Bendigo Bank’s Community Pitch Night
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Poetic pitch raises $2,000 for rashies

The Lions Club of Beaudesert were granted $2,000 to help pay for rashies for local Grade One and Prep students at the Bendigo Bank’s Community Pitch Night. They were one of nine community groups who received a total of $13,180 in funding through the Community Bank Canungra & District, one […]

Members of the public meet with Cleanaway and Arup staff at a community information session
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Cleanaway addresses community concerns

Waste management company, Cleanaway held several information sessions in Beaudesert regarding a proposed $700 million Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at Bromelton. The facility would generate electricity from non-recyclable waste diverted from landfill. Cleanaway’s web site states that the proposed technology has been successfully used in cities across Europe, North […]

Shinade Harper with the Team Biggs Knockout burger
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Get behind Beaudesert Storm – go red and blue

Super Welterweight Champion boxer Dylan Biggs is about to take on his toughest fight yet and Beaudesert locals are being urged to show their support. Dylan, who has been training at Beaudesert Boxing Club since he was ten years old, will take on Nikita Tszyu at Newcastle Entertainment Centre, nicknamed […]

Diane Rewko and Val Salama
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U3A thank 2023 Tutors

Beaudesert’s University of the Third Age (U3A) thanked their 2023 tutors with a lunch at The Club, Beaudesert.   Course Coordinator and Mosaics Tutor, Tina Jones, said tutors are the backbone of U3A, which currently has 350 members.  There are a large range of activities and classes available, dependent on the […]

Tara Payne and Monty the Samoyed
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Championship dogs pack Showground

A three day Championship dog show held by Beaudesert Kennel Club saw hundreds of pampered pooches descend onto Beaudesert Showground over the October long weekend.  International judges were brought in from Denmark, Finland, Thailand and Malaysia to judge dogs of all shapes and sizes, from Great Danes to Shetland Sheep […]

RWC Businessperson of the Year
Business

Local plumbing company top of State

Local plumbing company Franklin Plumbing and Gas have received a top award at the Master Plumbers Association of Queensland’s 2023 Plumbing and Gas Awards.  Company Director, John Franklin, was awarded the coveted RWC Business Person of the Year award at the awards ceremony held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition […]

Jeremy Walls, Elly Farah, Shanice Bianchi and Zac Lopez
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Rathdowney Hall packed to the rafters

Rathdowney Hall was packed to the rafters for the Festival of Small Halls, with a crowd of over 150 enjoying great music by local and international acts.  It was a true community event, with Rathdowney Pony Club preparing burgers for the Festival goers and locals greeting each other warmly upon […]

Harper Saxe pours water on the roof
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Residents advised not to light fires

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services have urged residents not to light fires with a fire ban across South East Queensland expected to continue.  A large vegetation fire ripped through Gary and Angela Larter’s property on Saturday 14 October, threatening homes and destroying farmland.   The fire, believed to have started on […]

Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz, casts his vote
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Wright says no to The Voice 

Voters in the Wright electorate were consistent with the rest of the country in voting no to amending the Australian constitution to give Indigenous Australians a Voice to Parliament.  For the referendum to pass, the proposed alteration needed a national majority of voters, and a majority of voters in a […]

In front Erica Bates Dave Grimmett Desley Agnoletto. Back Trysett LeGarde Dave Clark and Chris Grimmett
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BADCAP looking ahead

The BADCAP executive are looking forward to  moving ahead with projects to support artists and coordinate public art projects, following their recent Annual General Meeting.  Executive members were returned with the addition of Grants  Coordinator  Trysett LeGarde.  President Erica Bates, Vice President Dave Clarke, Treasurer Dave Grimmett, Secretary  Desley Agnoletto […]