About Us: "The Southern Downs region, encompassing the towns of Warwick and Stanthorpe, boasts a vibrant economy with over 16,000 residents employed across an estimated 3700 businesses. The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium enterprises, with a significant concentration in primary production, followed by construction, retail, and property and business services."
"The region has experienced steady population growth in recent years, driven in part by the 'tree change' phenomenon and attractive housing affordability, with prices averaging 40% lower than in Brisbane. This growth, coupled with a strong sense of community, makes the Southern Downs a desirable place to live and work."
"The Southern Free Times serves as the leading community newspaper for the region, with a free circulation of 13,200 copies delivered weekly to homes and businesses throughout Warwick, Stanthorpe, Tenterfield, Wallangarra, Dalveen, Killarney, Allora, Texas, and Inglewood. The newspaper is also readily available at news agencies, corner stores, and other local outlets."
"The Southern Free Times offers a comprehensive range of local news and information, including community events, sports, local opinions, job listings, and a comprehensive directory of local trades and services. The newspaper also features engaging content like crosswords and Sudoku, making it a valuable and enjoyable read for the entire community."
"As part of the Star News Group, an Australian family-owned publishing company with over 100 years of experience, The Southern Free Times is committed to connecting people and fostering a strong sense of community within the Southern Downs region."
Suburb: Warwick
Publication Day: Thursday
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Newspaper Name : The Courier-Mail
About Us: Welcome to Brisbane and Queensland’s No.1 source of news, sport and analysis of the big issues affecting our state.
An influential voice in Queensland politics and the state’s first newspaper, The Courier-Mail was founded in 1846 as the Moreton Bay Courier, as it was known then.
In 1861 it became a daily newspaper and in 1864 was renamed the Brisbane Courier.
One of the paper’s many competitors over the years, The Daily Mail was launched in Brisbane in 1903. It did not remain a competitor for long; in 1933 The Courier-Mail was formed through the merger of The Courier and The Daily Mail, and Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd was born.
In 1987, News Corp acquired Queensland Newspapers.
The Courier-Mail website was launched in 1998 and in 2006 the paper moved from a broadsheet to compact format.
The paper’s online and print operations merged in 2008.
Suburb: Warwick
Publication Day: Monday to Saturday
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Newspaper Name : The Daily Journal
About Us: The Small Newspaper Company produces three local publications. Each one is designed, edited, printed, owned and administered from its home in Warwick, Queensland, Australia:
The Daily Journal newspaper (Warwick and Southern Downs)
The Stanthorpe Record newspaper (Stanthorpe and Granite Belt)
The Town and Country Journal - is a free, weekly rural magazine
Suburb: Warwick
Publication Day: Monday to Saturday
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Newspaper Name : Toowoomba Chronicle
About Us: The Chronicle is a proud regional daily newspaper focussed on Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs.
Staff work to ensure The Chronicle holds its position as the dominant source of news and information in the community. Each day the Chronicle carries the latest news and sports, as well as advertising in a range of areas including bargains, classifieds, property, cars, jobs, public notices and community information.
Following a research project in mid-2003 – which surveyed 3300 readers – major changes were made to the edition. Our readers indicated they were satisfied with the news and information in the paper, but wanted more lifestyle and entertainment. As a result, special features have been added or improved in each day.
These include a weekly jobs and sports feature, business, Tuesday’s My Life, Entertainment Weekly (including the television guide) and My Weekend. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. People say The Chronicle no longer just keeps them up to date, but adds something extra to their day.
The Chronicle is part of Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd, which publishes a range of publications. Others include Toowoomba’s Mail, the Gatton Star, Dalby Herald, Northern Downs News, and Roma’s Western Star. It also produces specialist publications such as Rural Weekly and national industry magazine, The Pork Producer.
Suburb: Warwick
Publication Day: Monday to Saturday
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Newspaper Name : Warwick / Stanthorpe Today
About Us: The regional most popular community newspaper Stanthorpe Today offers local businesses the opportunity to get their advertising campaign into homes alongside the latest unique local news, sport results and features on topics of interest to locals.
Stanthorpe Today covers the Granite Belt region of the Southern Downs Shire. The Southern Downs has a more diverse economy than the significant majority of other local government areas across Queensland. The 'big five' industries in relation to Gross regional Product input are agriculture, construction, manufacturing, retail and health care and social services.
During the 2014-2015 year financial year, the local economy of the Southern Downs was $1,845 billion, and grew at an annual rate of 4.8%, which is significantly higher than the Queensland average (2.3 percent) during the same period.
Over 4,000 local businesses, with a recorded annual turnover of $1.3 billion in the 2014-2015 financial year operate in the Southern Downs.
According to the Queensland market monitor, the Southern Downs recorded a significantly higher gross rental yield for single residential houses (5.6 percent) than Brisbane (3.5 percent) in the September Quarter 2015.
Staffed and managed day to day by locals Stanthorpe Today is part of Star News Group, an Australian family owned publishing company with over 100 years' experience ??? connecting people and communities.