Tag: News
Fears for farmers’ mental health as ‘Reef police’ audit properties
There’s no getting around the sugarcane agricultural ERA standard – or any of the recently imposed Reef protection regulations – they went ahead despite...
Holiday fun at Tondoon
Gladstone Today photographer Mike Richards was out and about last week at the Tondoon Botanic Gardens for some school holiday fun.
Gladstone Orchid and Foliage expo
I am sure that many people who read this column have probably never ventured into a flower show.
It can be a very rewarding...
Gladstone shoppers buy 113K hot cross buns
Easter celebrations have well and truly begun in Gladstone, with shoppers across the region buying more than 113,500 hot cross buns since Boxing Day....
Quality mixed but condition good at CQLX
Combined agents yarded 2,912 head on Wednesday, 6 April, comprising of 1667 steers, 845 heifers, 323 cows, 43 cows and calves and 34 bulls.
Cattle...
Region in the spotlight
It is TIME! It’s time to showcase the Gladstone Region! Over the next few weeks, our region has a lot on offer, so many...
Q&A with Jennifer McGuire
Q. What is the best advice you've ever received?
You only live once, so don't care about what other people think about you. Live...
Smallest Aussie wren
The Red-backed Fairy-wren is the smallest of Australian wrens (11cm) inhabiting river and coastal areas around the northern and eastern parts of the country...
Property managers face burnout as rental crisis deepens
A Gladstone Real Estate principal is asking for ‘significant’ change in the industry as property managers struggle to cope with the ongoing pressure caused...
Mixed progress on bin business
Council has sent island residents mixed messages after a resident complained about the condition of bins being delivered to the Facing Island transfer station....
COVID causes property pandemic
COVID-19 has also created a property pandemic, with renowned demographer Bernard Salt saying it is behind a return to the traditional values of wanting...
Rio Tinto takes full control of alumina refinery
Rio Tinto has taken full control over Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) after the Federal Government slapped measures on the two oligarchs who hold a...
Gladstone crime wrap
Axe-wielding man charged - Clinton
A 27-year-old Clinton man was charged with going armed to cause fear following a disturbance in Clinton on 12 April.
It...
