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Bull record A large crowd of buyers gathered at the Glenisa Angus on property sale complex at Glen Aplin last Thursday for the Wise family’s annual Glenisa Angus Bull Sale. The beef industry is currently on a high and that trend continued on Thursday with top Glenisa bull selling to a record price for the stud of $30,000. In total Glenisa offered 37 bulls which sold for a 100 per cent clearance and to a new record average of $15,270 to gross $565,000. Full story – Page 24
Tributes flow for Jeremy
Spring walk
The passing of former Warwick/Stanthorpe Today editor Jeremy Sollars has devastated the Southern Downs community and prompted tributes from friends and industry peers. Member for Southern Downs James Lister said Jeremy “burned for the public good” and the region would not be the same without him. For the full tribute, see pages 4-5
The second in a series of spring wildflower walks being organised by the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium will be held this Sunday 19 September in the Broadwater State Forest just north west of Stanthorpe. Secretary of the Consortium, Liz Bourne, said the walks aimed to show people some of the diversity of the flora of the Granite Belt as well as helping them to identify local species and learn more about their ecological requirements. “We have been running these springtime walks for a number of years now and they have been very popular with visitors as well as the local community,” she said. Full story – Page 3
Border bubbling The NSW-Queensland border bubble is once again in operation, meaning Queensland residents and some NSW border residents can cross for essential purposes, including work, volunteering, and face-to-face learning. Vaccinated people from non-restricted local government areas in the NSW border zone
can also travel to Queensland to collect food, access medical care, provide assistance, and donate blood if they have a border pass. People may not travel between NSW and Queensland to attend a wedding or funeral, to exercise, or for recreational purposes like holidays or meeting friends.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her government was happy with how the border bubble had been reinstated and that vaccinated people could cross to complete essential work and attend school. Also, all Queenslanders aged between 12 and 15 years old can be vaccinated at
Queensland Health vaccination centres. Stanthorpe and Warwick locals who received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination hub in August will this week and next week receive their second dose. Full story – Page 8
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