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Big plans for PGC college A Warwick school has been named the recipient of a $28,500 federal grant, which will partly fund the development and implementation of a new master plan. The Australian government has committed the funding to SCOTS PGC College under the Capital Grants Program. Member for Maranoa David Littleproud said the funding would allow the school to plan for future upgrades and expected growth in student numbers. More on page 5
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A local disability service provider has united with Southern Downs Regional Council to create up to a dozen jobs for supported employees. The council appointed Endeavour Foundation to manage the Southern Downs region’s 11 supervised waste facilities from 1 July 2021. Endeavour Foundation’s Warwick site manager Trevor Fenn said the partnership was great news for people with disability in the Southern Downs region. More on page 8
A number of events were hosted across Warwick between 4 July and 14 July for national NAIDOC week, which was this year themed ‘Heal Country’. Celebrations included a march and flag raising ceremony, barbeques, morning teas, and a family fun day. See photos from Saturday’s celebration on page 12
Vegans ‘no sale’ animals being processed for sale who were not fit for sale, animals suffering heat stress, mixing of consignments leading to bullying and injury, confinement systems not fit for purpose, and over-populated pens and cages. The petition also stated that the saleyards should be found guilty of breaching the Model
Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals at saleyards due to a number of similar complaints. McDougall & Sons did not wish to comment, however have received widespread support for the community. Story page 3
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with activism in the area, including an incident at an abattoir in Yangan. The petition has a video attached, which they use as evidence for their claims that their members had witnessed transportation violations, a lack of water supply to animals, a lack of fans or insulation, rough handling of birds,
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