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MORE TO LOVE The editor’s desk Last week I had the opportunity to head along to a lunch put on by 'The Mulberry Project' at St David's Anglican Church at Allora (see cover story this week, pages 4-5).

The project has transformed under-used farmland in Nobby and Toowoomba into community gardens tended by humanitarian migrants to Australia, who grow produce including food from their traditional cuisines - for commercial sale, along with building their confidence and networking and social skills.

Project founder Louise Noble is now looking at bringing the concept to Allora and is set to engage with the local community in the coming weeks.

Most Australians have little real insight into what being a refugee is all about. If the number of posts I see on social media demanding that people be "sent back to where they came from" is any indication, many of us don't really care.

Hopefully Facebook isn't representative.

We on the Southern Downs and Granite Belt need to open our minds to the many possibilities newcomers to our country can create.

Unlike the United States at the present time, we still have a heart.

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COURT BATTLE IS ON Stanthorpe irrigators whose contracts were torn up by the Southern Downs Regional Council have taken their fight to the court system - story page 6.

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HEADSPACE YOUTH CALL Warwick youth support service seeks young people to join its Youth Reference Group and give feedback on service delivery - page 11.

THE SPIN Margo Robertson sent us this early morning snap of local wildlife on Mount Tabor in Warwick - send your nature, sunset, landscape, pets or other favourite snaps for Lenscape to newsdesk@freetimes.com.au

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QFF SUPPORTS EMU SWAMP PLAN The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) has signaled its support for Stanthorpe's proposed Emu Swamp Dam when commenting on the Queensland Government's draft Border Rivers and Moonie Water Plan this month.

The QFF identified that based on the potential for high economic returns and strong support from irrigators the Water Plan should make available enough water to make the dam viable.

Project Steering Committee Chair Brent Finlay welcomed the support of the Queensland Farmers Federation, which represents 13,000 primary

producers around the State.

"The feasibility of the Dam hinges on the availability of water in the Water Plan," Mr Finlay said in a statement.

"Without reliable water irrigators and Southern Downs communities will not realise the economic potential which comes from increased productivity.

"Preliminary economic analysis has identified that water from a potential dam at Emu Swamp will increase annual farm revenues by $50-$75 million.

"The Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce have employed the latest government modelling techniques to identify how water for the

Dam can be found within the proposed plan."

Stanthorpe Chamber of Commerce president Bill James said their modelling "has also identified how we can build the dam and have water available for irrigators in Pikes Creek and Accommodation Creek".

"It's a win for all parties and common sense - you cannot lock water up for purposes that aren't required, and you cannot take all of the water.

"Our submission also identifies a solution for emergency urban supply for Stanthorpe.

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identifying that there was no need for water allocations for strategic water infrastructure, the Chamber of Commerce is committed to finding the best outcome to bring economic development to the Region" The Chamber's submission on the Water Plan is available on their website at www.stanthorpecoc.com.au The Chamber - which is the leading proponent for the Emu Swamp Dam gave a presentation to Southern Downs councillors on Monday of this week on progress to date. ●

KILLER APPEALS CONVICTIONS SOLAR FARM EXTENSION arguing that evidence used to convict him in the high-profile cold case was unreliable.

Specifically, Dubois contends that confessions he made in the 1970s to two key prosecution witnesses could not be relied upon by the Crown as proof of his guilt, in one case because the person concerned had been drinking for several hours and had smoked cannabis.

Both O'Dempsey and Dubois received life sentences following their convictions.

Depending on the decision of the Court of Appeal in Dubois' matter a retrial could be ordered, he could be acquitted or the conviction will stand.

Court of Appeal President Justice Walter Sofronoff and Justices Soraya Ryan and Robert Gotterson last Thursday reserved judgment, which had not been delivered by time of printing of the Free Times this week. ●

Southern Downs councillors were yesterday due to vote on a request from the developers of a solar farm at Sladevale, north of Warwick, to extend the life of the solar farm to a maximum of 30 years.

Councillors at a special meeting held on Wednesday 6 June voted narrowly in favour of the plan by Terrain Solar to develop a 300-acre solar farm on land bounded by Gleeson, Jensen, Robinson and Freestone Roads, consisting of 250,000 solar panels.

It was later revealed the company had done a deal with the University of Queensland for the latter to take over the project at the start of construction, expected later this year.

At the special meeting councillors approved a maximum 25-year lifespan for the solar, but Terrain Solar have since requested this be extended to 30 years.

The change was due to be voted on at the June council meeting in Warwick yesterday.

Voting in favour of the application by Terrain Solar on Wednesday 6 June were Mayor Tracy Dobie, Deputy Mayor Jo McNally and Councillors Yve Stocks, Rod Kelly and Sheryl Windle.

Those in the 'no' camp were Councillors Vic Pennisi, Cameron Gow, Marika McNichol and Neil Meikejohn.

Residents had previously voiced concerns about a lack of time and a lack of expertise on the part of council's planning staff to properly examine the likely impacts of the development.

Also chief among their concerns are the visual impact of 250,000 solar panels in the Sladevale valley - also known as Campbells Plains - and the loss of prime agricultural land.

The University of Queensland has refused to disclose to the Free Times details of its negotiations with both Terrain Solar and the Southern Downs Regional Council prior to the special meeting which approved the solar farm. Our Say, page 9.

Updates at www.freetimes.com.au ●

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Convicted killer Garry Dubois is awaiting a decision by the Queensland Court of Appeal on his bid to have his convictions overturned for the deaths of Barbara McCulkin and her daughters in 1974.

Dubois was found guilty in November 2016 of the manslaughter of Mrs McCulkin and the rape and murder of her daughters Vicki, 13, and Leanne, 11 (pictured).

Warwick man Vincent O'Dempsey, who was also convicted of murder, has his own appeal set down for Thursday 26 July.

The mother and her girls were taken from their home in inner Brisbane on the night of January 16 1974 and killed at a bushland location, believed to be in the Warwick area. Their bodies have never been found.

Dubois' appeal was heard last Thursday 21 June in the Court of Appeal in Brisbane, with his defence

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Louise Noble with Congolese migrants (from left) Miriam Mangaza, Grace Msabah, Riziki Msabah, Naomi Uwase, Grace Uwase and Mwiza Mujawimana.

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s the spotlight continues to shine on the treatment of refugees both in Australia and the United States, calls are being heard to bring more migrants into Australia’s country

towns.

A lunch event held at Allora last week as part of Refugee Week drew migrants and refugee advocates from Toowoomba and elsewhere to get together and check out the site of a planned community garden on 10 acres of land adjoining Allora’s St David’s Anglican Church.

‘The Mulberry Project’ is the brainchild of Nobby resident Louise Noble, who’s transformed underutilised farmland in her home town and in Toowoomba into vibrant vegetable gardens tended by humanitarian migrants to Australia - who grow produce used in their traditional cuisines, as well as growing their own skills, confidence and social networks.

So successful has the project been in its 18 months of life that produce is now being sold commercially and participants have been catering for local groups and charities.

Louise said the goal of last Friday’s lunch at the St David’s Church hall was “to provide an opportunity for recently-arrived migrants to visit Allora and to experience a rural community”.

“It was also to enable the Clifton-Allora Anglican Parish and The Mulberry Project to ‘on board’ both the community and migrants for site development plans in a supportive environment,” Louise said.

Many regional and rural communities around Australia are beginning to understand the contribution migrants from a refugee background can make, both when it comes to filling gaps in the labour force and also enriching the social fabric as a whole.

One such community is Mingoola, west of Tenterfield, which in 2015 was facing the

closure of its primary school and feeling the effects of a lack of farm labourers - in a town residents said was “dying before their eyes”.

Around the same time, in Western Sydney, refugee advocate Emmanuel Musoni saw problems affecting people in his community who’d come from warravaged countries of central Africa.

Many of them had rural backgrounds and were struggling to adapt to an urban lifestyle.

When Mingoola’s Julia Harpham - one of a band of locals determined to save their town - and Emmanuel were put in contact in late 2015, after a chance meeting between Mr Musoni and an adviser to former Federal Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, they saw a solution to both of their problems - why not resettle some of these African families in Mingoola?

The Mingoola community set about

renovating several abandoned farmhouses and arranging job opportunities, and in April 2016 the first African families moved to the area - now there’s around 30 newcomers who call Mingoola home.

For the Africans it offered a return to their rural roots - and for the farmers it has provided an injection of life into their community.

Many now believe the Mingoola model could be used to help struggling rural communities across the country.

The re-settlement project became the subject of an episode of ‘Australian Story’ on the ABC entitled ‘Field of Dreams’, which aired in November 2016.

“Many of us have children who work in the city and aren’t going to come back to the farm because things have been so tough on the land,“ Julia told Australian Story at the time.

“You don’t like to see a community die.

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Mingoola's Julia Harpham with one member of the town's recent arrivals, Renatha Ntihabose, at last Friday's lunch at Allora.

One man’s refugee story ...

Anyuon Liai has spent the last 20 years in Australia with his wife Arwai Deng and their four sons, after fleeing South Sudan’s succession of civil wars.

These days he works as a multicultural adviser to aged care and community service providers, and his family have lived a comfortable life in Toowoomba - of his boys, the eldest is a real estate agent, the next is completing a Bachelor of Human Services and the two youngest are at high school and primary school.

But in Africa, things were very different.

South Sudan’s civil strife has led to the deaths of around 300,000, with about three million people - in a country of 12 million - displaced, both internationally and to neighbouring African nations like Kenya and Uganda, and the fighting continues.

What is ‘The Mulberry Project’?

In 2016, while picking mulberries in Nobby, an African friend asked Louise Noble why she had so much land but wasn’t growing anything.

This one question inspired the former architect to start what is now known as The Mulberry Project.

“Many humanitarian migrants are unemployed and depressed, and I could see the solution was so simple,” Louise says.

“Why not turn underutilised farmland into market gardens and create pathways to agricultural employment?

“It’s something that many migrants long for.”

With that idea, Louise got to work. She set aside a 500m2 patch of dirt on her property, enlisted the help of local farmer Andrew Manz - and the rest is history.

To date, more than 50 humanitarian migrants have been involved in The Mulberry Project, originating from Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Syria, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Welcoming anyone who wants to ‘get their hands dirty’, The Mulberry Project encourages members to share farming knowledge and skills.

Presently, 70 percent of those involved are women.

In just 18 months, Louise Noble’s idea has gone from a small market garden to a farming and food enterprise. Members’ talents have also been showcased at the Toowoomba Royal Show, with displays of Indigenous (Jarowair and Giabal), Central African (Congo, Burundi, Rwanda), South Sudanese, Sri Lankan and Syrian gardens.

Early last year, 20 Mulberry Project members visited Mingoola’s recently-settled African families to share knowledge and establish an extended support network. Already, Mulberry Project members are looking for ways to assist the Mingoola families to sell the garlic they grow.

- A community consultation evening to discuss the community garden proposed for Allora will be held on Tuesday 17 July at the Allora Sports Club, from 6 to 8pm.

All are welcome - enquiries to Louise Noble on 0415 974 313.

Anyuon Liai with Allora local Kevin Barnett.

Anyuon and Arwai met and married in a refugee camp in Egypt, where they spent a decade living on meagre rations of cooking oil and lentils, while waiting to see what the future held for them.

They also had their first child, and Anyuon learned English and completed a tertiary degree by correspondence.

Eventually, after the Egyptian government granted them refugee status, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), working through aid agency Caritas, asked them where they’d prefer to go.

“We told them America - we had friends who we knew had settled there and were working there,” Anyuon said.

“Later they told us it would be Australia, and that we had no choice in the matter.

“My wife and son and I left Egypt with her siblings and their children who had been located by aid agencies

in Ethiopia and Uganda - and we flew here in 1998, all seven of us.

“We arrived in Brisbane and at the airport we were directed to a number of vehicles - we got in, with no idea at all where we were going.

“We seemed to be driving into the country and as I was the only one in our group who spoke English I asked the driver where we were going.

“He pointed to the Gatton bypass and said ‘Toowoomba’.

Anyuon said many refugees would be more than happy to settle in rural communities like Allora and others on the Southern Downs and Granite Belt.

“The meaning of life is raising children,” he said.

“There are many complexities to living in a big city - life becomes very hectic and confusing for refugees.

“This kind of interaction that we’ve had here (in Allora) is not something you’d see in a place like Brisbane.”

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IRRIGATORS TAKE COUNCIL TO COURT

BY JEREMY SOLLARS In the latest of a slew of legal battles it is currently facing the Southern Downs Regional Council is being taken to court by a group of Granite Belt horticulturalists whose water supply contracts were ripped up by the council late last year.

The irrigators insist their contracts - for the supply of treated effluent water from the Stanthorpe Wastewater Treatment Plant remain valid and have lodged a 'statement of claim' in the Supreme Court of Queensland to defend their rights to the water.

The claim was lodged last Tuesday 19 June on behalf of the irrigators by Stanthorpe's V C Catanzaro solicitors, with the plaintiffs being Antonio Baronio, Pieter and Laura Hendriksen, William Taylor, Christopher and Jennifer Wren and Scurr Investments Pty Ltd. The group is seeking court orders that the council continue to supply them with the treated water under the terms of their contracts and that they be charged for the water as per those terms.

The irrigators' contracts were due to run until 2019, with the option of a five-year extension on each of them. The original contracts were drawn up in early 2004, when the 'Stanthorpe Recycled Water Scheme' was initiated by the former Stanthorpe Shire Council.

As well as supplying water to the irrigators - who pay a base annual fee of $4180 plus a consumption charge of $108 per megalitre - the Stanthorpe Recycled Water Scheme also supplies water to local sporting groups, the cemetery, the showgrounds and the Stanthorpe State High School's agriculture program.

Bizarrely, the council appears to be arguing that the reason it terminated the contracts is due to ongoing sewage overflows from the Stanthorpe treatment plant into Quart Pot Creek - and that it needs to find new users for treated wastewater from the plant who will receive increased quantities in order to eliminate future overflows.

As reported by the Free Times in February the council could face a Queensland Government fine of up to $4 million as a result of overflows in the last two years - in breach of its environmental obligations - which are still being investigated by the Department of Environment and Heritage.

Documents obtained by the Free Times

Quart Pot Creek. in February show the council internally blamed staff errors for the overflows but that the chief cause was poor maintenance and neglect of systems at the Stanthorpe treatment plant.

The council called for expressions of interest (EOIs) for potential new users of the recycled water, with the EOI process closing on Monday 9 October 2017.

The council has not revealed who submitted EOIs for the water or the timeframe for signing contracts with new users, with the court action by the irrigators now frustrating that process.

MONTHS OF LEGAL MOVES ...

In their Supreme Court claim the irrigators state they received correspondence from the council in August last year foreshadowing the termination of their contracts, on the basis that they and the council were within a "negotiation period" in relation to the renewal of the contracts from 2019.

The irrigators disputed that assertion, writing back to the council stating that their contracts remained in force and that they had not breached any conditions relating to renewals.

Despite the irrigators threatening legal action, the council passed a resolution on 13 December last year to terminate the contracts and move to an 'open tender process' for the recycled water, with both

new users and the existing irrigators able to submit tenders.

At that time the irrigators - via Catanzaro Solicitors - placed a public notice in local media warning any new tenderers that they could also be subject to legal action involving the council.

The council returned fire by accusing the irrigators of trying to "lessen competition in the market" and advising them it had made a "complaint", although it was unclear to which body.

The council also demanded written and public apologies and retractions from the irrigators and threatened that if these were not forthcoming the council would lodge a complaint with the Queensland Law Society.

The irrigators did not apologise for or retract the public notice and it is not known how far the council proceeded with its complaints.

More correspondence between the irrigators and the council shot back and forth between last December and last week, when the irrigators commenced their court action.

They also claim the council has been over-charging them for the recycled water, at a rate of $190 per megalitre, instead of $108.10 as stipulated in their contracts.

Spokesman for V C Catanzaro Solicitors Michael Catanzaro said the water agreements with the council " have been running for many years without any problems until recently".

"As anyone can appreciate, especially in this region, water represents a significant asset to our clients and one which any grower would fight to protect," Mr Catanzaro said.

COUNCIL'S COURT COSTS MOUNTING ...

The irrigators' case is just one of a number of current legal actions in which the council is involved, costing ratepayers big time.

The council is suing the company it claims caused a major fire at the Stanthorpe Civic Centre in 2016 - Northern Lifestyle Sports Floors - for nearly $2 million, in an action lodged in the Supreme Court in late May. Ongoing town planning matters are also helping to rack up the legal bills, including an appeal to the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland by United Petroleum against council's approval conditions set down for the redevelopment of its Wallace Street servo in Warwick, and another appeal

by Layton and Sharalyn Free against the council's refusal of their feedlot application near Allora.

The council is also continuing to pursue Allora's GrainX grain handling facility through the courts over alleged breaches of the company's operating conditions, with the matter set down for a review in the Planning and Environment Court this week. â—?

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Rose City Premium Meats and Rose City Fruits have re-useable plastic bags for a small fee - 10 cents and six cents respectively, and fruiterer Justin Van Twest will also pack your fruit and veg in a box if desired.

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Rose City Shoppingworld outlets in Warwick showed the Free Times a number of their own alternatives to single-use plastic bags this week.

Woolworths - who got in early with their shopping bag transition last week offer their own calico 'green bag' for 99 cents, along with a couple of re-useable heavy plastic variants.

Big W has a heavy plastic option, or customers can pick up a hefty calico

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The Queensland Government's plastic bag ban comes into force this Sunday 1 July, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk claiming it will help the environment and marine life such as turtles and marine birds in particular.

The premier says an estimated one billion single-use lightweight plastic shopping bags are used in Queensland each year and while the majority end up in landfill, around 16 million plastic shopping bags end up in the environment in Queensland each year.

The government in conjunction with the National Retail Association will work with retailers to ensure they are compliant with the plastic bag ban.

Any retailer found to be supplying the banned bags after Sunday could be fined up to $6,300.

From this Sunday, retailers are no longer able to supply single-use lightweight plastic shopping bags less than 35 microns in thickness to customers, for free or at a charge.

This includes compostable, degradable and biodegradable bags which the government says break down in the environment in the same way as conventional plastic shopping bags and can still harm the environment and wildlife.

Shoppers must instead bring their own bags - such as re-useable 'green

Rose City Shoppingworld management is this week - until Saturday - offering a free re-useable calico bag to customers who spend $80 or more in a major store, or $30 or more in a specialty store.

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NEWS ASSAULT PROBE Police are continuing to investigate an assault which took place outside the Criterion Hotel in the Warwick CBD last Thursday 21 June.

It is understood a man was severely bashed outside the hotel at around 3pm, with a number of people involved in the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Warwick Police on 4660 4444 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1800 333 000.

David Littleproud announced changes to Farm Household Allowance.

MATCH-FIXING DROPPED A match-fixing charge involving a Warwick harness racing identity has been dropped a year after it was first laid.

Trainer and driver Dayl March was charged by the Queensland Police Racing Crime Squad and the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) on 6 April 2017 and had his licence suspended.

His matter was mentioned numerous times in the Brisbane Magistrates Court since that time, including in mid-April this year, when police prosecutors offered no evidence and the charge was dismissed.

A similar charge against Ipswich harness racing trainer Leonard Cain was also dropped due to a lack of evidence, calling the QRIC's enforcement activities into question.

The cases of Mr March and Mr Cain were the first match-fixing charges to be contested in court relating to QRIC's harness racing investigations, which were conducted by the Racing Crime Squad.

The licences of both men have since been reinstated.

SOLEMN SUB-BRANCH The Stanthorpe RSL Sub Branch is, as part of the 100th anniversary of the World War One Armistice commemorations in 2018, embarking on a project to identify and formally mark previously unmarked graves of exservicemen in the Stanthorpe Cemetery.

As part of this process the Sub Branch is seeking consent from any existing relatives of the following ex-servicemen •฀ Blanch, John Bernard •฀ Crapp, Albert •฀ Eddington, Charles Edward •฀ Farrar, Joseph •฀ Hamilton, Charles Frederick •฀ Houston, Thomas Oscar •฀ Lahey, Edward Charles

•฀ O'Conner, William Henry •฀ Evans, Ronald •฀ Tyler, Joseph William •฀ Warren, Alfred Charles The proposed markers are substantial, and will be erected by Remembrance Day this year, Sunday 11 November. This does not involve any cost to relatives although should they wish to make a donation to the project it would be greatly appreciated.

Relatives are asked to contact the Stanthorpe RSL Sub Branch or Ernie Jones on 0488 994 796.

ALLOWANCE The Coalition Government will extend the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) from three to four years which it says will help the nation's farmers with more effective drought support.

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Maranoa MP David Littleproud last week said the changes followed the 'drought listening tour' with the Prime Minister a fortnight ago.

"Farmers said extending FHA was a sensible measure which would help them, and we listened," Mr Littleproud said.

"While FHA is essentially an adjustment payment which comes with free financial counselling to help farmers restructure, four years is a more appropriate timeframe to do this.

"This extra time will give them more breathing space to implement plans to become financially self-sufficient so they are better placed to sustain their farming businesses.

"We will extend the period farmers and their partners will be able to receive FHA from three to four years through the Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2018. I remind farmers not to selfassess whether they're eligible for FHA - I fear many eligible families have not applied."

For more information on the support available for farmers, visit www.agriculture.gov.au

POTTERY PICK-UP The Warwick Potters Association has asked that children's pottery pieces made at Rose City Shoppingworld during the last school holiday period be collected from their clubhouse at 63 Horsman Road before Friday 13 July.

Remaining pieces will be donated to a community kindergarten. Enquiries to Rae on 0402 307 637. ●

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A QUESTION OF POLITICAL WILL and due solely to community pressure.

What happens with 'impact' applications - and 'code' ones the councillors ask to be put on the table, such as Terrain Solar's - is that the council's planning staff prepare a report for the councillors with three options - approve, approve in part, or refuse.

The officers will recommend one of these three courses of action - usually it's 'approve' - but councillors do have the other two options at their disposal, if they feel so inclined.

The trouble is that if they toy with refusal, the officers will say, in a very 'Yes Minister' fashion, that to do so would be 'courageous', and the councillors must realise the applicant could take them to court.

At which point most councillors - across all local governments - feel a little sick in their stomachs at the thought of how much the lawyers are going to cost and quickly stick up their hands to approve.

They will then assure themselves that the extremely robust conditions the planning officers have drafted up will ensure nothing nasty happens and everyone will live happily ever after.

And if you believe that you probably believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden too ...

Jeremy Sollars Free Times editor

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Appointments essential. Book online at salvos.org.au/willsday or call 0435 968 573

COUNCIL RATES STANTHORPE EXAMPLE… I am the owner of one of 10 adjoining fiveacre properties on Mt. Tully Road, five kilometres from Stanthorpe.

Our properties have neither water or sewerage.

Rates paid 2015/16 - $1602 2016/17 - $2337 An increase of 45 per cent - with the average yearly rate increase from 2009 to 2017 being 18 per cent.

Council officers, when approached, stated that rate levels are based on State Government valuations - which on our properties have increased by 500 per cent ($35,000 to $190,000) since amalgamation in 2009.

Comparable property sales in area, including two sales of adjoining blocks, clearly indicate a static, if not a declining actual sales level in same period.

One has to question the validity of the (so-called) state government valuation operation as it appears there may be some shuffling of figures that look, at best, rubbery.

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CALLING ALL DRONE/QUAD & MULTIROTOR FLYERS Warwick Aero Modellers (WAM) is intending to hold a public Meeting at 11.00am on 8th July, 2018 at Barclay Field at the Morgan Park Precinct to gauge public interest in the formation of a Quad/ Drone/Multirotor club within their field.

If you would like to attend please contact Merry on 0418 409 788 or by email on Secretary.wam@gmail.com It is proposed to hold a sausage sizzle on the day with tea and coffee for a gold coin donation. Closer to the date all those who contacted WAM will be notified as to whether there was sufficient interest to go ahead with the meeting.

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to build anything anywhere and can get it approved provided they can demonstrate on paper - that any negative impacts can be 'minimised'.

In other words, open slather to the allpowerful development industry and, to use a quaint old Brisbane expression, 'two to the Valley' to the community.

But the IPA doesn't mean that councils are powerless to refuse development applications - it makes it harder, sure, but not impossible.

It comes down to a question of political will.

The typical scenario is this. The proponent of a development - like a solar farm on prime ag land - puts in their development application (DA) to their local council.

It's either 'impact assessable' - which means it's publicly advertised, the community can make formal written submissions for and against, and residents have the right of court appeal if the council decides the application contrary to their wishes - or it's 'code assessable', which means the council's planning staff make the decision and it doesn't have to come across the table at a council meeting, unless the councillors ask for it to.

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As Sladevale and Mount Tabor residents come to terms with the approval of a monstrous solar farm in the fertile Campbells Plains valley just north of Warwick, it's perhaps timely to share my thoughts on how our council and others make decisions around town planning and development.

In a previous life as a policy officer working at a political level in Brisbane City Council I was pretty heavily involved in the town planning area, at the time the Integrated Planning Act (IPA) came into being.

Often tagged the 'Disintegrated Planning Act' by town planning practitioners, it was introduced in October 1997, during the relatively short-lived National Party government of Rob Borbidge.

The IPA was revolutionary, in that it heavily swung the odds in favour of the Queensland property development industry, who had lobbied long and hard for it and who donated generously to political parties of all persuasions at election time.

Before the IPA, local councils were able to prohibit certain kinds of developments in certain locations - like a solar farm on prime ag land - and had certainty about their powers in relation to town planning and development applications, and what they could refuse.

The IPA put paid to all that. At its core is the principle that nothing can be prohibited by councils - anyone can apply

The Southern Free Times is on a mission to identify our region's worst road safety 'black spots' in the coming weeks and months and we want input from our readers.

Everyone knows of a local intersection or other feature of the road network where you get more than a little nervous behind the wheel, and with good reason.

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UNDERSTAND TRUCKING CHANGES Attention transport operators - on 1 October 2018 the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) will be amended to provide that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain has a duty to ensure the safety of their transport activities.

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator says in practical terms, this 'primary duty' represents an obligation to eliminate or minimise potential harm or loss (risk) by doing all that is reasonably practicable to ensure safety.

As a party in the supply chain, the best way to do this is to have safety management systems and controls in place, such as business practices, training, procedures and review processes that · identify, assess, evaluate, and control risk · manage compliance with speed, fatigue, mass, dimension, loading and vehicle standards requirements through identified best practice · involve regular reporting, including to executive officers · document or record actions taken to manage safety.

To assist operators to understand the changes the Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) is holding a series of workshops around the state, including in Warwick on Tuesday 10 July, to help take the angst out of getting your safety systems and processes in order and "putting them on paper".

Anyone using a heavy vehicle - over 4.5 tonnes - to carry, transport or move goods

for their business should attend, to get your risk management and safety procedures out of your head and onto paper, to meet your compliance obligations under Chain of Responsibility (CoR) and effectively manage safety in your transport related business activities.

Risks to be managed include · Fatigue Risk Management

Load Restraint Speed Management Dimension Vehicle Standards (maintenance) Mass QTA members and member affiliates will receive one complimentary registration per member with additional attendees $25 + · · · · ·

GST. For non QTA members the cost is $40 + GST per attendee.

The workshop on Tuesday 10 July will be held from 5:30pm to 8:30 pm at the Warwick RSL Memorial Club.

Book at www.qta.com.au/events. For more information call Lisa at QTA on 0405 152 985. ●

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CALLOUT TO LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE Warwick's headspace youth support service is seeking to re-establish a Youth Reference Group to assist in future planning and improvement of its services.

Community Awareness and Engagement Coordinator Simon Goddard said the service already had five candidates to join the Youth Reference Group but more are needed.

It's an opportunity for local young people aged between 12 and 25 to get involved and have a say about what's happening "for real" in the community.

Warwick headspace currently has around 300 clients on its books, but Simon believes there could be 1000 or more young people in the region who could benefit from their support.

"We want to hear from young people what they think about the delivery of our services," he said.

"Those on the reference group would also be ambassadors for headspace we'd envisage them assisting with open days and other activities.

"The time commitment will not be huge - the group would meet once a month.

"What we'd like to do initially is sit down and thrash out the terms of reference and work out how the group will operate.

"We'll also assist with things like

Consulting psychologist with Warwick headspace Mark Cary with client Travis Bock and his mum Carmel. transport and out of pocket expenses where needed.

"My role is to facilitate it and make sure the members of the group understand their role and that they don't feel pressured."

Benefits of joining the Youth Reference Group include ... · Meeting other young people passionate about youth mental health and well-being · Receiving training in mental health,

alcohol and other drugs, media and relating to your specific interest area · Develop a range of skills including working in groups, and representing the needs of your peers · Make real changes to how services are delivered in the community Qualities headspace hopes to see in individuals and in the group ... · Aged between 12 and 25 years · Have an interest, passion and something to say about health, mental health and/or alcohol and other drug issues for young people · Can think about the big picture · Will work in a team and participate in group discussions as well as working independently · Will be motivated, and show a willingness and commitment to participate on an ongoing basis · Possess good communication skills · Can balance health (including mental health), other responsibilities like school/work/uni/family and the demands of the Youth Reference Group position · Have easy and regular access to the internet and phone · Representation from the Indigenous and LGTBI communities Interested? For more information: contact Simon Goddard on 4661 1999 or via email - simon.goddard@rhealth. com.au ●

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DINNER AND A SHOW TO WARM YOU UP Attendees at this year's Jumpers and Jazz Winter Dinner can expect to be dazzled by a feast of local produce and heart-warming jazz at the Warwick Town Hall.

The Winter Dinner, to be held on Friday 20 July, kicks off Jumpers and Jazz in style. Local produce will be transformed into mouth-watering meals by local caterers Chefs and Champagne.

Diners will be serenaded by festival favourites and local duo the Blue Violets, and then taken on a unique musical adventure with renowned Craig Martin and his Beatles Swing Band.

"Craig Martin and his band are well known for their unique swing take on 25 Beatle classics," event coordinator Pam Burley said.

"They have played across the country and Craig himself is actually from Liverpool - and yes, he has performed at the Cavern Club!"

People have the option of attending

the full dinner, including sumptuous local produce, or alternatively they can opt to attend the concert only, with reduced-priced balcony tickets.

"All tickets include a complimentary wine and canapes and everyone is welcome to step out onto the dance floor and swing the night away," Pam said.

Peta from Weddings and Events Warwick, who is supporting the dinner, is excited to be involved.

"The Blue Violets are such great local talent, and combining that with Craig Martin's Swing Band and fabulous food is sure to leave everyone satisfied," Peta said.

Tickets are available online at www. warwicktickets.com.au or at Bryson's Place, 55 Palmerin Street, Warwick.

For more information on this event or any Jumpers and Jazz in July events, visit www.jumpersandjazz.com, or like the festival's Facebook page. ●

Popular local act ''The Blue Violets''.

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· Other income - including compensation and insurance payments, discounted shares under employee share schemes, some prizes and awards Visit the ATO's website for more information on income you must declare.

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MODELLERS TO MEET The increasing popularity of drones has prompted the Warwick Aero Modellers (WAM) to hold a public meeting to gauge interest in forming a quad/drone/multirotor club at their Barclay Field headquarters in Warwick's Morgan Park precinct.

A club spokesman said remote control national and state ruling bodies have recognised the huge trend towards drone operation and WAM sees an opportunity to provide these enthusiasts with a safe environment where they're covered by insurance.

The Warwick Aero Modellers want to hear from local drone enthusiasts.

WAM is also keen to explore the potential to attract drone competitors and events from outside Warwick.

The public meeting will be held on Saturday 8 July from 11am - Barclay Field is the first turning on the left from the entrance to Morgan Park. Refreshments will be available for a gold coin donation.

To register your interest in the meeting contact Merry on 0418 409 788 or email Secretary.wam@gmail.com

ABOUT WARWICK AERO MODELLERS ...

The club was formed in early 2011 after a group of Remote Control (RC) enthusiasts in the region realised the need to start an official club to service the growing need for a safe and friendly location to enjoy the sport of RC flying.

Members fly petrol, glow and electricpowered aircraft and have access to both grass and bitumen runways at Warwick and grass at Stanthorpe.

New members are warmly welcomed - to find out more visit www.wamqld.com ●

The friendly team at Property Specialists Warwick are here to guide you through the real estate maze.

ARM YOURSELF WITH FACTS Property Specialists Warwick will host two upcoming information sessions to assist those unsure of where to start when it comes to buying, selling, renting and investing in real estate.

The first session will be held on Thursday 12 July and will focus on getting your finances in order, how to find out your credit rating and the costs involved with purchasing.

The second session will be held on

Thursday 16 August and will deal with the ins and outs of buying - including finding the right agent and the right house and the relevant legal requirements.

Both information sessions will be held at the QCWA rooms on Grafton Street in Warwick, next to the transit centre.

RSVP on the Property Specialists Warwick Facebook page on the 'Property Information Sessions' event post! ●

property

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by Treasurer Jackie Trad this month.

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) welcomed news that the First Home Owners Grant was going to be extended for another 12 months, however, was disappointed that it would be reduced to $15,000 and would not be extended to include established homes.

"Disappointed is the best way to describe how we're feeling about this lack of action from the Treasurer on the grant being applied to established homes," said REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella.

"Regional Queensland desperately needs buyers to absorb some of that

excess supply and the grant could help first home buyers enter the market.

"However, it would be overstating to say there was no good news in this Budget. We are happy the FHOG has been continued, even though it is at the reduced rate. It will continue to stimulate construction and employment, although this benefit will continue to mostly be felt in the southeast corner.

"The real estate sector is one of the largest employers in Queensland, with thousands of small businesses throughout the state employing around 50,000 people. These small businesses are the backbone of the Queensland economy and will benefit from the payroll

tax rebates available to them for trainees and apprentices.

"In addition, the $45.8 billion spend on infrastructure investment in Queensland over the next four years will benefit the liability factor and improve desirability of real estate in areas where those projects will happen.

"The Foreign Acquirer Duty has increased from 3 per cent to 7 per cent, representing a backflip from the 2015 position where then-Treasurer Curtis Pitt declared foreign buyers would not be taxed. In 2016, a 3 per cent tax was introduced and now this tax has more than doubled.

"Taxing foreign buyers is a measure

best suited to markets where affordability is an issue. That is not the case in Queensland.

"We have more than 550 suburbs throughout the state where the median house price is $500,000 or below and 132 of those suburbs are in Greater Brisbane.

"We are affordable and we welcome all buyers to our real estate markets.

"The REIQ was also disappointed that the State Government chose to drag its feet on stamp duty reform, ignoring expert advice that the stamp duty was a regressive, outdated form of property taxation that stifled housing mobility." ●

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BOB’S LASTING LEGACY HONOURED

BY JEREMY SOLLARS Southern Downs Steam Railway stalwart Bob Keogh has been honoured for his years of dedication to the group by having its signature locomotive named after him, at a ceremony held at its Hamilton Street headquarters in Warwick last Thursday 21 June.

The SDSR's C17 971 loco - hitherto affectionately known as the 'Downs Dasher' and the 'Brown Bomber' - now carries a new official moniker, with a bright green plaque mounted on the side of its cab bearing Bob's name.

Bob is stepping aside from the SDSR for health reasons and his years of service to one of Warwick's top tourist attractions were recognised by his fellow steam enthusiasts - including recent Order of Australia Medal recipient and

good mate John Brady - and former Southern Downs MP and SDSR patron Lawrence Springborg.

The C17 was found two decades ago languishing in a park at Chinchilla and through countless hours of volunteer work and old-fashioned blood, sweat and tears was lovingly brought back to life by Bob and the SDSR crew.

It now hauls the Railway's rolling stock - and around 4000 passengers a year - across the Southern Downs and Granite Belt, from Clifton to Wallangarra and all points in between, with the SDSR recognised nationally as one of Australia's foremost steam rail operations.

Well done to Bob from all of us here at the Free Times - and to find out more visit www.southerndownssteamrailway. com.au ●

Bob checks out the C17's new name plate.

Bob and mate of 60 years John Brady OAM.

ANDREAS IN A WALK OF HONOUR FOR THE ANZACS

BY JEREMY SOLLARS If you were driving along the Cunningham Highway between Warwick and Brisbane late last week chances are you spotted a fluro-vested figure bearing the flag of Greece - along with a 'Lest We Forget' banner.

As the Free Times went to print this week Andreas Leonakis was completing his third 'Anzac Memorial Walk of Remembrance', from Brisbane to Wallangarra and back again.

The long treks raise awareness of what Andreas says is the "incredible bond" between the Anzacs who fought in the Battle of Crete during the Second World War and the people of Crete, and to raise money for Mates4Mates, who provide support to returned Aussie veterans and their families.

Andreas' father Tim was among the many brave patriots of Crete who formed an organised resistance against the Nazis after Hitler's hordes invaded the largest of the Greek islands, leading to the Battle of Crete in May 1941.

Andreas began his third walk at the Paniyiri Greek Festival at Brisbane's Musgrave Park on Sunday 20 May - the anniversary of the day the Germans invaded Crete - and he caught up with the Free Times on his way through last Wednesday 20 June.

He expects to be back in Brisbane in the first week of July.

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German paratroopers during the invasion of Crete in 1941.

Andreas headed through Warwick last week.

1960s - with many other Cretans largely due to the bonds formed between the islanders and the Anzacs during the war.

"He always said the Anzacs were the bravest of soldiers anywhere," Andreas said.

"As well as Cretan people coming to Australia, some of the Anzacs went back and married Cretan girls after the war.

"The Battle of Crete is not one which many people are familiar with but the Anzacs fought with a lot of bravery.

"There is a very strong relationship between the people of Crete and the Anzacs."

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Crete after the death of his mother in 1929, as the Great Depression hit.

Twelve years later in 1941, he and the rest of the Cretan population became caught up in the Second World War, with the Battle of Crete lasting 11 days from its commencement on the morning of 20 May. ●

THE BATTLE OF CRETE ...

Greek and other Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians, defended the island after Nazi paratroopers descended from the skies in their thousands - it was the first large-scale use of paratroops in history - followed by seaborne troops.

After the first day of fighting the Germans suffered heavy casualties and

the Allies were confident they would triumph on Crete.

But the following day, 21 May, after a combination of Allied communication failures and hesitation and German offensive moves a key airfield Maleme, in western Crete - fell to the invaders and enabled them to land reinforcements.

The Nazis then overwhelmed the defensive positions of the Allies, who withdrew to the south of the island from where around half of them were evacuated by the British Royal Navy.

The remainder either surrendered to the Germans or joined the Cretan resistance, which dogged the Germans until the war's end in 1945.

German squads routinely executed male Cretans in reprisal for the deaths of their own soldiers - thousands of men were rounded up randomly in local villages throughout the course of the long German occupation for mass killings, with two of the worst the massacres at Kondomari and Viannos. ● freetimes.com.au

COMMUNITY DIARY SUNDAY 1 JULY Warwick Singles Social Club Over 50s will meet on Sunday 1 July at the Railway Hotel, Allora at 12 noon.

Contact warwickssc@gmail.com. or Jen on 0400 505 943.

The Ultra Golden Country Music Assoc invites you to Cappucino 'n' American Independence Day Celebrations Concert on Sunday 1 July at the Allora State School Hall commencing at 1pm.

Admission $10 includes unlimited cappucino, latte, chai-latte, hot chocolate etc from Little Kimmys Coffee Van during the afternoon, as well as afternoon tea at 3pm. Multi raffle tickets on sale. Special guest atrists The Beads and Bangles.

Enquiries phone Kevin on 4664 8142, Carolyn on 4661 4858 or 0439 929 225.

FRIDAY 6 JULY Friends of St. Mark's invite you to a Soup and Sweets Luncheon on Friday 6 July at St. Mark's Hall, Grafton Street, Warwick at 11.30am for 12.00 noon.

Admission $10, be entertained by the Grumpies, lucky door and multi-draw raffles. Tickets on sale from Monday 11 June. Please purchase tickets by Monday 2 July. Phone Elaine on 0448 139 409 or 4661 3940.

SUNDAY 15 JULY Warwick Singles Social Club Over 50s will meet on Sunday 15 July at O'Mara's Hotel, 45 Maryland Street, Stanthorpe at 12 noon. Contact warwickssc@gmail. com. or Jen on 0400 505 943.

WEDNESDAY 18 JULY Warwick VIEW Club lunch meeting will be on Wednesday 18 July at the Warwick Golf Club from 11am. VIEW Club

supports the work of the Smith Family in assisting disadvantaged Australian Children. Contact Michele on 4661 5339 or Dulcie on 4661 8319.

The next national Seniors Day Trip will be on Wednesday 18 July to Australia's largest Camel Diary and Wild Camel Training Centre, departing at 8.30am.

Morning tea, lunch, travel, and entry all included in one cost. Book now at Suncorp Bank Warwick until Wednesday 11 July. Any enquiries phone Carmel on 4661 3136.

SATURDAY 21 JULY Jazzy Breakfast with the Yuppies will be on Saturday 21 July at the Warwick Uniting Church, 37 Guy Street, Warwick from 7am to 10am. Contact Marg Wells on 0427 144 812.

SUNDAY 22 JULY Travelling Country Music Social will be on Sunday 22 July at the Cowboys Club House, Alice Street, Warwick from 10.30am. Adults $8.00, Children $4.00, lunch, afternoon tea plus bottomless tea and coffee all day, lucky door prize and multi raffle. Walk up artists welcome so if you can sing, dance, or say poetry come along and have a go.

Contact Marlene on 0419 710 828 or Ruby on 4664 4163.

SUNDAY 5 AUGUST Warwick Singles Social Club Over 50s will meet on Sunday 5 August at the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Palmerin Street, Warwick at 12 noon. Contact warwickssc@gmail.com. or Jen on 0400 505 943.

WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST Warwick VIEW Club lunch meeting will be on Wednesday 15 August at the Warwick

Golf Club from 11am. VIEW Club supports the work of the Smith Family in assisting disadvantaged Australian Children. Contact Michele on 4661 5339 or Dulcie on 4661 8319.

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Warwick Singles Social Club Over 50s will meet on Sunday 5 August at the Bull and Barley Inn, Eton Street, Cambooya at 12 noon. Contact warwickssc@gmail. com. or Jen on 0400 505 943.

SUNDAY 26 AUGUST Travelling Country Music Social will be on Sunday 26 August at the Cowboys Club House, Alice Street, Warwick from 10.30am. Adults $8.00, Children $4.00, lunch, afternoon tea plus bottomless tea and coffee all day, lucky door prize and multi raffle. Walk up artists welcome so if you can sing, dance, or say poetry come along and have a go.

Contact Marlene on 0419 710 828 or Ruby on 4664 4163.

WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER Warwick VIEW Club lunch meeting will be on Wednesday 19 September at the Warwick Golf Club from 11am. VIEW Club supports the work of the Smith Family in assisting disadvantaged Australian Children. Contact Michele on 4661 5339 or Dulcie on 4661 8319.

SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER Travelling Country Music Social will be on Sunday 23 September at the Cowboys Club House, Alice Street, Warwick from 10.30am. Adults $8.00, Children $4.00, lunch, afternoon tea plus bottomless tea and coffee all day, lucky door prize and multi raffle. Walk up artists welcome so if you can sing, dance, or say poetry come along and have a go. Contact Marlene on 0419

710 828 or Ruby on 4664 4163.

WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER Warwick VIEW Club lunch meeting will be on Wednesday 17 October at the Warwick Golf Club from 11am. VIEW Club supports the work of the Smith Family in assisting disadvantaged Australian Children. Contact Michele on 4661 5339 or Dulcie on 4661 8319.

SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER Travelling Country Music Social will be on Sunday 28 October at the Cowboys Club House, Alice Street, Warwick from 10.30am. Adults $8.00, Children $4.00, lunch, afternoon tea plus bottomless tea and coffee all day, lucky door prize and multi raffle. Walk up artists welcome so if you can sing, dance, or say poetry come along and have a go.

Contact Marlene on 0419 710 828 or Ruby on 4664 4163.

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER Warwick VIEW Club lunch meeting will be on Wednesday 21 November at the Warwick Golf Club from 11am. VIEW Club supports the work of the Smith Family in assisting disadvantaged Australian Children. Contact Michele on 4661 5339 or Dulcie on 4661 8319.

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER Travelling Country Music Social will be on Sunday 25 November at the Cowboys Club House, Alice Street, Warwick from 10.30am. Adults $8.00, Children $4.00, lunch, afternoon tea plus bottomless tea and coffee all day, lucky door prize and multi raffle. Walk up artists welcome, come along and have a go.

Contact Marlene on 0419 710 828 or Ruby on 4664 4163. ●

PUZZLES Quick Clues

SUDOKU How to solve Sudoku!

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CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7530 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Horror comic. 7, A-n-ti(me). 8, No matter. 9, Career. 10, Se-s’a-e. 12, Te-as-es. 15, Se-a-man (rev). 17, Hand down. 19, L-ate. 20, Spring water.

Down - 1, Tra-iners. 2, Sooner. 3, S-camp-s. 4, Em-it. 5, Scream. 6, He-nna. 11, Sh-all-ot’s. 13, E-lap-se. 14, Spoons. 15, Sinew-y. 16, A-(she)lter. 18, Darn.

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(4). 20. It’s well drawn (6,5).

DOWN 1. They teach art, taking a break when the siren goes off (8). 2. Prefer to be earlier (6). 3. The little blighters find the tents within seconds (6). 4. Send out, myself, to return the article (4). 5. “That’s very funny,” you say at the top of your voice (6). 6. The man and the woman came back for the dye (5). 11. The whole picture’s about plants (8).

13. Go by and see outside, pouring drink (6). 14. Clubs and canteens have them (6). 15. Strong wines wrong to give to the young (6). 16. She removed a shelter to give it a new look (5). 18. Do something about that wretched hole? (4).

1 8 5 3 6 2 9 4 7

ACROSS 6. Frightfully funny reading? (6,5). 7. As opposed to getting a point before halftime (4). 8. Quite immaterial, but never mind (2,6). 9. Calling, run (6). 10. See mum’s gone back in to get seeds (6). 12. Stands outside when one makes fun of (6). 15. Calls back to collect a sailor (6). 17. Pass on, not saluting! (4,4). 19. Left tea prepared for the former (4). 20. It’s well drawn (6,5).

DOWN 1. They teach art, taking a break when the siren goes off

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Cryptic Clues CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7530

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YPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7530

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How to Sud

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DOWN Buy (8) Walk (6) Mean (6) Lap (4) Missive (6) Chicken (5) Ban (8) Paint (6) Flower (6) Dance (6) Faint (5) Mountain range (4)

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SUDOKU No. 4192

ACROSS Face (11) Story (4) Entertainment (8) Involve (6) Go (6) Rely (6) Select (6) Monkey (8) Metal (4) Test (11)

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7530 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Countenance. 7, Epic. 8, Operetta. 9, Entail.

10, Depart. 12, Depend. 15, Choose. 17, Capuchin. 19, Iron. 20, Examination.

Down - 1, Purchase. 2, Stroll. 3, Intend. 4, Knee. 5, Letter. 6, Capon. 11, Prohibit. 13, Enamel. 14, Dahlia. 15, Cancan. 16, Swoon. 18, Ural.

CROSSWORD QUICK PUZZLENo. NO.7530 7530

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THE SPIN

TOUGH WEEK TO BE A MAROON It's been a torrid week if you are a Queenslander and a sports fan. We watched the Wallabies get rolled by everyone's favourite "other" team the Irish, suffered the indignity of our Aussie cricketers losing five nil to the arch enemy the Poms (ouch). Our NRL teams have been disappointing and then to add salt to the wound we will have to hand over the Origin Shield at Suncorp after the Blues wrapped up the 2018 Origin series with a win on Sunday night.

Hopefully the pain of it all can be dulled by a Socceroos win as this column goes to print. I think for that to happen, Aussie Bert should be calling on the magic of Tim Cahill. Fingers crossed that it is what he has been saving Cahill for and it is a well executed plan.

There has been one bright spot and that was the win of the Toowoomba bred galloper Merchant Navy in the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot following in the hoof steps of Black Caviar, Choisir and others. Has to be a boost for our Queensland Thoroughbred industry.

But back to Origin, while the Blues have the Origin series in their keeping, the Maroons are sure to fight tooth and nail to prevent a three nil white wash in the final game at Suncorp. Hard as it is to swallow as a Queenslander, the NSW victory has probably breathed new life into the Origin series.

The Southern press are calling it the end of the Queensland Dynasty but I believe that we will see the emergence of a very good side given the talent in our group of young players. We are not likely to witness the likes of the Billy Slater, who confirmed his status as the best ever to wear the NO 1 in Origin II again anytime soon and it is unlikely there will ever be another partnership as successful as the four Origin Musketeers, Smith, Slater, Cronk and JT. The Queensland future however looks to be in safe hands as the likes of Ponga, Holmes and Gagai to name just a few come into their own.

To Blue's supporters I say enjoy the moment your team deserves it, your coach deserves it, you deserve it (that was difficult) but remember there was a bee's eye brow between Gagai scoring a try that would have changed the result of the game and him finding the sideline on Sunday night. Best not to be getting too carried away. Bring on Game Three and let's hope the Socceroos can put a smile on our faces before then.

- Casey NRL BACK IN THE SWING It is back to the NRL after a great stand alone round of rep footy. If you didn't catch the Tonga Samoa game last week you should try and get hold of a replay. What a sensation game and even watching at home the atmosphere was palpable. The Poms and Wayne Bennett showed they are a team going places with a win over the Kiwis in Denver. The Hayne plane stalled in the game between Fiji and PNG and you wonder if it may be permanently grounded soon.

So this week after a week of rest it is back to work for the tipsters. Good luck it doesn't look to be any easier after a break.

COWBOYS FIRE A WARNING WITH WIN The Warwick Cowboys fired a shot across the bows of the TRL ladder leaders last weekend with a gutsy away win over Highfields.

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The conditions were cool but spurred on by the World Cup action, the competition was hot in the Junior Soccer / Football games in Warwick on the weekend.

Photo - Jeremy Sollars. outstanding. Jared Bradfield stepped up to the task and had one of his best games of the season.

In a torrid encounter the Cowboys opened the scoring and with converted tries to Joe Fuimaono and Declan McLoughlin led 8 nil before Highfields opened their scoring with a try to Dale Madden. The conversion by Jarrod Lee was successful. At the half time break the score was 10-8 in favour of the Cowboys.

Highfields grabbed the lead three minutes into the second half when Aaron Cooper scored. A good try from former Killarney Cutters player Rohan Keogh and a successful conversion by David McGrady put the Cowboys back in front.

They skipped away to a 22-10 lead after two successful penalty goals and a converted try to Declan McLoughlin midway through the second half.

Highfields were not going away and a try from Jarred Lee tried closed the gap when he scored 13 minutes from full time to make it 16-22.

Cowboys new signing David McGrady kicked beautifully all game and slotted a penalty to make it an eight point ball game.

In the shadows of full time Sean Hamel scored for Highfields but in a tight and entertaining game the honours and the points went to the Cowboys 24-20 It was a strong performance from the Cowboys. With the obscene of Paul Cantwell, Ben Sullivan played a halfback and Harry Sullivan slotted in at hooker.

The Cowboys forwards led by Jared Bradfield laid the platform for the win while an excellent kicking performance from David McGrady was telling in the end.

The Cowboys string forward pack led by Bradfield that laid the foundation for their win and an excellent kicking performance

by David McGrady was a telling factor in the final score.

This weekend Warwick takes on Dalby at Fr Ranger Oval in the match of the round.

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the points table behind four points behind Valleys and Wattles.

Warwick 24 (Declan McLoughlin 2, Joe Fuimaono, Rohan Keogh tries; David McGrady 4 goals) defeated Highfields 20 (Jarrod Lee, Dale Madden, Sean Hamel, Aaron Hooper tries; Lee 2 goals) Reserve Grade: Highfields 48 d. Warwick 4 Under 18: Highfields 56 d. Warwick 0 WATTLES BOUNCE BACK A week after their disappointing loss in the Madsen Rasmussen game Wattles bounced back to post a convincing 46-32 away win over an improved Goondiwindi in what was a tough road trip.

Wattles centre Nick Van Der Poel played his best game of the season scoring a double. Team mates Jackson Green and Andrew Richardson were also in the thick of things scoring two tries apiece.

Goondiwindi surprised the visitors when they led 6-0 after 13 minutes.

Wattles picked up the pace with tries to Jackson Green Joseph Morris and a double to Van Der Poel to take a handy 22-6 lead.

Brandon McGrady scored for the Boars just before the halftime break and with the successful conversion by Malcolm McGrady the score was narrowed to 22-12 and the home side was back in the hunt. .

Wattles came out after the break with real purpose and posted the first points with a try converted by Travis Burns.

Jackson Green then scored his second and successfully converted to take the score to 34-12. The Boars refused to go away and a try to Levi Wilson was converted by McGrady.

Wattles no doubt with the last minute loss to Valleys very fresh in their minds were keen to wrap up the game and two converted tries put the score at 46-18.

With 10 minutes left of the clock the Boars posted a flurry of tries but Wattles had done enough and in what is always a tough game at Goondiwindi won 46-32.

It was a solid win but if Wattles are to be

strong contenders for the main prize this season they need to put a stop to last minute fight backs by their opponents.

This weekend Wattles face another tough away game when they play Gatton at Cahill Park on Saturday night Wattles 46 (Andrew Richardson 2, Nick van der Poel 2, Jackson Green 2, Jake Hargreaves, Joseph Morris tries; Matt Duggan 5, Green, Travis Burns goals) defeated Goondiwindi 32 (Brandon McGrady 2, Tom Davis, Levi Wilson, Jack Barbrooke, Kristjan-Kriton Paletaoga Fa'atiu tries; Malcolm McGrady 4 goals) Reserve Grade: Goondiwindi 32 d.

Wattles 16 Under 18: Goondiwindi 19 d. Wattles 0 TRL A Grade Points Table: Valleys 20, Wattles 20, Warwick 16, Dalby 16, Highfields 14, Gatton 10, Oakey 10, Pittsworth 8, Goondiwindi 4, Brothers 2, Souths 0.

TANNY TRIPLES POPULAR The Tannymorel bowls club held their monthly triples competition on Thursday and long time member and bowls stalwart Myrtle Stewart sponsored the game. The roll up for the game was great and once again it was an enjoyable day. Honours went to the old foxes Gordie Assay, Toucha Tuck and Tadpole T Banditt. The runnersup were Walshy, Dunga Sullivan and Donnie Clouten.

Round One Results:- Marg Wright, Ronnie Philps and Pedro Collis defeated P Klouss, Noel Fletcher and John Johnson 14-8; Marg Grayson Rhonda and Jean Calam defeated Julie Buse, Al Buse and Les Clarke 11-9: Gordie, Tuck and T.B. defeated Lorna Shep and Mick O'Leary 17-3; Dunga Sullivan, Don Clouten and Walshy defeated Sue Butz, Geoff Creighton and Grumpy 10-9; The Summit defeated P Sipelt Bev and Doug Christensen 15-14; Barb Cross Penny and Greg Cross defeated Tom Seniger, Phil Wagner Max Holder 14-8.

There were plenty of tight games in round Two Skips only. Results:- Mick O'Leary defeated Doug Christensen 17Greg Cross defeated Grumpy 16-11; The Summit 12 defeated Johno Johnson 12-10; Mex Holder 14 defeated Jean Calam 14-11; T.B defeated Pete Collis 12-11; Walshy defeated Les Clarke 15-12.

Special thanks to the hard working girls in the kitchen and the sponsor Myrtle for making it another great day on the Tanny Greens.

IMPRESSIVE WIN FOR WEBB Stanthorpe golfers played a Single Stroke event which was kindly sponsored by 4 Water Supplies on Saturday. Talented young player Billy Webb continued his great form to post an impressive winning score of 62.

He also picked up the Birdies Nest on 17.

Greg Fraser (66 nett) was runner up and took the Pin shot at the third. Others with successful pin shots were Alan Kerr (12) and Keith Allen at 17. The 1/10th pro pin went to Scott Constable, 5/14th Keith Jones and 9/18 was claimed by Matthew Waterworth.

Mark Hendry scored an impressive Eagle on the 11th and along with Robert Reeves and Lyle Bryant figured in the run downs.

Lea Hurse won the ladies competition with a 72 Nett score ahead of runner up Helen Jones (73 Nett). Mandy Benussi held the Ladies approach shot at 17 This Saturday golfers play a Medley 4BBB Stableford sponsored by Steve and Sandra Kay. It is a shotgun start commencing at 11:45. freetimes.com.au

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BOYS HEADING TO TOWERS Three St Joseph's college students will join team mates from Warwick's Assumption College this weekend when they fly to North Queensland for the 2018 Con Fraternity Challenge. The round robin competition will be played at Charter Towers this year and is sure to be a great experience for the boys.

The Stanthorpe players joining the team are Lachlan Mahoney, Lachlan Swan and Marley Hikati.

The team will settle in on Saturday night before training Sunday and the Opening Ceremony at Mt Carmel Campus Columba College. The round robin competition gets underway on Monday with the semi finals Thursday and finals Friday. While the boys have a tough week of competition ahead of them there will be some R & R. The boys will attend a Carnival Dinner on Tuesday night where the guest speakers include Kelly Egan, former Assistant Coach at the Cowboys, Bulldogs and Manly and current football manager for the West's Tigers.

Also sharing the stage will be popular ex Australian player and club journeyman Brent Tate.

The combined St Joey's Assumption team has been very successful in the recent past at Con Fraternity and will be hoping to continue the success in 2018.

WIN AND A BONUS FOR RATS The Warwick Water Rats made it back to back wins with a big win over St George at Risdon Oval. The home side also picked up a very handy bonus point as the competition heads towards the finals.

The solid defence of the Rats combined with their domination of the scrummaging laid a great platform for the win. Lachy Winten and Tom Winter each crossed for two tries while Dean Cullen Manager Alastair Costello was full of praise for the Rats Jared Fearby and Joe Levick whoever it was front rower Dean Cullen who earned the Man of the Match.

The Water Rats will be hoping to carry their good form in to their next assignment against Goondiwindi who are sitting in second place on the B Grade ladder. Taking on Goondiwindi at home is sure to be a tough game.

B GRADE TABLE: Dalby 42 (10 games), Goondiwindi 39 (10), St George 38 (100), Warwick 22 (9), University 16 (9), Condamine 10 (8), Rangers 6 (8), Bears 5 (8).

GOOD FORM PLAYS OUT ON COURT There was some excellent form shown in all four disciplines of Croquet last week on the court in Stanthorpe.

The Golf Croquet players showed some nice touches this week. Bev Sullivan and Bronny Southgate each scored a double while Shirley Page executed a great jump shot. Justin Liddy and Elaine Brown were equal top scorers the previous week and Justin Liddy continued his good form and again top scored with 10 hoops along with international visitor Melanie.

The first doubles match was won by Elaine Brown and Melanie 13-7. They defeated Shirley Page who played two balls.

In the other game Bronny Southgate and Justin Liddy scored a 13-8 won over Bev Sullivan who also played two balls. After the break thee group played a triples game.

In a very close game Elaine Brown Shirley Page and Bev Sullivan scored a 9-8 win over Bronny Southgate, Melanie and Justin Liddy.

The Association Croquet group hit the court on Tuesday. Carol Verwey and Joy Newman had a 20-17 win over Andrea Denkewitz and Grace Howard. In freetimes.com.au

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Warwick player Stuart Shepherd takes on the opposition at full speed.

Photo by Carolyn Line

Grant Carroll emerges out of the dust to catch the ball for Tansey.

Photo by Carolyn Line a tight game Heather Widderick and Jenny Tunbridge edged out Val Shepherd and Effey Russell by just one hoop. The final score 16-15. Pat Schnoor scored a 22-19 win over Peter Tunbridge in a game where Tunbridge scored three peels.

Thursday morning it was Ricochet being played on the Croquet Court.

Jenny Tunbridge and Val Fancourt scored the maximum 26 hoops in their game against John Draper and Bron Southgate. The final score in a game where Jenny played very well and scored many hoops was 26-14well and scored many hoops. Meanwhile Margaret Dickenson and Bill Golding scored a 22 - 13 win over their opponents Peter Tunbridge and Andrea Denkewitz with 13 hoops.

On Friday morning the Gateballers came out to play. Uneven numbers meant Team One had only four players, Andrea Denkewitz, Val Fancourt, Grace Howard and Bill Golding. Team Two had the full complement of five players, Pat Schnoor, Les Williams, Heather Widderick, Joy Newman and John Draper. Sharing he refereeing duties were Pat, Joy, Heather and John.

In the first game Team Two scored a narrow 11-10 win. The second game also went their way and with Joy Denekwitz playing particularly well sparking many of the opposition balls off the court the score at the end of the game was 15-9.

The third game saw a turnaround for Team One who scored a 179 win. In the final game Team Two once again struck winning 11-7.

BOSS GETS A WIN It was the Sporters boss Ray Thorn that was in winning form on Sunday. El Prsidnente scored a win over runner up Ma Hunter who also had the Best Gross.

The Run-downs went to Nikki Waterworth and Matt Waterworth. Not sure what was going on Sunday morning but there were no takers for the Pin Shots on the 12th, 17th or the Pro Pin. They did however find some winner for the meat trays. Len Leigh and John Walsh both went home smiling with a meat tray in hand.

A reminder that tee off this Sunday is between 8.00 and 8.30am and a big shout

out to everyone to support the fund raiser for Billy Webb to assist with the expenses for his trip to America.

Billy and his team will be manning a Sausage Sizzle Brekkie Sunday morning prior to tee off and the BBQ will still be sizzling when you get back after your round.

Sporters are hoping for a great roll up to support the fund raiser. Not a golfer I hear you say - then come down for brekkie.

Hope to see you there.

DUST CLOUDS, POOR VISIBILITY - NO CHALLENGE Not even clouds of dust and low visibility proved enough of a challenge to curb the enthusiasm of almost 300 players and their horses at Toowoomba Polocrosse Club's Annual Carnival held over the weekend.

Riders and horses came from all over Queensland and New South Wales to battle for club pride the annual Toowoomba Polocrosse carnival. Toowoomba Polocrosse Club President Joanne Lossberg said 40 senior teams plus the future of polocrosse, Juniors and Mini Juniors competed over two action packed days.

The A Grade competition was fast paced and hard fought with traditional rivals Tansey 1 and Warwick 1 going head to head. Both teams won two games, and lost one game, meaning the winner was decided by a count back of goals. Warwick 1 came out on top with 53 goals to Tansey's 51.

Tansey' player Shane Gehrke was named Best A Grade Player and fellow Tansey player Beth Hafey picked up Best Lady Player of the Carnival.

The Warwick Polocrosse Club also had wins in C Grade and F Grade while a combined Warwick/Roma side won the A Grade Juniors.

The host club Toowoomba did not figure in the placings but were relieved that the weather gods were kinder to them after the 2017 carnival was rained out over night. Although I doubt under the present drought conditions many would have been disappointed had there been a repeat.

The drought conditions meant many hours were spent preparing the fields at the Oakey Showgrounds to ensure a safe playing surface for horses and riders. Mrs. Lossberg said the fields were in amazing

condition after being ploughed. "The fields were soft and were great for horses to stop and turn on safely," she said. "We were proud of the playing surface, and that combined with perfect weather conditions allowed for hard and fast competition."

The next carnival on the South East Zone Calendar will be hosted by Stanley Rivers Polocrosse Club on 14th and 15th July.

Toowoomba Polocrosse Carnival Results A Grade Winners: Warwick 1 Runners Up: Tansey 1 Best A Grade Player: Shane Gehrke (Tansey) Best Lady Player of the carnival: Beth Hafey (Tansey) B Grade Winners: Gold Coast 1 Runners Up: Warwick 2 Best B Grade Player: James Bredhauer (Chinchilla) C Grade Winners: Warwick 3 Runners Up: Roma Beaten Teams: Tansey 4 Best C Grade Player: Braydon Beck (Warwick) D Grade Winners: Wandoan Runners Up: Inverell Beaten Teams: Cunningham 2 Best D Grade Player: Emilee Bowden (Wandoan) E Grade Winners: Gold Coast 4 Runners Up: Chinchilla 2 Beaten Teams: Cunningham 3 F Grade Winners: Warwick 7 Runners Up: Gold Coast 7 Beaten Teams: Cunningham 4 A Grade Juniors Winners: Warwick/Roma Runners Up: Cunningham B Grade Juniors Winners: Stanley Rivers/Chinchilla Runners Up: Gold Coast Best Junior Player in the Junior Competition: Charles Fitler (Guyra)

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