Valentine help
This coming Wednesday is Valentine’s Day one of these fun days of the year when it is cool to give a gift of plants...
Fresh new faces join council ranks
A bunch of fresh faced apprentices and trainees have kicked off the new year with a career at Council.
Gladstone Regional Council (GRC) has...
Health issues to the fore at roundtable
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce hosted general practitioners, health professionals and local community advocates for a regional health roundtable in Gladstone this week.
Topics...
Make clumping plants a feature
While I was in Brisbane last month I could not help but notice how Queensland Transport are using native grasses and new hybrid clumping...
Historic deal for Banana
Banana Shire Council has signed a landmark partnership deal with AUKUS Forum, marking the first membership agreement between a Local Government body and AUKUS.
AUKUS...
Actions speak louder than words
The power of advocacy often manifests in actions louder than words.
One such effective form of advocacy is the boycott—a silent expression of dissent...
Gladstone RC in caretaker mode
The Gladstone Regional Council has gone into caretaker mode ahead of the 16 March local government elections.
The move took effect on Monday, 29 January,...
Stay out of flooded crossings
A number of roads have been affected by recent rainfall across the Gladstone Region this past week.
With some localised flooding occurring in parts Gladstone...
Resources royalties return to communities
More than $11 million will be invested in social services and aged care in the Banana Shire as part of the State Government's $118.2m...
Possibilities await at Queensland Youth Parliament
93 young people from across Queensland will have the opportunity to make a change in 2024, with nominations now open for the 29th YMCA...
Greens push to redirect subsidies to communities
The Greens say $11 billion in annual federal subsidies to polluting fossil fuel companies should be phased out and the money redirected to accelerating...
Crime forum ‘snub’
The first round of the Youth Justice Reform Select Committee's regional hearings will skip Central Queensland cities, despite a reported 270 per cent...
The region’s golf results
GLADSTONE GOLF CLUB
Men’s Ambrose Pairs 13-11
Winners: Steve and Corey Boyer 59.5
Second: Brian Bettridge and Gregory Dunseath 59.75
Third: Jeff Jones and Garry Crosby 63.25
Ladies’ Ambrose...
