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Wanted: Friends and fun
Director of Nursing at Oakey Hospital Matthew Boyd is asking individuals and community groups to consider visiting McDonald Residential Aged Care once a week to make the lives of
10 February, 2026
General News
Community agrees it’s time to act to keep banking services in town
Oakey Chamber of Commerce is moving towards forming a steering committee to drive the push to keep banking services...
29 January, 2026
Local News
People First Bank announce closure of Oakey, Pittsworth and Millmerran branches
People First have announced their intention to close their Oakey,...
Local News
QAS Christmas/New Year Round Up
Queensland Ambulance Service personnel were called out to several local...
Local News
Centenarian dies
Former Crosshill dairy farmer Eric Dorries has died at the age of 102,...
Community & Business
Local boy diagnosed with rare, aggressive cancer
Thirteen-years-old Oakey-raised Ethan Moore is currently undergoing eight weeks of radiation treatment at the...
2 February, 2026
Local News
Proud to be Australian
The 2026 Oakey Australia Day Citizen of the Year is local pharmacist...
Local News
Woolshed farewells long serving historian
Eighty-nine-years-old John Eggleston who has told the story of Jondaryan...
Local News
Obituary: Kathleen O'Brien 1924-2026
Former nurse Kathleen O’Brien who served as Director of Nursing at the...
Agricultural
North East Downs Landcare wants to get on top of pigs
North East Downs (NED) Landcare Group has recently bought a pig trap for the purpose of cracking down on feral swine...
3 February, 2026
Local News
Fires wipe out hectares of crops
Paddocks across the region have suffered hectares of fire damage, with...
Local News
Oakey Show Society 2025 Dryland Winter Crop Competition Winners announced
The President of the Oakey Show Society, Mrs Judy Byers reports that the...
Local News
Stockyard goes back to back at Beef Battle
Stockyard Beef has been named the Professional Judge’s Choice Winner at...
Sport
Mike the penny farthing rider off to national championships
Local penny farthing rider Mike Hawley is off to the National Penny Farthing Championships in Evandale, Tasmania next...
27 January, 2026
Local News
Pelicans and Kulpi neck and neck in race for cricket's top spot
Kulpi and Pittsworth cricket clubs registered wins on the weekend as...
Local News
Parkrunners show heat is no barrier to fitness
Oakey parkrun received a large boost in numbers for the first run of 2026.
Local News
CDCA North juniors win Bell Family Shield Game II
The best of Oakey’s junior cricketers took out a combined...
