GAWB lifts water alert
After more than two years of Awoonga Dam being on Low Supply Alert, Gladstone Area Water Board (GAWB) announced the alert was lifted on...
CQU research projects help local councils identify and raise awareness of microplastics
With more and more microplastics emerging in our oceans, CQUniversity researchers are working with local government to introduce ‘Drain Buddies’ to ascertain what exactly...
Fire deliberately lit
A Curtis Island bushfire that burnt through around 1000 hectares, including a threatened Capricorni Yellow Chat habitat, has been deemed deliberately lit by senior...
Gladstone Area Water Board celebrates opening of Four Mile Scrub to Boynedale Bush Camp...
Gladstone Area Water Board (GAWB) has celebrated the official opening of its brand-new Four Mile Scrub to Boynedale Bush Rail Trail, representing a $970,000...
New recruits for QPS
Gladstone is set to receive two new police officers after 38 recruits and four police dogs graduated from the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Oxley...
$48.7m capital works planned for Banana Shire
Banana Shire Council has delivered its 2023-24 budget with a rates and charges increase of 5.37 per cent.
Most ratepayers will experience an increase of...
Superglue not the answer
Canberra recorded its coldest morning since the 1980s last week. At -8 degrees Celsius it was the first time I had ice form on...
Unlimited rent increases should be illegal
You might have heard a lot of politicians arguing about housing lately.
I’d like to try to explain what’s been happening.
Labor has a plan to...
Agricultural shows a part of Queensland’s proud history
Agricultural shows have been part of Queensland's history since 1822, and the tradition is still going strong with 128 shows held throughout the state.
The...
Sharks leave their mark on dolphin species
Shark-inflicted wounds are common among dolphins along Australia's coastline, new research has found.
Marine mammal experts from Flinders University and around Australia found about a...
Armed robber threatens staff
Police are investigating an armed robbery at a business on Chapman Drive, Clinton at 4.23pm on Tuesday, 4 July.
Initial investigations indicate a male has...
Celebrating 25 years
Recognition, Celebration of Excellence and Opportunity
The last two weeks of the semester have been a showcase of Excellence and Opportunity.
Twenty-five years ago,...
Judge to conduct statutory QCAT review
The Queensland Government has appointed retired Federal Court Judge the Honourable David Thomas to conduct the statutory review of Queensland’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal...
