The Oakey Champion

08/08/2025

Aubigny rider Jamie Seccombe won the recent Dalby futurity event, securing a three-peat in the discipline.

07/08/2025

Lyle Voll, patron and stalwart of the Goombungee-Haden Show Society died last week.

06/08/2025

The Queensland Country Women's Association is all about advocacy, education, connection, and friendship - which certainly looks to be reflected in the smiles on our local Oakey Branch members faces! Get your hands on today's edition of the Champion to glean the info on the change of executive at their recent Annual General Meeting! Congratulations to new President, Kara Grant!

04/08/2025

A new group, acting on concerns of rural ratepayers, is planning another attempt to have a new shire council created to place its focus on the needs of rural towns and landholders without the added burden of the large urban population in Toowoomba.

01/08/2025

Oakey’s two to***co stores have been targeted as part of the Darling Downs Public Health Unit’s efforts to crack down on the sales of illicit to***co and vapes.

01/08/2025

A 43-years-old Oakey man has been charged by police following multiple alleged break and enter offences across the Darling Downs over the past five weeks.

01/08/2025

A rampant Wattles Warriors outfit ran roughshod over the Oakey Bears on Sunday at Clifton’s Platz Oval, running in ten tries to two and ending Oakey’s last faint finals hopes.

31/07/2025

“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.”
Modest Mouse

And there certainly was plenty of 'soul' happening at the Festival of Small Halls, held recently at the Jondaryan Public Hall! Local talent mixed with interstate and international acts combined to create a night to remember! Read all about it on page 2 of his week's Champion!

28/07/2025

Oakey’s Australia Day organising committee members will be forced to formally re-apply to Toowoomba Regional Council for their roles and the nationally renowned Australia Day event will be subject to even more red tape after Council’s updated Terms of Reference for the Council Working Groups were passed last week.

Oakey’s Australia Day organising committee members will be forced to formally re-apply to Toowoomba Regional Council for their roles and the nationally renowned Australia Day event will be subject to even more red tape after Council’s updated Terms of Reference for the Council Working Groups wer...

25/07/2025

Oakey’s men have snapped a five game losing streak, defeating Goondiwindi Boars 50-26 at The Den on Saturday.

24/07/2025

Five Queensland Country Women’s Association (QCWA) Annual General meetings were held in one location on Saturday as members of the Highfields, Kingsthorpe and Beauaraba branches joined with the choir and Handcraft group at Kingsthorpe War Memorial Hall on Saturday, as Kingsthorpe member Betty Weedon also celebrated 60 years of membership.

Five Queensland Country Women’s Association (QCWA) Annual General meetings were held in one location on Saturday as members of the Highfields, Kingsthorpe and Beauaraba branches joined with the choir and Handcraft group at Kingsthorpe War Memorial Hall on Saturday, as Kingsthorpe member Betty...

23/07/2025

Former Oakey State High School groundskeeper Kevin Frank celebrated his 90th birthday this week, with his wife of 67 years, Edna.