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Lions step up to help farmers

The Lions Club knew something needed to be done to support those in fighting drought in western Queensland.

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08th June 2016 2:06 PM

Bev Hannam and Don McCall from the Caves lions club.

Mayor urges drought-affected farmers to contact Department

Cr Ferrier says individual properties can still be drought-declared, despite Biloela rainfall ruling out Shire...

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31st May 2016 8:05 AM

Banana Shire mayor Nev Ferrier is urging drought-affected farmers to contact the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to have their properties individually drought-declared. Photo Andrew Thorpe / Central Telegraph

Drought Angels shaken ‘to the bone’ by toughest trip yet

Drought Angels emotionally shaken after toughest ever trip to drought-stricken farmers in outback Queensland.

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30th May 2016 1:05 PM

TOUGH TRIP: Erb Brothers Transport operations manager Craig Sharpe with Drought Angel Tash Johnston.

Locals help the drought affected at hay run event

“ONE farmer related his despair at having to shoot around 20 head a day to put them out of their misery.

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05th April 2016 1:04 PM

$HELPING HAND: Louise Laffey has just come back from a road trip to Illfracombe where she travelled with friends to give sanitary and school packs to the farmers and families suffering through the drought. Photo: Max Fleet / NewsMail$

Students help raise spirit

STAR of the Sea primary school students have raised enough money to send 55 hay bails out west to drought stricken...

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28th March 2016 5:03 AM

RUNNERS: Andrea Hamilton is given a load of hay bales by students (back row, from left) Olivia Frawley, Isabelle Barnes, Cooper Macdonald and Sam Stoneley, (front row) Matilda Tate, Nathan Mills, Patrick Murphy and Grace Toplis.

Eversleigh locals make regional jump to saleyards

NAVIGATING the drought has been one of the hardest challenges for graziers these past few years, but the Underwoods are...

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18th March 2016 11:03 AM

SALE PRICE: Roger & Jenny Underwood, Pine Hills, Wallumbilla, sold Droughtmaster steers to 350c/kg for 293kg to return $1029/head at Roma’s Store Sale on Tuesday.

Toowoomba boutique launch gives back to farmers

THIS Saturday Toowoomba online fashion hub Li’nakahli Boutique will officially launch its women’s and children’s wear at...

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03rd March 2016 6:03 AM

FASHION FORWARD: Preparing for Saturday’s fashion launch are (from left) Li'nakahli Boutique owner Nikkitta Clevin, model Nikeah Evans, make-up artist Tiffany Shannon from Bella Chic Beauty and models Caitlyn and Ebony Sayge.

Drought Angels raise $150k for battling farmers

Chinchilla's own Drought Angels were instrumental in making the Burrumbuttock Hay Run, the biggest one in Australian...

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18th Jan. 2016 9:01 AM

$HELPING HANDS: Chinchilla Drought Angels Nicki Blackwell and Tash Johnston in Ilfracombe.$

Hampers of goodwill head west to drought-affected homes

HAMPERS stacked high filled the Rockhampton Mater’s foyer, earmarked for families in need, in Rockhampton and in severely...

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25th Dec. 2015 8:12 AM

GENEROUS DONATION: Mater Rockhampton director of nursing Claire Letts, Sister Rita Connor, executive officer Annette Czerkezow and Sister Maria Jean Rhule surrounded by the hampers earmarked for drought-affected families in Aramac.

Isaac Region supports drought affected communities

ISAAC Regional Council is injecting more $65,000 in programs to support its drought affected communities, with another...

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16th Dec. 2015 6:12 PM

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