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Richie Allan with his son Richard, who has been a victim of racist abuse at basketball. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

UPDATED
Basketball ACT staff forced to undergo racism training

Lucie Bertoldo

DREAM TEAM: The Jimboomba Thunder's under nine side will travel to Proserpine to contest the Paul Bowman Challenge from September 21-22. Photo; Jacob Wilson

Jimboomba's junior rugby dream team selected for Proserpine carnival

Jacob Wilson

SOLIDARITY: The Jimboomba Redbacks and Glasshouse Lions Masters took part in a Play for Clay day in support of Clayton Dodd (pictured).

Jimboomba Redbacks Masters play for Clay

Richie Allan with his son Richard, who has been a victim of racist abuse at basketball. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

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Basketball ACT staff forced to undergo racism training

SKIPPER'S KNOCK: Jimby Crickets captain Sandro Santo scored his first half century with 51 runs against Grip it and Rip it.

Last Man Standing: Jimby Crickets stumble, Hit and Run gain top spot

Jacob Wilson

CATCH: Tommas Young with his first ever mulloway, a 110cm, 10.7kg fish from Moreton Bay.

Freshwater catches on the go slow

Dave Downie

HELP: Holli Annie and Jo Sellens have joined forces to send water to Stanthorpe. Photo: Larraine Sathicq

Hope floats as Scenic Rim residents step up to water challenge

Larraine Sathicq

WELCOME BACK: The spirit of Arts in the Olives will be reincarnated at the Arts Ablaze festival in October. Photo: Supplied

Arts in the Olives to be reborn at Kooralbyn Valley

REUNION: John Harland and Stuart Geary reminisce about their formative years as new Australians. Photo: Supplied.

Scenic Rim 'little brothers' sought for reunion

Larraine Sathicq

HELP: Holli Annie and Jo Sellens have joined forces to send water to Stanthorpe. Photo: Larraine Sathicq

Hope floats as Scenic Rim residents step up to water challenge

Banning Australian producers from using European product names would hurt the industry, farmers say.

Farmers warn of harm from EU food name ban

Matt Coughlan

Hot cross buns will be baked all year round at one supermarket chain in response to customer demand.

Don't be cross, get your hot buns all year

On the Rise: E-Edition

On the Rise: E-Edition

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

Good savings: Dr Camelia Maris of J1 Dental encourages preventable oral care practices to prevent costly visits to the dentist.

Explaining misconceptions

On the Rise: E-Edition

On the Rise: E-Edition

SOMETHING TO TRUMPET: Everyone likes to look good in Cochin, India.

Cruise Singapore to Dubai next year

Sponsored content

Calming nature: Anyone visiting Dr Katherine Wang at J1 Dental will feel right at ease.

Personality suits dentistry

Open for inspections: August 21 - 27, 2019 | Jimboomba/BeaudesertDomain

Open for inspections: August 21 - 27, 2019 | Jimboomba/BeaudesertDomain

Welcome family life

Welcome family life

Dual living grandeur

Dual living grandeur

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MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

Community minded: Cameron is not only an experienced HAZMAT Sydney firefighter, he also is the head of first aid training at his local surf club at Elouera.

Giving community support a red hot go

JT Comm Notes 1

SAFE HANDS: Pick up your 32-page farm safety guide in the July 25 edition of The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock & Land and Stock Journal.

Time to put our farms in Safe Hands

Jimboomba Community Notices

Jimboomba Community Notices

PLUM PUDDINGS: Beaudesert Bowls Club ladies' president Joanne Dent with event sponsor Sharon Lancaster from the Kerry Court Motel. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Plum pudding fiesta a celebration

CHARITY: Flavours Cafe did a brisk trade when the Maya's Mater Little Miracles charity ride came to town. Photos: Supplied

Charity ride brings bikes to Boonah

MOTOR SHOW: Gold Coaster Bryce Hayward, 8, proudly shows his dad's motorcycle.Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Motorheads meet in Kooralbyn Valley

Peter Garrett.

40+ photos from the 2019 Big Red Bash

MOREE: Children led the 2019 NAIDOC Week march down Balo Street.

16 super images from NAIDOC Week

20 photos from the NSW Blues heartstopping series win

20 photos from the NSW Blues heartstopping series win

BEAUTY: Linda Herden from NBN with artist Michelle Payne. Photos: Supplied

Artists create beauty with NBN nodes

Larraine Sathicq

Tygum Lagoon just after sunrise. Picture: Danielle Hall.

Send in your photos of the week

Get out the ferris wheel - it's showtime in Adelaide (nearly). Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
When rams plus jams equal showtime

Elizabeth Anderson

COUNTRY LADS: Regional Victorian exports (from front) Nathan Sobey (Warrnambool), Matthew Dellavedova (Maryborough) and Mitch Creek (Horsham) run out on Marvel Stadium to play for Australia. Picture: AAP

OPINION
Fans furious over seating but there's plenty to like

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Pranking - what could possibly go wrong?

Pranking - what could possibly go wrong?

John Malouff

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

'GREAT HONOUR': Canberra healthcare worker and grandmother Aunty Thelma Weston has been named 2019 NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year.

Aunty Thelma's warm welcome

Geraldine Cardozo

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received a military welcome full of pomp and pageantry in Vietnam.

PM Morrison's taste of old and new Vietnam

A train breakdown at Sydney's Town Hall station has caused a day of chaos for commuters.

Syd Trains offers compensation for delays

ASIC is taking National Australia Bank to court over its home loan "introducer" program.

NAB faces big fine over introducers scheme

Scott Morrison says countries in the Indo-Pacific should be free to pursue their own interests.

Australia, Vietnam concerned on China Sea

Kerryn Phelps has hit out at government's attempt to repeal asylum seeker medical evacuation laws.

Refugee law repeal a 'dummy spit': Phelps

Dominica Sanda

Supporters and opponents of voluntary assisted dying are making their cases to a committee.

Church, Nitschke at Qld euthanasia probe

Nicholas McElroy and Tracey Ferrier

Former Victoria Police boss Simon Overland 'didn't care' about Lawyer X's welfare, her lawyer says.

Lawyer X's bizarre offer in murder case

Karen Sweeney

An Adelaide meeting has identified priority reforms to underpin a new agreement to close the gap.

New agreement planned on closing the gap

A state union boss is calling for Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad to be sacked.

Trad in union's sights as Labor meets

Tracey Ferrier

Always a farmer at heart, Tim Fischer pictured in 1990 in a canola crop in a story for The Land. It's Barossa canola on his farm Peppers at Boree Creek.

Fischer a "titan" of the National Party

John Ellicott, Mike Foley and Vernon Graham

Guido van Helten will be working with the Paroo Shire Council to paint the water tower in Cunnamulla.

Money injection for regional arts projects

Alan Welburn

Cost, convenience and space are all things to consider when deciding where to stay on your next trip. Picture: Supplied

Hotel vs apartment: the pros and cons

Michael Turtle

A great experience: fishing at Berkeley River Lodge.

Great ideas for your next getaway

John Rozentals

Nowhere epitomises the problems as much as Venice, which attracts 30 million tourists a year to its magnificent canals and bridges.

Top tourism spots crack down as they become victim of own success

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation

There are muliple living and working area in the house. Photos: Rory Gardiner

Inside the 'shed' named Australia's house of the year

GOT IT: While picking up the keys was exciting, I soon realised that this was the easy part. Photo: SUPPLIED

I renovated a house for Airbnb: here's what I learnt

Alex Crowe

Anybody investing in shares can expect four negative years out of every 10. This does leave six good ones to take advantage of.

Time in is more important than timing

Noel Whittaker