Tag: Yaraka 4702

Flooded residents want mail via boat

February 12, 2010 12:00:00

Residents in a remote flood-affected region in Queensland's central west are calling for a State Emergency Services (SES) flood boat to be authorised to deliver their mail.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, local-government, australia, qld, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, yaraka-4702

One-student outback school fears closure

December 5, 2008 11:11:00

A tiny town in outback Queensland says its school should stay open, even if only two or three students are attending.[MORE]

Tags: schools, blackall-4472, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, windorah-4481, yaraka-4702

Tourism group wants focus on visitor duration

October 22, 2008 12:43:00

The Longreach Regional Tourism Association says it is important to encourage visitors to stay longer in the region, because then they will spend more money. [MORE]

Tags: rural-tourism, ilfracombe-4727, isisford-4731, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, yaraka-4702

Council urged to help keep school open

May 27, 2008 09:00:00

A tiny town in Queensland's central west has appealed to a local council in an effort to keep its school open. [MORE]

Tags: primary-schools, public-schools, local-government, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, yaraka-4702

Paramedics praise boy's crash bravery

July 24, 2006 09:15:00

Queensland ambulance officers says they will nominate a 12-year-old schoolboy for a bravery award after he ran five kilometres to get help for a car crash victim. [MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, people, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, yaraka-4702

AgForce investigates big land valuation rises

March 21, 2006 09:05:00

Rural lobby group AgForce says it is still questioning massive increases in land valuations and big differences in values between properties and shires.[MORE]

Tags: rural, aramac-4726, blackall-4472, cloncurry-4824, hughenden-4821, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, richmond-4740, winton-4735, yaraka-4702