The Lockyer & Somerset Independent is a community newspaper published weekly on Thursdays and widely distributed in the region.
This newspaper covers a geographical area from Withcott to Walloon and from Linville and Kilcoy to Mulgowie, serving the entire Lockyer Valley and Somerset regions and the western country townships of Ipswich City Council.
The Independent is a community newspaper and is your community watchdog, telling your stories, promoting events and highlighting all of the wonderful clubs and organisations in our community.
The Lockyer & Somerset Independent is a proud member of the Queensland Country Press Association.
Our slogan is ’keeping the community in community newspapers’ and we aim to do this with each week’s issue.
Our mission statement: To be the essential media source of our audience, our customers and our communities by connecting them through information, news and conversation.
The Lockyer & Somerset Independent joined Ipswich Media Pty Ltd part of the Today News Group powered by Star News Group.
