Warwick Today - 1st July 2021

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Thursday, 1 July, 2021

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‘Nothing new’ Club on ‘cloud nine’ The keys to a brand new ride-on mower were officially handed over to Warwick Aero Modellers on Thursday 24 June by Southern Downs Mayor Vic Pennisi and Councillor Andrew Gale.

Southern Downs Regional Council has established a new advisory committee, which Mayor Vic Pennisi said will help the council tackle challenges associated with waste, population growth, and income. The council voted to adopt Terms of Reference for the Southern Downs Innovation and Development Committee at an ordinary meeting on 26 May. Cr Pennisi said last week that while he hadn’t yet met with the committee, its members had been established. See story on page 6

The club was announced a recipient of a one-off $5000 grant for the purchase of the equipment just last month, much to members’ delight. Read the full story on page 3

Honoured in street name Southern Downs Regional Council has passed a motion to name three new access roads at Warwick Aerodrome. The roads will be called Ronald Way, Jean Burns Drive, and Valerie Way. Names for the three roads, which are access roads into the Warwick Aerodrome western hangar subdivision, were suggested by the community. Ronald Way is being named in honour of Ron Bellingham, who has a long history with flying in the area. For more turn to page 3

Top of the towns tute used banking data to produce an analysis of domestic migration - compiling its findings in a ‘regional movers index’. Released on Monday 28 June, the index identified migration from capital cities to regional areas was at its highest level since 2018. In the March 2021 quarter, Noosa and South-

ern Downs were identified as the top two local government areas experiencing inward migration from capitals - Noosa recording 49 percent growth and Southern Downs 44 percent. Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce Secretary Amanda Harrold said the new research reiterated the need for strong lo-

cal infrastructure to handle growth. “A silver lining of the Covid-19 pandemic is Australians’ newfound appreciation for the lifestyle offered in the regions, and Stanthorpe is well placed to benefit from that realisation,” Amanda said. Story on page 4

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