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Quilpie is in Channel Country on the banks of the Bulloo River.It is on the Diamantina Developmental Road, 211 kilometres (131 mi) west of Charleville, 829 kilometres (515 mi) west of Toowoomba and 1,099 kilometres (683 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane.
TVQ-0 did not operate a news service until 1974 when it launched News Watch. The bulletin later adopted the branding Eyewitness News after rival channel BTQ-7 had relinquished the name, and became the first Brisbane newscast to use videotape for its reports.
The Shire of Quilpie is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of 67,415 square kilometres (26,029 sq mi), and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie. The dominant industry is grazing. Opal fields are also worked within the shire. In the 2021 census, the Shire of Quilpie had a population of 698 ...
Quest Community Newspapers is a newspaper company in Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia.It is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia.. It publishes weekly tabloids and one bi-weekly, providing news coverage primarily for the greater Brisbane area.
Westgate – Quilpie, 201 km. In 1910 the Queensland government adopted a significant plan to build a railway on the Queensland section of the alignment proposed from Bourke in western NSW, to Darwin in the NT, known as the 'Great Western Railway'. To connect to that alignment, construction began in 1911 from Westgate (21 km south of ...
The Western line was extended south-west to Cunnamulla and opened in 1898 whilst in 1917 the Quilpie Line was opened from Westgate (south of Charleville) due west to Quilpie. The Great Northern line was extended south-west to Winton and opened in 1899. Opening of the Blackall line, 1908. Extending the Central line was more problematic.
The LNP still holds every Queensland seat outside Brisbane except Kennedy, which is held by Bob Katter, the founder of the conservative Katter's Australian Party (KAP). One Nation 's vote, although decreased since the last election, was slightly higher than it was at the 2020 Queensland state election , at 7.49%.
2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Quilpie [56] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: Benjamin Hall 310 63.14 +63.14 Independent: Dick Loveday 181 36.86 +36.86 Total formal votes 491 98.99 +98.99 Informal votes 5 1.01 +1.01 Turnout: 496 83.08 Independent gain from Independent LNP