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welcome a Queensland will East Cattle logistics in 2022 when Watco fresh start on 1 January on the state’s central West starts operating
west rail line. bidding process, Following a competitive State Govprovider won the last year the rail freight in September after ernment contract west rail line service. The securing the south from 2022 to 2028, with a latest contract runs option. said three-year additional director Chris Hood Watco East West innovative keen to bring his business was logistics’ table. thoughts to the cattle STORY PAGE 5
young A top gun and a gun have clinched in the major victories esteemed Condamine sparkBell Campdraft, to ing a thrilling start Crown the 2021 Triple of series. From a field 440 riders, champion Ben Hall of Muttaburra draft won the open of Juand Charli Curr the lia Creek secured MeJoyce Campbell morial ladies’ draft. STORY PAGE 24
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to achieve what croppers seek Big grain size is grading, fewer screenings higher yields, better efficiency. reand enhanced milling news, Queensland Well, in some good genes in sorghum searchers have discovered summer crop - that prolific Queensland’s most size without penalty. Dr could increase grain David Jordan and Led by Professor has been done at the work by the Emma Mace, the Facility in Warwick Food Research Hermitage for Agriculture and Queensland Alliance - a research institute of Innovation (QAAFI) Queensland. of University STORY PAGE 6
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their record of incidentally breaking at Andrew Nobby, on 9 September last year. Gertru- $126,000 set A horned bull sold H Bomb Yarrawonga Santa son of Yarrawonga Bassingthwaighte’s Katmandu is the has reset the breed’s Royal junior champion dis stud at Wallumbilla H (P) - the 2018 Brisbane - and the first of bull record. R236, the second and grand champion bull Yarrawonga Katmanduwent for $150,000 to calves sold. the ring, of 158 lots into Oaks stud, Bomb’s Ferguson, Glenn Scott and Wendy
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Pink for a cause The Zonta Club of Stanthorpe held its annual Pink Dinner on Saturday night at the Queensland College of Wine and Tourism. This event continues to support the battle against Breast cancer. Read more on page 16
Time to connect Mental health was a focal point at the last Southern Downs Regional Council meeting. A letter from Kathy Payne to SDRC Mayor Vic Pennisi was included, stating she wanted to reinforce the concerns raised by a local chaplain and a local chaplaincy committee chairperson regarding the lack of access to mental health support services for young peo-
ple in our region and more generally for all age groups. “Please advocate for our local community around this issue, as the current situation is not sustainable,” she wrote. Councillor Sheryl Windle stated in response to the letter that “we’re all very well aware that mental health services are very limited
throughout the whole region, and I think that we can in some way play a small part of many to advocate to get that problem addressed in some way through the federal and state government”. Mayor Pennisi stated that he’d been liaising with headspace, the chaplains, Lifeline and other groups; having these discussions in re-
lation to how we address some of these issues going forward and what can be done. Mayor Pennisi stated that Council’s role may end up being facilitating the conversation with all the people that play in that space to see if there’s a common way of facilitating some of those outcomes. Full story – Page 4
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