Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER
Search

Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER
Subscribe

News

Digital classrooms may be failing students – experts call for a rethink

As concerns grow about declining student performance across literacy, numeracy and critical thinking, CQUniversity experts are calling for a major rethink of how technology...

A Hug from the Sea – now installed

Cosmos Arts for Health Inc. is proud to advocate for the use of local artists in health spaces, bringing creativity, comfort, and connection to...

Resilience on show across Central Queensland

What a start to the year we’ve had in Central Queensland. Flash flooding in January from ex-tropical Cyclone Koji cut off the small community of...

Give local legends the recognition they deserve

Teen crime spree leads to 15 arrests across Capricornia District

Tourism roadmap for next decade

Reflecting on a big week in politics

Digital Edition

Sport

The region’s golf results

GLADSTONE GOLF CLUB Men’s Par competition 14-03 A Grade winner: Dale Harris -1, second: Brandon -2, third: Raymond Foster -2 B Grade winner: Jayden Taylor +4, second:...

Fine Reef wipes out Beef

The Gladstone-infused Reef produced a stellar defensive performance to overcome Beef in last Saturday’s main event. The Reef squad, featuring players from Gladstone Brothers and...

Gladstone stars selected for Capricornia women’s squad

A tight affair saw Beef earn the chocolates in the annual Reef v Beef Women’s match. Beef — thanks to a double from Rockhampton Brothers...

Ruby shines in grand final

Boyne Island Tannum Sands export Ruby Strange was draped in gold last weekend — and she’s hoping to double that tally on Saturday. Strange skippered...

From the harbour to the coalfields

A contingent of riders from Gladstone were in Emerald competing in Rounds 1 and 2 of the BMX State Series on Saturday and Sunday,...

Plans key to premiership

The Glen are ‘quietly confident’ heading into their first Rockhampton Cricket A Grade grand final in five years. The minor premiers – who haven’t claimed...

Subscribe

Get an all ACCESS PASS to the News and your Digital Edition with an online subscription

Entertainment

Community events

Weekly events Have a Yarn Tuesday - QCWA Tannum Sands - every Tuesday All welcome to bring your craft, a friend and a smile. Time: 9am to...

On This Day: National Let’s Laugh Day!

Some people believe that laughter truly is the best medicine! And the purpose of National Let’s Laugh Day is simply to bring out the...

On This Day: Global Recycling Day!

As planet Earth gives up billions of tonnes of its natural resources each year to support the humans who live on it, the health...

From Scotland to home soil

Since relocating to her father’s native Scotland in 2020, proud Gladstone singer-songwriter Leah Chynoweth-Tidy has been flying the flag internationally for her Australian roots...

On This Day: World Sleep Day!

Sleep may seem like such a normal aspect of life that it might seem silly to even talk about it! It can be one...

On This Day: National Plant a Flower Day!

Few things on the planet are more beautiful or fascinating than flowers – and with over 400,000 flowering plant species in the world, there’s...

More News

Greenfield coal mine ticks off milestone

Baralaba South has completed its Environmental Impact Statement process to progress the development of a new open-cut metallurgical coal mine in the Banana Shire. The...

Why community voices matter for Gladstone’s environmental future

Gladstone is a region known for industry, innovation and resilience. It is also home to extraordinary natural assets—from the nearby Southern Great Barrier Reef...

Students explore future pathways

For local Year 12 students, the path beyond high school became clearer thanks to CQUniversity Gladstone’s University Experience Day on Thursday, 12 March. The free,...

Water torture looms large

Gladstone ratepayers and the industrial base, including the city’s biggest employer Rio Tinto, face the unpalatable prospect of being slugged with astronomical water price...

Calliope, Benaraby back for Butch

Gladstone MP Glenn Butcher is thankful ’common sense has prevailed’ in a proposed redistribution of the electoral boundary that would return Calliope and all...

Take a pit stop at Bob’s Garage

Bob’s Garage will soon launch Pit Stop, a new series of men’s talking circles aimed at supporting connection, conversation and wellbeing among men in...

Building works to begin on RFDS airport hub

A milestone for Gladstone Airport Corporation and the Gladstone community was reached with the final contract for the construction of the new RFDS (Queensland...

Mackenzie hitting all the right notes

Tannum Sands local Mackenzie May is quickly becoming country music’s rising star as she gears up for the release of her first EP, All...

Uplifting and empowering

Gladstone’s commitment to gender equality and empowerment was showcased in early March at the Gladstone Engineering Alliance’s 2026 International Women’s Day Luncheon. More than 320...

Banana Shire moves to recovery mode

The Banana Shire Council has acted quickly to work on damaged roads across the region as floodwaters from the Dawson River receded to give...

Subscribe

Get an all access pass to the News and your Digital Edition with an online subscription

Subscribe

© 2026 Central Queensland Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.