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Hands on hips and not impressed, a local resident voices her concern about the effect of GrainX activities on her son's asthma. Residents of Allora gathered for a meeting at the Allora Community Hall, with Mayor Blundell and councillors. Residents claim the operations of GrainX are making them sick and keeping them up at night. See story page 3.
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overgrown grass and large patches of gravel, along with empty, paved roads. A response from Southern Downs Regional Council’s Acting Director Planning and Environment Tim O’Brien said the development was an ongoing process. “The development has commenced, with stages two, three and four now pending completion after council inspections,” he said.
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“During inspections of the completed work, council’s development engineer recommended further remedial work be undertaken.” Michael Kljaic was the face of the development but wound up banned from being an influential person in the project by the BSA in 2012 and has seemingly disappeared from Warwick and Queensland. Continued on page 3
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