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Mental health services to support every step of the way

News Mental health services in the southwest have experienced a 20 per cent increase in the past year as efforts to build awareness intensify.

Miles hosts charity ride for beloved ambulance officer

News Get behind the wheel next weekend and 'Do it for Chris'

Community and council operate like a winning footy team

News The initiative to bring Johnathan Thurston to town was a huge deal.

Johnathan Thurston gives a boost to see youth flourish

News Significant funds raised at the Night with JT.

More Local News

Aussie Helpers cleared of inappropriate financial conduct

News Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission six-month investigation clears Aussie Helpers of any wrongdoing.

PHOTO GALLERY: Dragon roars across Balonne

News With the 'best natural asset' you could hope for, St George celebrated its multi-cultural history at weekend festival.

Predators, dealers get less than a battling grazier

Opinion Grazier taken down in court for trying to survive, criminals walk free for much worse.

Passion for breed sees limousins head to Roma

Rural Three vendors team up in push to bring limousins back to the area.

FIRE PLAN: Bushfire season ignites early

News Rural Fire Service Inspector and area director Goetz Graf said landowners need to be prepared.

A trip that changed Johnathan Thurston's life forever

News Johnathan Thurston reflects on a moment in 2010 that changed his life.

Pink Ladies raise more than $60,000 in one day

News In a last hurrah, women of the southwest raise $60,000 for cancer.

Living life on the long road

News Wendy and Charlie Blake made a life of their own choosing in the beauty of the bush.

Gunggari Elders celebrate history recognition

News Aunty Lynette Nixon said the community achieved their rights because they stayed together and spoke as one voice.

Couple welcomes rainbow baby to the world

Parenting Beaming parents Andrew and Kate Smith are among the many to welcome new life this year with their rainbow son, Isaiah Flynn Smith.

Oil attack is Australia’s worst nightmare

Frenzy over Aldi product’s secret function

Man dies avoiding ‘determined’ magpie

‘Uber Eats paid $300 for 96 hours work’

Around the Region

EXPLAINED: What you need to know about fire warning levels

News There are five different warning levels, providing instructions regarding what to do in the event of an emergency.

APPEAL: How you can help Stanthorpe fire victims

News Queenslanders are doing it tough and they need your help

How to repay your home loan fast

Money Follow these steps to take advantage of falling interest rates

Weather watch: Fireys won't get wind reprieve

News Strong winds won't ease until tomorrow according to BoM

BUSHFIRE WARNING: List of schools to be closed revealed

Breaking Several schools will be closed tomorrow

BOM: No rain in sight for bushfire-affected regions

Weather BOM is not predicting any relief for bushfire regions this week

AFTERMATH: What it looks like on the ground in Stanthorpe

News True extent of the damage is still unknown.

Sport

Ricciardo facing 2021 F1 uncertainty

Motor Sports A SIMPLE admission from Renault’s managing director may have Daniel Ricciardo looking into his options for the 2021 season.

Australia’s incredible 113-year low

Cricket AUSTRALIA'S Ashes finished on a bittersweet note and one problem area throughout the series was brutally exposed again at The Oval.

Warner debacle officially worst ever

Cricket David Warner hit an unprecedented low cricket has never seen before

Smith moment shows everything’s changed

Cricket Steve Smith started the English summer as a villain

AFL stunned by amazing kiss photo

AFL "Love thy neighbour"

National Sport

Warner photo sparks Ashes conspiracy

Broncos great demands backline shuffle

‘I wish I’d rung’: Best mate’s regret

Team USA’s humiliating ‘wake-up call’

‘Lack of respect’: Aussies’ shock move

Queensland News

Child found in car with dead woman

News A child was found in a white Audi along with a dead woman, before a man died at the scene shortly after.

Outrageous Insta trend is hilariously bad

Opinion If you don’t think this trend is out-of-touch, you’ve probably done it yourself.

SOCIALITE'S DOWNFALL: How Doyle's perfect life spiralled

Crime How police brought this entrepreneur's life to a crashing halt

Cruel reality of devastating bushfires

News Firefighters on high alert as blazes continue to burn across Qld

Mental side of Qld disasters unsustainable

Health "If it doesn't rain this summer...we're going to need it the next."

Change that made Powerball harder to win

News "Waste of money now. Keno is a mile better for odds"

Blue Wiggle’s family heartbreak

News The Wiggles’ Anthony Field has shared some heartbreaking news.

Business News

Why more Aussies are committing to a mortgage

Money Rising mortgage demand is being matched by similar sentiment across the property industry. But will it continue?

The NBN’s ultimate broken promise

Technology The NBN predictions made in a 2013 report that did not happen

In Audi’s future, off-roading takes its cues from drones

Motoring It looks a little like a lunar rover but this is what the future might look like.

Planet capable of sustaining life finally found

News Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet

What's On

What's on the big screen this week

Gympie gets in Muster mode with Legends and Locals concert

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

NASA lands in Brisbane for museum's largest ever exhibition

Iggy pops for Bluesfest 2019

Lifestyle

Bride slammed for outrageous gift list

Dating A bride-to-be has been branded selfish after she took to social media to share an extravagant wedding gift list she expects from friends and family

Mum’s insanely easy laundry hack

Home & Decorating A QUEENSLAND mum who hated doing laundry has managed to cut her time on the chore in half — and it involves no baskets or washing lines.

Gigi shrugs off wardrobe malfunction

Fashion & Beauty Gigi Hadid didn’t let a wardrobe malfunction get in the way of the show at New York Fashion Week.

Gay people being told they are ‘broken’ in Australia

Crime AN investigation has revealed gay conversion therapy is still being performed in some dark corners of the Christian church in Australia. Warning: Distressing.

Latest Videos

Entertainment

Survivor star’s heartbreaking decision

TV Australian Survivor fans have been left devastated after a shock result in the second-last episode of the season. WARNING: Spoilers.

Brad Pitt discusses AA on The Project

Celebrity Megastar opened up about his kids and his time in AA.

Bach fave’s horror Photoshop fail

Celebrity Chelsie McLeod quickly deleted a disastrously edited photo

Two episodes Friends creator regrets

TV Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman reveals plot lines she regrets.

Meghan’s nephew ‘names drug after Archie’

Celebrity Markle Sparkle made him rich so he’s named a new strain after Archie

Latest Photos

River Dragon Festival

Miles Gymkhana Photo Gallery 2019

Ford brings back the Ranger FX4 for Christmas

Samsung Galaxy Note10 photographs

Wandoan V Tara Junior Rugby League Game - August 17, 2019

Real Estate

Australia’s best beachhouse bargains

Property Now’s your chance to nab a classic Australian beachside property

5 deposit hacks to help first home buyers

Money Saving up a deposit for your first home can be seen as impossible

Australian house prices at a tipping point

Property Spring selling season to bring market clarity

Fitness star’s luxury home steals the spotlight

News Fitness guru Ashy Bines takes her luxury Gold Coast home to auction

Houses record ‘significant’ jump in value

Property Sydney market appears to be on rise again