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New recruits The Stanley River Rural Fire Brigade Group has staged a recruitment night, sharing fire safety information in the lead-up to bushfire season. Villeneuve RFB secretary Jacob Murphy said the Stanley River Rural Brigade encompasses areas such as Hazledean and Kilcoy with volunteering providing excellent practical development opportunities. “There’s a sense of mateship, you’re getting out there into the community into places you’ve never seen before and it bonds you with your fellow volunteers,” he said. “It also provides many training opportunities,” STORY PAGE 4
Tent posse KJ - our four-legged champ The 45th Gatton Heavy Horse Field Day brought out lovers of all things equine to the Gatton Showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday 4 and 5 May.
The working horses showed off their skills in the led events, obstacle courses, pumpkin snatch, ploughing and more. PICS PAGE 24
Judges Barry Schaefer, Kirsty McKenna, Kath Pearce and Dean Rheinberger with the All Breeds Supreme Champion Led Exhibit ‘KJ Patriot’, owned by Grant and Debbie Teatoff and exhibited by their daughter Mel Clausen. Picture: JACOB HAYDEN
A community organisation in the Lockyer Valley is hosting a campout outside the Gatton Council Chambers to raise awareness about homelessness. Our Heartland director Maree Rosier is inviting the community to join her on Tuesday, 14 May from 5pm to 9am with a swag or ten and their woollies for the ‘Hearts for Homes’ campout. “We’re an affluent community, and to me it seems unconscionable that we have young families in tents that are being moved on,” Ms Roser said. “Everything else tends to spiral downwards. STORY PAGE 3
Ipswich bloc rules the region…
Tully vote upsets By Jacob Hayden Eight votes always beats six. Lockyer Valley Regional Council and Somerset Regional Council want fairer representation in the Local Government Association of Queensland Policy Executive, an organisation tasked with appointing LGAQ directors and the CEO, approving the annual budget
and more. After each local government election, one councillor from the Lockyer, Somerset, Scenic Rim or Ipswich City Councils, is elected to represent District 2 SEQ (Western) in the Local Government Association of Queensland Policy Executive. Under the current LGAQ constitution, Ipswich City is allocated eight votes, while the
three regional councils are allocated only two each. LVRC and SRC have written to the LGAQ to express their disappointment. In its post-election meeting the Ipswich council nominated Councillor Paul Tully for the role, and due to the disparity of votes, the other councils chose not to elect a contender.
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LVRC CEO Ian Church spoke on the matter at the ordinary meeting on 24 April. Cr Tully has held the role since 2020, previously held by LVRC Mayor Tanya Milligan. “My name was put up last time, but eight always beats six, so Ipswich put up Cr Tully,” Cr Milligan said. STORY PAGE 3
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