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Locality: Boonah, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5463 1888

Address: 7 Church Street 4310 Boonah, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Cr Christensen said he had a declarable conflict of interests because he is a director of horticulture production company Binya Pty Ltd, however he believed his expertise would be of benefit to council discussions and put the matter of whether he should participate to a vote. Binya is located in Mulgowie in the Lockyer Valley, an area competing for funding for the same recycled water supply. Read more by clicking the link or photo below https://www.fassifernguardian.com/mayor-votes-on-water-proj

25.01.2022 Ipswich City Council confirmed Deputy Mayor Marnie Doyle will be resigning from her role. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com//cr-marnie-doyle-resigns

25.01.2022 #Update: The Cunningham Highway was reopened after a truck and car collided north of Aratula on Sunday. Three people are being treated for injuries following the collision near the intersection with E Stallman Road. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free):... https://www.fassifernguardian.com/truck-and-car-accident-cl See more

25.01.2022 A fifth-generation Harrisville dairy farmer will vie for a spot on the Victorian-dominated Dairy Australia board this week. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/scenic-rim-farmer-stands-

25.01.2022 A man was seriously injured after a trailer detached from his car and struck him at Peak Crossing on Friday evening, police say. The road is anticipated to remain closed for some time and police are asking motorists to find an alternative route. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/man-struck-by-trailer-at-

24.01.2022 Ipswich is one of seven areas in South East Queensland identified for a new satellite hospital under a $265 million allocation announced in today’s State Budget. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/new-satellite-hospital-an

23.01.2022 Former Ipswich Mayor, Paul Pisasale has pleaded guilty to corruption, fraud and sexual assault among other charges. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/former-ipswich-mayor-pisa

22.01.2022 Queensland extended border exemptions for the agricultural industry for another month on Monday. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/border-exemptions-for-far

22.01.2022 Ipswich Magistrates Court heard today that a 25-year-old man, charged with attempted murder following a serious wounding investigation in Booval, will remain in... custody with no application for bail. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/alleged-supermarket-attac

20.01.2022 Long standing Boonah Show Secretary and regional Guide Leader, Beth Hern, was presented with her Medal of the Order of Australia at Government House, on Friday. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/community-service-honoure

19.01.2022 What would be a world-leading planetarium built in the Scenic Rim is fast approaching its first major test. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/deadline-looms-for-tambor

18.01.2022 Four key places in the Ipswich CBD redevelopment were given their official names in Council on Thursday. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/bottle-alley-tulmur-place

17.01.2022 The man was set to appear in court on Wednesday.

17.01.2022 The biggest thing is, we don’t know what we can and can’t do. Fourth-generation Burnett Creek cattle farmer Glen Fearby said the government-issued maps used to regulate his land were often inaccurate and lacking detail. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/lnp-to-overhaul-anti-farm

15.01.2022 A man has been charged for causing the horror three-way crash at a Warwick intersection last week in which an elderly Porsche driver died and his passenger was airlifted to hospital. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com//man-charged-for-fatal-w

15.01.2022 One of Australia’s largest butterflies will have a new haven on Tamborine Mountain after hundreds of vines are planted early next year. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/60000-bid-to-turn-paddock

14.01.2022 The Scenic Rim Regional Council has been approached by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy to gauge interest in taking on the trusteeship of the State-owned land at Minto Crag. Read more by reading the newspaper or clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/minto-stakeholders-named-

13.01.2022 Ipswich and the Scenic Rim will be given a total of $91,160 to prepare for future disasters. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/ipswich-scenic-rim-land-d

12.01.2022 Covid-19 restrictions are set to ease in Scenic Rim, Ipswich, Brisbane, Logan City, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Moreton Bay, and Redlands from September 25. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/gatherings-up-to-30-allow

12.01.2022 One of the men was travelling at 148kph in the 100Kph zone. He was also fined $1,245. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/two-caught-48kph-over-spe

11.01.2022 The president, vice president and secretary of the Tamborine Mountain Chamber of Commerce and Industry have quit over what they describe as a secret push to take over their local tourism operation. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/mass-resignation-in-tambo

10.01.2022 Almost $8.8 million in Federal Government funding has been granted to the Scenic Rim Regional Council to upgrade a road outside Beaudesert and to build new bridges at Kooralbyn, Kents Lagoon, Canungra and south of Beaudesert. Read more in the newspaper on Wednesday or by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/88m-in-federal-govt-fundi

10.01.2022 Former Ipswich Mayor Paul John Pisasale was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on Thursday following his plea of guilty to 35 charges including corruption, fraud,... perjury and sexual assault last week. He will be eligible for parole in 2022. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/pisasale-sentenced-to-75-

10.01.2022 A young family fighting for access to Moogerah Dam for their small tourism operation say their way of life is at stake after a draining two year struggle against bureaucracy. Read more in the paper today or by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/way-of-life-at-stake-in-f

09.01.2022 Residents are being urged to have a say on a section of the Inland Rail project planned to run through Calvert to Kagaru. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/inland-rail-project-out-f

09.01.2022 A four-day working week was proposed by Queensland's Scenic Rim Regional Council in a bid to improve staff retention rates and attract staff. However the union asked for pay to remain at full-time rates. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/four-day-week-proposed-fo

08.01.2022 Images of Binna Burra Lodge going up in flames shocked the nation when fire ripped through the ancient rainforest in which it stood last September. Binna Burra was one of two places in the Scenic Rim selected for the second round of a federal and state fund to recover local economics devastated by last year’s disastrous bushfire season. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/11m-bushfire-recovery-fun

08.01.2022 Changes to limit debate during public council meetings and to hand further powers to the meeting chairman, Mayor Greg Christensen, to control debate, are likely to be put forward at the first meeting of Scenic Rim Regional Council next week. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/scenic-rim-council-moves-

08.01.2022 The September school holidays may mark the last time powered craft are allowed on Lake Moogerah until the district receives significant rainfall. Read more in the newspaper or by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/falling-lake-levels-may-e

08.01.2022 THIS month marks the 95th anniversary of the granting of the first, large scale ‘permit to prospect’ for oil in the Fassifern. The Adelaide-based Australian Oil Company was awarded the permit to drill for oil across a 4,050 hectare allotment centred on the small town of Roadvale outside Boonah. (The photo is of an oilfield in WA). Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/when-the-oil-boom-hit-the

07.01.2022 Four rural fire crews are fighting a bushfire in mountainous terrain above Burnett's Creek with more crews expected to arrive. For the full story click on the link or the picture below (free) https://www.fassifernguardian.com/lightning-strike-ignites-

07.01.2022 The Rocklea to Darra section of the Ipswich Motorway upgrade is on track for completion next year with $200 million allocated in today’s State Budget. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/200m-funding-for-ipswich-

06.01.2022 Scenic Rim residents have likened their council to a medieval castle built to lock them out, according to an independent survey. More details of that survey have emerged thanks to a right to information (RTI) request filed by Councillor Derek Swanborough. Read more by buying the newspaper out today or by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/scenic-rim-council-like-a

06.01.2022 The 69-year-old man was moving cattle to higher ground around 8:30pm last night on a property along Condamine River Road, in Killarney when he and his vehicle w...ere consumed by rapidly rising water and washed away. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/farmer-swept-away-by-flas

06.01.2022 The break from the heat won’t stick around with the region expecting to creep back into the high thirties and predicted a top of 40 degrees over the weekend. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/seq-storm-warning-brings-

06.01.2022 The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries updated the areas in which it had since been found, to include the Lockyer Valley and a string of other sites. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/fall-armyworm-marches-thr

06.01.2022 We are seeking an energetic advertising sales representative focussed on seeking and building customers within the South East region in print and digital media. https://www.fassifernguardian.com//advertising-sales-repre

05.01.2022 An equine complex sized to host many codes of horse sports is on the drawing board for the Boonah Showgrounds. The concept of a South East Queensland hub for equestrian activities came to the fore during the development of a Master Plan for the showgrounds. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/plans-on-the-move-for-an-

05.01.2022 Authorities have slapped a local fire ban over much of south-east Queensland as they warn conditions are perfect for bushfires to ignite and spread quickly. Read more by clicking a link or a photo below (Free): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/seq-fire-ban-amid-perfect

04.01.2022 More than $100,000 has been spent on a fire trail construction and maintenance project on Tamborine Mountain and Gleneagle. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/fire-trails-upgraded-on-t

03.01.2022 Flies are widely considered a nuisance, not a food source. But not to a Thagoona couple on a mission to produce almost all their food on their own one acre block. And they might be at the forefront of an emerging agricultural industry for South East Queensland one which scientists say could change the way we eat hamburgers and ice cream forever. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/is-there-a-future-in-farm

03.01.2022 A $1.8-billion-dollar deal for a new biotech manufacturing facility in Melbourne could lead to more jobs for an agricultural industry in the Scenic Rim. It is an industry led by one business, whose workers are almost entirely young women, whose product is animal blood and one that literally saves human lives. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/billion-dollar-booster-fo

03.01.2022 We are seeking an energetic circulation manager to help manage our newspaper’s growing distribution channels in the Scenic Rim, Ipswich and wider region. https://www.fassifernguardian.com//newspaper-circulation-m

03.01.2022 Scott Moore hasn’t seen the new Netflix documentary about saving the world from climate change. But the fifth-generation Kalbar farmer had already switched to some of the techniques featured in Kiss The Ground when he took over the family farm about three years ago. Read mroe by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/can-farmers-save-our-soil

03.01.2022 From 6pm this evening until 6pm Monday evening residents can only leave their homes to attend work if they can’t work from home, buy essentials like groceries a...nd medicine, look after the vulnerable or exercise within their neighbourhood. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/masks-mandatory-in-ipswic

02.01.2022 #Editorial: The Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Resources has emerged as another candidate for the dithering bureaucracy label. Its handling of the sports climbing controversy at Minto Crag, an ancient volcanic ring-dyke at Croftby, near Boonah, is a classic example. Read more by clicking the link or photo below (Paywall): https://www.fassifernguardian.com/dithering-state-governmen

01.01.2022 How do you take an unsightly thing that pongs and transform it into something whose fragrance and beauty people will pay for? After 20 years working horses, Rachel Watkins has achieved this alchemy by returning to her first job and original passion: flowers. Read more by clicking the link or photo below: https://www.fassifernguardian.com/no-waste-natural-philosop