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Dam contract awarded
13 May 2009
Queensland Dam Consortium has been appointed to build the $348 million Wyaralong Dam near Beaudesert, a project that is creating 420 jobs. ... more >
Boost to police numbers
13 May 2009
SCENIC RIM residents will have added police protection, after the creation of 25 new police positions in south-east Queensland and extended hours at the Beaudesert Police Station. ... more >
Resort passed in
13 May 2009
THE Kooralbyn Hotel Resort failed to attract a new owner when it went under the hammer on Thursday, however, the vendors, Wellington Capital, said they believed they would have a buyer soon. ... more >
Teachers to strike
13 May 2009
SCENIC Rim state school teachers will take part in a Queensland teachers’ strike on Tuesday, May 19, in protest at being among the lowest-paid teaching professionals in Australia. ... more >
Man gaoled
29 April 2009
ALMOST two years after his arrest, a Beaudesert man has been sentenced to two years in prison after police discovered more than 60 kilograms of marijuana at his Brisbane Street home. ... more >
Region remembers
29 April 2009
Scenic Rim residents paid their respects to the fallen on Saturday, attending ceremonies and services to honour Anzac day. ... more >
Council pay rise
29 April 2009
SCENIC Rim Regional Council (SRRC) staff are set for a 4.5 per cent annual pay rise for the next two years, after council endorsed its Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) at yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) meeting. ... more >
Vandals hit project
29 April 2009
VANDALS have hit Jubilee Park’s Shared History Walkway. ... more >
Study delayed again
23 April 2009
THE release of a study exploring transport needs for the Mt Lindesay/Beaudesert region for the next 50 to 60 years has again been delayed. ... more >
Lucky escape
23 April 2009
TAMBORINE woman Karen Hamilton says she was lucky to walk away uninjured after a rock the size of a cricket ball was hurled at her vehicle. ... more >
Population boom
23 April 2009
SCENIC Rim’s population is expected to hit 260,000 in the next 30 years and new research suggests many of those new residents will be baby boomers. ... more >
Funds for schools
23 April 2009
SCENIC Rim region schools will share in $6.5 million for public and primary schools in the Forde electorate. ... more >
Call for more police
8 April 2009
KOORALBYN residents have called for more police presence in the area after a local grocery store was targeted by thieves two nights in a row. ... more >
Bid to list hotel
8 April 2009
THE future of Tamborine Mountains St Bernard’s Hotel remains uncertain after the lodgement of a heritage-listing nomination for the site and century-old building. ... more >
Plan gets mixed reception
8 April 2009
MORE than 80 people attended the meeting of the Beaudesert to Bethania Rail Trail Support Group at Logan Village on Sunday, with representatives from Logan City Council and the State Government present. ... more >
New look at draft plan
8 April 2009
SCENIC Rim Regional Council may change its submission on the South East Queensland Regional Draft Plan 2009-2031 after the State Government extended its deadline on submissions to May 1. ... more >
Man rushed to hospital
3 April 2009
EMERGENCY services from Beaudesert and Beenleigh were called to a three-vehicle traffic accident on Monday at Brisbane Street, Beaudesert, at 5.25am. ... more >
Golfers raise $2000
3 April 2009
CRIMESTOPPERS raised more than $2000 from the charity golf day at the Beaudesert Golf Club on Friday. ... more >
Drain to stay open
3 April 2009
TAMBORINIE Mountain residents have lost hope after Scenic Rim Regional Council’s (SRRC) recent decision to again defer work on the controversial open channel drain in Chalmette Drive. ... more >
Road plan backed
11 March 2009
THE Kooralbyn community may be given a much-needed boost after Shadow Transport Minister Fiona Simpson and LNP candidate for Beaudesert Aidan McLindon delivered a $7 million promise to create a Boonah-Kooralbyn connection road last Thursday. ... more >
Lucky at Canungra
11 March 2009
CANUNGRA News and Casket Agency has been a lucky place to buy a Lotto ticket lately, with the newsagency selling two winning division one tickets in a month. ... more >
Expansion plan fears
11 March 2009
THE Guanaba Creek Rescue Team fears landslides and damage to wildlife if plans for expansion of St Bernard’s Hotel on Tamborine Mountain go ahead. ... more >
Plans for airfield
11 March 2009
INVESTORS have shown interest in buying the airfield at Kooralbyn and introducing new business to the area. ... more >
Warning from police
11 March 2009
BEAUDESERT Police have warned residents to secure their homes after a recent string of break and enters. ... more >
Fallen remembered
12 November 2008
COMMUNITY members joined veterans in paying their respects at Remembrance Day services across the region yesterday (Tuesday) as the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I was remembered. ... more >
Govt says sorry
12 November 2008
QUEENSLAND Health has apologised to the family of a three-year-old boy who was turned away from Beaudesert hospital recently, along with his grandfather who suspected the boy may have suffered sexual abuse. ... more >
Talks on rehab centre
12 November 2008
QUEENSLAND Health representatives met with Scenic Rim Regional Council staff last week to discuss plans to relocate the Fairhaven Recovery Centre to Tamborine Mountain. ... more >
Busy hospital
12 November 2008
A QUARTERLY health report on Queensland hospitals was released last week, showing an increase in the number of patients treated in Beaudesert Hospital’s emergency department (ED). ... more >
Operation nets drivers
12 November 2008
POLICE took part in Operation Clammer over the weekend. ... more >
More strikes likely
29 October 2008
LAST week’s industrial action by nearly 3000 teachers across the Logan-Albert-Beaudesert region may be repeated again next year unless the State Government commits to funding additional resources. ... more >
Call to move trucks
29 October 2008
BEAUDESERT and District Chamber of Commerce has sent Scenic Rim Regional Council a letter calling for its support of the removal of heavy traffic from Beaudesert CBD. ... more >
Rivers unhealthy
29 October 2008
RESULTS from the 2008 Healthy Waterways Ecosystem Health Report Card released last Wednesday showed the health of local waterways failed to improve in the last 12 months. ... more >
Lucky escape for bub
29 October 2008
AN?11-month-old Cedar Vale baby was lucky to escape with minor smoke inhalation when a fire started just centimetres from his cot. ... more >
Man assaulted
29 October 2008
A 48-YEAR-OLD man was taken to Beaudesert Hospital with injuries received in an assault in Beaudesert CBD about 11pm on October 26. ... more >
Koalas threatened
22 October 2008
THE State Government has been accused of hypocrisy after it was revealed a proposed freight rail link from Rosewood to Kagaru would cut through known koala habitats. ... more >
Drug charges laid
22 October 2008
POLICE executed three search warrants on October 15, which resulted in drug charges. ... more >
Church celebrates
22 October 2008
ST Paul’s Lutheran Church will celebrate its 75th birthday on November 2. ... more >
Jeeps on show
22 October 2008
HUNDREDS of military jeeps and vehicles descended on Canungra over the weekend for the Military Jeep Club of Queensland’s annual field and swap meet. ... more >
School's out
22 October 2008
SCENIC Rim teachers stopped work for an hour yesterday (Tuesday) in an attempt to convince the State Government to make resourcing commitments to schools in the Logan-Albert-Beaudesert district. ... more >
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