This year's ANZAC Day saw hundreds turn out to remember the efforts of Australia and New Zealand's great service men and women. Veterans, schools, clubs and businesses poured into the streets to march in grand parades, and packed in close to attend services held across the Hinchinbrook Shire. Beautiful wreaths were lain and the bugles mournful tones echoed across respectful silences as flags were lowered to half mast. A gunfire breakfast, coffee and traditional ANZAC biscuits kept everyone going
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Allan Colquhoun grew up in Sydney, but his life has taken him far beyond the city limits. In his youth, he worked with a station owner named Bob, whose property combined dairy and sheep farming with a focus on Jersey bulls and cows. One vivid memory that’s stayed with him is of Bob chasing down a bull meant for butchering on his stock horse —a beast that, to Allan’s amazement, climbed over the holding fence one hoof at a time to escape. Allan spent most of his working life as a coastal travelle
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Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Tourism held their monthly Coffee Connect last week, being hosted by local business Wild Local. There was a very strong attendance at this event, with Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter and KAP Senate candidate, Robbie Lyon. Rebecca and Dom Zaghini provided a delicious light snacks and gave the audience an overview of their business journey from inception to their current location, the diverse range of products they provide and some insight into t
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Over the weekend, the Ingham Kennel Club hosted six rounds of dog shows, featuring judges from across Australia who rotated to ensure fair and balanced competition. Dogs were entered into one of seven group categories, with the Toy Group attracting the largest number of entries. Sunday's shows saw the Italian Greyhound emerge as a standout, making up 20 of the 170 total entries across the weekend. Unique and rarely seen breeds like the Xoloitzcuintli and Briard added excitement to the event, of
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Congratulations Hinchinbrook. Give yourselves a big pat on the back for the overwhelming display of support of our Anzac Day remembrance services. All services at Ingham, Halifax and Forrest Beach were very well attended, clearly evidencing that our district does not and will not forget the sacrifices of so many who fought and still fight for our country.
I am very proud of the way our community, and in particular the children of our district, and the very young children whom attended the dawn service at Ingham I might add, paid honour to the memory of all those gallant men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to their country.
I would like to thank our community for your participation and observance of our Anzac tradition. Thank you to each and everyone of you involved in arrangements for the services throughout the district, and a special mention and thanks again to our schools and the teachers of each school who marshalled and marched with all the children, making the day for our diggers.
Future generations need to be reminded that the freedom we so enjoy and the happiness that such freedom brings in our lives came at a cost and the children of today are the people who will continue to carry on that memory for our future generations to come.
Exceptional Disaster Assistance Recovery Grant
After much lobbying and advocacy regarding the effects on small business, inconsequence of the deenergising of the Ingham substation, the Federal and State Governments have now announced that they will look to provide financial support to businesses affected by way of an exceptional disaster assistance recovery grant for perishable stock. The grant will provide financial support to small and family businesses in Ingham and surrounding areas that lost power for five consecutive days or more due to the deenergising of the Ingham substation in February 2025.
The decision recognises the particular circumstances that affected our district, the eligibility criteria initially specifying that only premises that suffered flood water penetration were eligible for disaster recovery assistance grants. Many businesses suffered significant loss of stored product because of power failure, as against water inundation, as a direct result of water inundation at the substation, through no fault of their own and that circumstance has now been accepted.
I would like to thank our State Minister for Small and Family Business Steven Minnikin MP and the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on appreciating the special circumstance and concerns raised on the matter and for advocating on Council's behalf with the Australian Federal Government to assist our business recovery program.
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