Two Closeburn residents are concerned about the ecological effects of land clearing in their neighbourhood.
Peter and Denise Ravenscroft contacted The Westerner last month after witnessing bulldozers clearing vegetation on a steep slope near their home.
Mr Ravenscroft, a geologist, feared the bulldozing of the land could lead to severe slumping – ...
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Commuters would benefit from having Strathpine and Caboolture as major transport hubs as part of a Queensland Government vision for an “absolutely world class public transport system”.
Under Connecting SEQ 2031, the recently released State Government blueprint for integrated transport in south-east Queensland, passenger rail capacity in the region ...
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The Moreton Bay Ratepayers Action Group is taking its fight to for a “fairer go” for local ratepayers to Samford.The group will hold a protest meeting at the CWA Hall this Sunday, intent on gaining more support to represent the needs of ratepayers dealing with Moreton Bay Regional Council and water services supplier Unitywater.Geoff McKay, the ...
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Wild dogs are becoming more brazen in their behaviour, with a pet dog recently attacked at Ocean View with its owner nearby.Debbie McLean was walking her Staffordshire bull terrier Diesel on her 32-acre property on Ocean View Road when two dingoes attacked the dog as it protected a four-month-old puppy.The aftermath of the attack saw Diesel rushed ...
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A shortage of doctors could have a detrimental affect on health care in Dayboro.
The township’s medical centre is struggling to cope with patient numbers with their service to be reduced in the coming weeks to just one doctor.
One of two doctors at the medical centre, Dr Kate Mudie is due to leave the Dayboro clinic in mid-September to ...
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The name of one of the forefathers of a sports club in Dayboro will be immortalised with the official opening of its new clubhouse this Sunday.The new home of the Dayboro and District Soccer Club is named after John Jelliffe, the inaugural president of the club when it was established a decade years ago.Constructed with a financial contribution ...
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One man was elected as Australia’s youngest Federal MP, while an Opposition front-bencher retained office against the odds, as the Liberal National Party rode a wave of anti-Labor sentiment in Queensland to success at the Federal election.The key seats of Longman and Dickson will both be held by the LNP after Wyatt Roy and Peter Dutton recorded ...
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It's often said – sometimes
fancifully – that every votes counts, but on election eve it seems
that idiom will definitely ring true in the battle for Dickson.Incumbent Peter Dutton and his Liberal
National Party only won their way back into office by beating Labor's Fiona McNamara by 217 votes at
the 2007 ballot.And if all the pre-election ...
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Voters in Longman will have no shortage
of choice when they head to the polls for the Federal election on 21
August.Nine candidates have put their hands up
in a bid to represent the electorate.The race for Longman, which takes in
areas such as Delaneys Creek, Woodford, Rocksberg, Wamuran, Mt Mee,
Bellthorpe and D’Aguilar, pits the challengers ...
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It went down as a splendid weekend;
festival-goers soaked up the sun and the music at Woodford’s first
Splendour in the Grass festival.Festival punters saturated the town,
with the Woodfordia site becoming home for the weekend for 32,000
music lovers.The logistics inside the event ran
smoothly, but managing the sea of people didn’t always run ...
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A community action group charged with
holding Moreton Bay Regional Council to account over issues such as
rates rises and spending is expanding into rural areas of the region.A ground swell of support in the
community in recent months has prompted the Ratepayers Action Group
Moreton Bay Association to look into forming new branches ...
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Local diabetes sufferers have welcomed a Coalition health policy that promises a multi-million dollar investment for diabetes research.The Liberal Party has pledged just over $35 million for people with diabetes to access clinical trials providing therapies and treatments which are currently available overseas. The monetary injection will ...
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