Julian Mullins OAM
Julian Mullins has been recognised with a medal of the Order of Australia for over 50 years of work in veterinary science.
View ArticleScholarships go to aspiring outback teachers
Several aspiring teachers from western Queensland were awarded a teaching scholarship at a Parliament House ceremony earlier this week.
View Article58 Queenslanders honoured in awards list
Local government officials, volunteers and a charity founder are among 58 Queenslanders recognised in this year's Queen's Honours List.
View ArticleCattle family beefs up status with award
A southern Darling Downs cattle family has been named Queensland's Beef Producer of the Year.
View ArticleQueenslanders receive top bravery honours
Nine Queenslanders have been recognised in this year's Australian Bravery Awards.
View ArticleABC journalists honoured at Qld media awards
ABC North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy was named Queensland journalist of the year at the annual state media awards in Brisbane on Saturday night.
View ArticleLocal school wins multicultural award
A Toowoomba school is celebrating its diversity by winning the Education category in the 2010 Queensland Multicultural Awards.
View ArticleQld wines scoop awards
Queensland wine makers are celebrating after a record haul of 92 medals at the Australian Small Wine Producers Show.
View ArticleWinemakers toast top Qld drops
Queensland's small wine producers have collected nine gold medals at the national titles.
View ArticleRecord haul for Qld winemakers
The winners of Australian small producers awards announced in Stanthorpe.
View ArticleToowoomba volunteer for Young Queenslander of The Year
What do round-the-world sailor Jessica Watson and Toowoomba engineering student Bede Wilson have in common? They're both finalists in the Queensland Young Australian of the Year Awards, a initiative...
View ArticleSES members honoured for flood efforts
State Emergency Service (SES) workers have been honoured with Queensland awards for helping others during floods earlier this year.
View ArticlePM in Toowoomba for Australia Day awards
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will present the Australia Day awards in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs tomorrow.
View ArticleFlood 'heroes' acknowledged during Qld Week
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the heroes of the state's flood disaster will be honoured with a special medal.
View ArticleFlooded residents use boats to attend Australia Day festivities
It will take flood boats to get some people to Australia Day celebrations in Queensland's southern inland.
View ArticlePM plans medal for national emergency heroism
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has proposed a new medal in Australia's honours system called the "National Emergency Medal".
View Article60 Queenslanders awarded Australia Day honours
Queensland Governor Penny Wensley is one of more than 60 Queenslanders named in this year's Australia Day honours list.
View ArticlePM announces new Australia Day award
Prime Minister Julia Gillard proposes a new Australia Day award, inspired by the many heroic stories from emergency workers during Queensland's floods.
View ArticleFlood rescue wins chopper crew international award
A Queensland rescue helicopter team has received a major international award for its work during the deadly flash floods in January.
View ArticleYoung Cadet joins ADF at Gallipoli
As Australian's gather across the country to remember the ANZAC's who've fallen fighting for Australia in the last 100 years, one young woman from recently flooded Murphy's Creek will pay her respects...
View ArticleConvicted rapist stripped of bravery award
The Queensland Government has revoked an award given to a convicted sex offender for his volunteer work during the state's flood disaster.
View Article75 Queenslanders awarded on honours list
A leading figure in the state's sugar industry is among 75 Queenslanders who received Queen's birthday honours today.
View ArticleToowoomba teacher gets Smithsonian fellowship
A primary school teacher from Toowoomba, in southern Queensland, has been awarded a fellowship at the famed Smithsonian Institute in the United States.
View Article38 Queenslanders honoured for bravery
A man who saved an elderly relative during the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria is one of 38 Queenslanders to be recognised with an Australian .
View ArticleQueensland wins China's green tourism award
Queensland has been named the Green Tourism Destination of the Year at a ceremony in China last night.
View ArticleFlood-hit regions clean up at awards
Flood affected regions have received special recognition at this year's Queensland Tidy Towns Awards.
View ArticleQueenslanders honoured in bravery awards
Twenty Queenslanders have been recognised in this year's .
View ArticleQld Literary Awards to go ahead, organisers say
Organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards are confident it will go ahead without State Government support. Earlier this week, Premier Campbell Newman controversially withdrew about $250,000 in...
View ArticleOAM winner fears basin plan impact
A former mayor from Queensland's southern inland says he is worried about how the Murray-Darling Basin Plan will affect his community.
View ArticleCouncil's annual reporting wins gong
The South Burnett Regional Council has been ranked the third best in the country for its annual reporting.
View ArticleIndigenous author wins Qld Greats gong
A respected Indigenous author from south-west Queensland has been named among this year's Queensland Greats.
View ArticleBruce and Denise Morcombe honoured in Queen's Birthday honours list
The parents of murdered Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe say they are proud their child protection work has been recognised in today's Queen's Birthday honours list.
View ArticleBruce and Denise Morcombe honoured in Queen's Birthday honours list
The parents of murdered Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe say they are proud their child protection work has been recognised in Queen's Birthday honours list.
View ArticleBudgie honour a feather in the cap for bird buffs at national championships
Hundreds of birds and people are set to flock to southern Queensland's Darling Downs this weekend for the national budgerigar championships.
View ArticleHeritage award recognises outback Qld's military history efforts
An initiative to preserve and highlight the military history of a south-west Queensland community has won a prestigious heritage award.
View ArticleBirdsville Races share in outback tourism awards
The famous Birdsville Races have featured among the winners at the 2013 Outback Queensland Tourism Awards.
View Article31 Queenslanders honoured in Australian Bravery Awards
Thirty-one Queenslanders are among those receiving Australian Bravery Awards this year.
View ArticlePetition urges posthumous bravery medal for 13yo flood victim
More than 23,000 people have signed a petition asking for a bravery medal to be awarded to a boy who was killed in the January 2011 flood in Toowoomba.
View ArticleDoctor to be recognised for brave dam rescue
A doctor from southern Queensland's Darling Downs will today receive an award for bravery, after saving an elderly man from his sinking car in the state's north.
View ArticlePetition to posthumously award Toowoomba teenager Jordan Rice with bravery...
More than 126,000 people have signed a petition calling for a south Queensland teenager who sacrificed himself for his brother to be awarded a bravery medal.
View ArticleBrave Roma flood rescue efforts earn recognition
Two men have been recognised for their bravery during a flood that swept through Roma two years ago.
View ArticleCharleville truck explosion firefighters to get bravery gongs
Four firefighters injured in a truck explosion in south-west Queensland last year will be honoured at a ceremony in Charleville today.
View ArticleBravery Awards: Toowoomba teen Jordan Rice receives posthumous honour
A posthumous bravery medal has been awarded to a teenager who died during the deadly floods that swept through Toowoomba, in southern Queensland, four years ago.
View ArticleToowoomba academic Libby Connors wins Queensland Literary Awards prize for...
A Toowoomba academic has taken out the Premier's Prize at this year's Queensland Literary Awards.
View ArticleCharleville woman Nerida Egan in 'shock' over Senior Australian of the Year...
A south-west Queensland woman says she was shocked to receive a nomination for Senior Australian of the Year.
View ArticleAustralia Day honours: Anna Bligh among Queenslanders taking a bow in annual...
Queensland's first female premier Anna Bligh, sports stars Bronte Campbell and Mick Fanning, and television presenter Kay McGrath are among 121 people across the state to be recognised in the Australia...
View ArticleQueensland woman potentially sets records by rowing 4,000km from California...
Sharks leaping from the ocean, waves crashing into the side of your small boat as you sleep, a bucket toilet with no privacy for many this would be the voyage from hell, but for Bundaberg's Eleanor...
View ArticleKev Carmody accepts his Helpmann Award for Lifetime Achievement on behalf of...
When Australia's premier arts industry awards said they wanted to honour the lifetime achievement of this music legend, he had one condition.
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