School children from drought areas get coast trip
A group of school children from drought ravaged areas of south-west Queensland have been able to forget their problems this week with a trip to the Sunshine Coast.
View ArticleTrain derailed after truck crash
Police, fire and ambulance crews were kept busy last night in south-west Queensland.
View ArticleChopper crash claims well-known pastoralist
One of Queensland's leading pastoralists has been killed in a helicopter crash at Muckadilla in south-west Queensland.
View ArticleSchoolgirl takes control as bus driver collapses
Police say a quick thinking 16-year-old schoolgirl prevented a potential tragedy last night when she grabbed the steering wheel of a bus, after the driver collapsed on the Warrego Highway in south-west...
View ArticleInvestigation finishing into bus saved by schoolgirl
Greyhound Australia says it has nearly finished investigating the collapse of a bus driver at the wheel in western Queensland last week.
View ArticleLivestock die in Muckadilla truck crash
A number of cattle were killed and others had to be destroyed when a road train rolled on the Warrego Highway near Roma in southern Queensland early last night.
View ArticleSouthern inland farmers hope rain ends long dry
Heavy rain in Queensland's southern inland has farmers hoping that the long dry spell may be over.
View ArticleBitumen spill sparks highway clean-up
Road crews worked into the early hours of the morning trying to clear a truck loaded with hot bitumen from the Warrego Highway in Queensland's southern inland.
View ArticleAward for brave teen after runaway bus ordeal
Longreach teenager Laura Simpson is among 33 Queenslanders to be honoured with bravery awards today.
View ArticleRecruit continues army's sheepish tradition
The Australian Army's Brisbane based 8/9 battalion could have the wool pulled over its eyes when it enlists a new recruit today.
View ArticleMerino conscripted into Army
A merino stud by the name of Private John McArthur VI has joined the troops as mascot of the Enoggera army barracks in Brisbane.
View ArticleMove to give explorer Leichhardt his due in Darling Downs
Tourism authorities in Queensland's southern inland are planning to build a monument to mark the 200th birthday of one of Australia's pioneering explorers later this year.
View ArticlePhotos capture outback Queensland pub going up in smoke
Outback journalist Jaimee-lee Prow is on the spot in the southern Queensland town of Muckadilla as fire guts the local pub.
View ArticleTime to play after 88mm of rain in Muckadilla
Heavy rain and flash flooding is predicted in Queensland for the next week.
View Article'There's no Muckadilla without a pub': Couple rebuilds watering hole after it...
When Muckadilla's only pub burnt down, locals feared the town would die along with it, but two farmers looking to put some "spice back" into their lives have resurrected the outback Queensland watering...
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