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Review of Queensland’s Charter of Victims’ Rights

The Office of the Victims’ Commissioner is reviewing Queensland’s Charter of Victims Rights. The Commission is assessing whether the Charter sufficiently protects and supports...

AgForce calls for certainty, clarity and fairness in vegetation laws

Vegetation management remains one of the most defining issues facing agriculture in Queensland. For two decades or more producers have tried to work with...

Boaties urged to cool their jets

The Queensland Government is urging Gladstone region boaties to take extra care on the water this spring, as additional compliance patrols are rolled out...

From the classroom to the stage

A million reasons to visit the NT

Gladstone gains grant to co-resign renewable future

Stanwell’s strong success

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Sport

Sheer delight for Hunt

Some things are worth the wait. Just ask Central Queenslander Ben Hunt after winning a fairytale premiership with the Brisbane Broncos in Sydney on Sunday...

Upton’s fab fifth as Broncos edge out Roosters

Central Queensland star Tamika Upton entered rare company after the Brisbane Broncos scored a 22-18 win over the Sydney Roosters in the 2025 NRLW...

Rockhampton young gun wants to make big grand final play count

Denied a crucial try in last year's NRL grand final, boom Melbourne centre Jack Howarth won't be leaving any doubt if he has another...

Harry eyeing maiden title

There is unfinished business when it comes to the NRL grand final for Harry Grant. The Yeppoon rugby league export, 27, will lead Melbourne Storm...

Seamers look to book another date at The Gabba

Central Queensland’s cricketers have made the trek to Cairns for the 2025 Bulls Masters Country Challenge. The Seamers, who qualified for last season’s final at...

Junior golfers shine on Sunshine Coast

The Central Queensland team of Gracemere’s Ammeliah Means, Gladstone’s Amber Hymus and Boyne Island’s Tayla Potter left the best trios in Queensland in their...

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Entertainment

On This Day: National Poetry Day!

Poetry is a unique type of literature that uses words in a variety of ways to invoke a range of emotional responses, imaginative awareness,...

On This Day: International Coffee Day!

Coffee in the morning. Coffee while catching up with old friends. Going out to a coffee bar with that new, hot date. Drinking coffee...

World Journeyman Somerset Barnard returns

Global blues journeyman Somerset Barnard will be returning from his European base for the first time in six years to perform his raw and...

On This Day: Save the Koala Day!

Lovable and distinct, the koala is sadly vulnerable and at risk. Save the Koala Day was created to help this delightful species return to...

On This Day: National Cooking Day!

We scurry and scramble, just trying to make it through the day — rushed at breakfast, hurried at lunch (half an hour? That’s almost...

On This Day: National Punctuation Day!

Let’s face it — punctuation saves lives. It might sound a little strange to say that, but when you consider the effect that something as...

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Letters to the Editor

ROYALTIES PAIN HITS HARD IN CQ The past few weeks have been shocking for Central Queensland’s coal sector – more than 1000 direct jobs going...

From grey area drinking to sober curious – my journey to clarity

For most of my adult life, I lived in what’s known as the “grey area” of drinking, a term coined by Jolene Park to...

Banana council news briefs

Beef over committee rates The Banana council moved a motion at its September meeting to approve an annual contribution of $21,725 for the operation of...

Tale of love and tragedy on stage

Shakespeare’s most iconic tale of passion and tragedy is coming to life in Gladstone on Thursday, 9 October as Bell Shakespeare’s critically acclaimed production...

Ground broken on Moura MPHS expansion

The State Government is pressing ahead on construction to deliver the Moura Multipurpose Health Service expansion providing more residential aged care for the growing...

News in Brief

BOYNE TANNUM AQUATIC CENTRE PUBLIC TENDER PERIOD OPENS Gladstone Regional Council invites tenders for construction of the Boyne Tannum Aquatic Centreentre (Tender 107-25) on Lot...

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