http://www.thewesterner.com.auThe Westerner Local Newspaper Website - NewsCopyright 2008Two Closeburn residents are concerned about the ecological effects of land clearing in their neighbourhood ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3408Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTCommuters 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” ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3409Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTThe 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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3410Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTWild 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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3414Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTA shortage of doctors could have a detrimental affect on health care in Dayboro ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3415Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTThe 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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3400Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMTOne 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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3388Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:30:00 GMTIt'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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3363Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTVoters 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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3364Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTIt 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 ...http://www.thewesterner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=3351Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:30:00 GMT