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Make a resolution to volunteer in 2024

Looking to make 2024 a year to remember? Consider making volunteering your New Year’s resolution! Volunteering not only has the power to transform your life but...

Smarter, stronger ag through farm data

A collaboration is underway to give Central Highlands crop producers the skills and confidence to adopt profit-boosting technology. The Central Highlands Development Corporation is teaming...

$10 million program to promote use of recycled materials

Central Queensland manufacturers are set to recover, recycle and reprocess more sustainable products with help from the State Government’s $10 million ReMade in Queensland...

Connected battery program gathers pace

The State Government will invest $179 million into the next stages of its successful local network connected batteries program. The funding, sourced from the Queensland...

More schools encouraged to embrace Pick of the Crop Program

Having seen the Australian Bureau of Statistics National Health Survey revealing that Queensland has the second highest rate of obesity in Australia at 34.6...

Storm clouds loom for economy as rain, floods take toll

Storms and heavy flooding could wash away Australia’s budget bottom line despite inflation levels receding. Communities in far north Queensland and the state’s southeast have...

New flight service gives local children wings

Little Wings, the not-for-profit organisation that provides free air and ground transport for seriously ill children living in regional and rural Queensland, is proud...

Aussie green and gold

With tomorrow (Friday 26) being Australia Day, why not plant an Aussie green and gold garden? There are dozens of fantastic green and gold...

Scrap unjust tax on farmers

CANEGROWERS has added its voice to a growing chorus of agricultural bodies from across the country demanding the Federal Government abandon plans for the...

Strong emissions targets are vital

In mid-December, new Queensland Premier Steven Miles set a target to cut Queensland’s carbon emissions 75 per cent by 2035. This was made possible by...

Regional towns paid more for unleaded in 2023 than ever before

Motorists across most regional Queensland towns paid more for unleaded petrol in 2023 than ever, according to RACQ’s Annual Fuel Price Report. Gladstone's record-high...

Schools in – slow down!

Police are urging motorists to slow down and observe the reduced speed limits that are now back in operation around schools as the new...

New GO service sparks push for green waste solutions

Gladstone Regional Council is calling on industry experts to pitch their ideas for turning garden waste into something useful. With a new Garden Organics (GO)...

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