Local, national and world news for Warwick, QLD | Wednesday 7 January, 2009
Over the moooon at $150k facelift
THE drafting pen at the Warwick Saleyards is set to get a $150,000 makeover, thanks to Federal Government funding. The Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) has applied for the funding as part of the $250 million the Federal Government handed out to local governments across Australia in November....-
Residents to appeal Allora feedlot expansion plans
YET another stoush over a cattle feedlot in the region is set to erupt, with objectors starting to line up against a... -
All rounder joins the boys in blue
FOR years he has been a part of a team on the rugby league, union and cricket fields but this week, Shane Hooper joined... -
2009 is biggest Aus Day carnival
WITH 32 teams signed up and more than 600 players expected to attend, the Total Cool Solutions 2009 Australia Day Cricket... -
Call to fix city 'not so safe' cameras
COVERED in cobwebs and grime, obscured by trees or just not working at all Warwick's Citysafe security camera network... -
Akooramak struggling to succeed
AKOORAMAK Home for the Aged has run at a significant loss for 2008 and chief executive officer Darryl Chapman said the...
Australian news
Gunns suing 13 anti-logging activists
Timber giant Gunns has ramped up its battle with anti-logging activists in Tasmania, suing 13 protesters involved in a raid on one of its mills last month.Whaling foes clash over missing sailor
Anti-whaling activists deny they obstructed the search for a missing Japanese crewman feared drowned in freezing Antarctic waters.Howard bumps Obama from Blair House
Former Australian prime minister John Howard is the reason Barack Obama and his family are staying in a hotel ahead of the president-elect's inauguration.Archaeologists confirm Mermaid discovery
Marine archaeologists have confirmed they have located the wreck of HM Colonial Schooner Mermaid in waters off Cairns in far north Queensland.
World news
Barrier Reef vies to be natural wonder
The Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature.Shortages spread as gas row flares
Gas shortages have spread across Europe as far west as France and Italy as cuts in Russian supplies through Ukrainian pipelines escalated.William and Harry set up own office
Princes William and Harry say they have been granted their own royal "household" by their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.Pakistan rejects India's Mumbai claims
India's prime minister says Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the Mumbai siege, a remark dismissed by Pakistan as propaganda.
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