomes sluggish start to thump Palace

New Zealand's Joseph Parker celebrates his points victory over Britain's Hughie Fury at Manchester Arena

Sport

Joshua next? Kiwi retains WBO heavyweight title

Cowboys players celebrate following their win over the Roosters

Sport

Cowboys on the verge of fairytale premiership

Videos

F-35 Strike Fighter

Pauline Hanson has a "Dirty Harry" moment

Accused drug mule Cassie Sainsbury has her say

Kia to take on Commodore

Outdoor Living

INCREDIBLE: Divers at Wolf Rock off Rainbow Beach recently spotted up to 70 pregnant female sharks at a time of the critically endangered grey nurse shark.

News

Big numbers of endangered shark off Rainbow Beach

Imagine arriving at a camp site and all the hard work is done.

Travel

Hate camping? This idea might change your mind

IN TRAINING: Neil Collie runs trails around the scenic Glass House Mountains area in preparation for the 250km Big Red Run.

Lifestyle

From hospital bed to six-day, 250km desert run

A stonefish was recently caught by a fisherman at Caloundra.

Photo Contributed

News

Most venomous fish in world found near shore

Roothy’s LowRange

John Rooth's old faithful Milo: It’s not that hard to keep an old truck flush in new parts

Lifestyle

Beer & BS: Roothy tells how to keep an old truck running

It’s a pretty safe bet there’s been more than a few divorces due to warm steaks, burnt fuses and wives tripping over tent pegs sticking out of the ground in the dark.

Lifestyle

12V tips: Five easy 4WD upgrades you can do at home

Roothy ready to get cooking on the campfire

Lifestyle

Camp cooking: Whip up a feast from whatever you've got

Where it all started - on the verandah of the old homestead in the Flinders. Anthony Warry captured this photo of Roothy reflecting on a lifetime of playing with machines.

Lifestyle

A mechanical life: Roothy gives us a glimpse

National News

The Eid festival at Progress Park in Auburn on September 9 was the site of the alleged assault.Source:Supplied

News

12-year-old girl’s gang rape claims

Security confront protesters who kiss on stage after they gatecrashed a Coalition for Marriage campaign launch in Melbourne, Saturday September 23 2017. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

News

Women kiss on stage in protest at 'No' event

Customers use automatic teller machines (ATM) outside a branch of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Picture: News Corp AustraliaSource:News Limited

Business

CommBank dumps $2 ATM fee

Jayindi Jade, from Sydney, meets older men on the Seeking Arrangement website. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

Lifestyle

'I'm a sugar baby': Unusual way Aussie students make cash

Pippa Middleton and James Matthews kiss after their wedding at St Mark's Church in Englefield, England Saturday, May 20, 2017. Middleton, the sister of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge married hedge fund manager James Matthews in a ceremony Saturday where her niece and nephew Prince George and Princess Charlotte was in the wedding party, along with sister Kate and princes Harry and William. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)

Lifestyle

Pippa gets married and then cuts her hair. Typical

VW Golf R wagon (2017-2018 model shown). Picture: Supplied.

Lifestyle

The new VW Golf R which doubles as a family wagon

Choose from dry or half-dry Robert Stein rieslings.

Lifestyle

WINE REVIEW: Enjoy the fruits of Stein family's labours

Adam Johnson has created a “code of conduct” for his sons.

Lifestyle

Dad's code of conduct for his boys is exactly what's needed

Tim Ross and Ben Mingay host the new TV series Cannonball.

Entertainment

What's on the small screen this week

There are reports 20-year-old Kylie Jenner, the youngest member of the reality show family, is expecting a child with her boyfriend Travis Scott. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

Entertainment

Kylie Jenner is reportedly pregnant

Wild America co-stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas, 15, Devon Sawa, 18, and Scott Bairstow, 27, pose in New York June 26, 1997.

Entertainment

Why '90s Hollywood heart-throb disappeared

Australian YouTube star Wengie voices the new PowerPuff Girl Bliss.

Entertainment

Wengie now a Powerpuff Girl

Business News

Business

Miner makes cash offer as $3.9bn WICET debt continues to bite

Business

Why we will barely own anything in the future

Monique Khalifeh decided to follow her heart at Hair By Phd in Parramatta. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Business

Lucrative jobs go begging due to university obsession

Paul Fuller, director of Valley Earthworks, one of the local business to benefit from jail work.

Business

Plumb job nets $20m for locals

Latest Blogs

Award-winning Sky News broadcaster, Paul Murray begins his regular column in The Observer. Paul's program provides robust debate and is a must-see for the political set. His column promises the same.

Opinion

Our silence means more Aussie girls will keep being abused

Greg Bray, columnist for the Gladstone Observer. Photo Brenda Strong/The Observer

Opinion

OPINION: Taking a holiday is damn hard work

Listen to your gut and do what is best for your family when considering discussing death with young children.

Opinion

How and when do you tell your children about death?

Words are powerful tools that should be seen as a gift to the person you are conversing with.

Opinion

OPINION: Comments can cause hurtful divisions

Big Rigs

LIFE-LIKE SCENARIOS: Nola Pearce adds the finishing touches to a TraumaSim participant.

News

First aid gets a dose of reality

STOLEN: The Kenworth T401 was taken earlier this month.

News

Search for stolen Kenworth

HORRIFIC night CRASH: One driver had to be airlifted to hospital following the Telegraph Point Crash.

News

How did this four-truck pile-up happen on the Pacific Hwy?

SPARKIES STRIKE: 40 Transport and Main Roads workers walk off the job today warning of delays.

News

Warnings of delays as TMR workers spark strike

Rural Weekly

Lot 9 Waco Floyd has sold for $90,000 today.

News

Record prices at Yarrawonga Waco bull sale

Cattle sale at CQLX.
Photo Allan Reinikka / The Morning Bulletin

News

Northern NSW cattle sales wrap up

More than $1.7m of stock was sold online at the March auction. Ritchie Bros registered 37 bidders in Canada, 34 in the USA and 17 in Middle Eastern countries.

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VIDEO: Largest-ever Australian agricultural auction

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