Budget blow for households
Gladstone residents will be bracing for another financial blow with proposed changes to solar feed-in tariffs set to strip $1.6 million from the region’s...
News in Brief
Woman injured in collision with car
A female bike rider was taken to Gladstone Hospital after a collision with a car on the morning of...
$10M indoor sports centre a slam dunk
A major step forward for indoor sport and community infrastructure locally has been taken with the Gladstone Amateur Basketball Association commencing construction on the...
Banana to impose weed levy
Rural landholders and extractive industries in the Banana Shire will be slugged with levies to fund weed control as Leucaena has become an invasive...
All set for the show
The countdown is on for the 2026 Mt Larcom Show, set to take place across 20 and 21 June.
The two action-packed days will celebrate...
Bleak outlook for economy if Iran conflict drags on
Lingering conflict in the Middle East could cause Australia's economy to contract and unemployment to spike to pre-pandemic levels, Treasury warns in the nation's...
Tax relief for workers and pain for investors in budget
Young people entering the housing market face such significant difficulties that the government needs to break a major election promise on controversial tax changes,...
Five-year extension approved for Kirkwood precinct
Gladstone Regional Council approved changes to an existing preliminary approval for the Kirkwood Bulky Goods Precinct on Tuesday, 5 May.
Customer Experience general manager Kimberly...
LNP launches petition to save Inland Rail
The Coalition has launched a ‘Rescue our Rail’ petition, to fight for Australia’s critical Inland Rail project.
The project would have taken an estimated 200,000...
Biorefinery feasibility study and port agreement
Jet Zero Australia has completed a feasibility study for Project Mandala, a proposed 400-million litre a year hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids biorefinery for...
Major project to shape city’s future
A $20 billion-plus project is linking a private rail line from the Queensland border to the development of an inland intermodal hub and the...
Regional councils’ $500M windfall in Budget
The Australian Local Government Association has welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget commitment of $2 billion for housing enabling infrastructure, describing it as a significant...
How Scrubs Swap is reducing waste and connecting people
An idea sparked by a desire to reduce textile waste has blossomed into a meaningful initiative which is giving clinical uniforms a second life...
