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Seniors Happy Hour at Gladstone Aquatic Centre
Seniors (60+) get entry to the pool for free for an hour between 7:45am to 8:45am every...
Manufacturing Month delivers for women in manufacturing
September was Queensland’s inaugural Manufacturing Month. I’ve been travelling right across Queensland visiting some of our amazing local manufacturing businesses and getting a behind...
Lifejackets and distress beacons feature in boating safety campaign
With one in 11 residents owning a boat in the Gladstone Region National Safe Boating Week should be front and centre this week.
Outside Brisbane...
RED grant brings more jobs
A Livingstone Shire regenerative farm is building a dedicated post-harvest facility for its fruit and vegetables and creating up to three full-time jobs thanks...
Reaching out to family
Over 100 descendants of William and Abelia Appleton gathered at St Brendan’s College in Yeppoon on 23 September to catch up with family and...
Spectator Etiquette
Regular readers of my column will know that I enjoy sports, especially women's sports. I was the safeguarding and human rights team leader for...
Don’t sideline agriculture
Agriculture has provided a strong steady backbone to Australia’s prosperity, and food security.
Yet in recent years, I feel that centuries-long tradition is being overlooked,...
Athletes win funding to compete
Successful applicants for Round 1 of the 2023-2024 Federal Government Local Sporting Champions and Local Para Champions programs have been announced.
The Local Sporting Champions...
Gen-Z programmers decode gas mysteries
From pixels to pipelines, 28 students from four Gladstone Region schools discovered whether their digital models of the Santos GLNG’s Curtis Island operations were...
RED grant brings more jobs
A Livingstone Shire regenerative farm is building a dedicated post-harvest facility for its fruit and vegetables and creating up to three full-time jobs thanks...
Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham to rock Harvey Rd
Harvey Road Tavern is about to be rocked by Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham in their new national tour that hits to the heart...
Q and A with Leanne Patrick – Candidate for Councillor, Gladstone Regional Council
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
I refer many times to myself as being a person who likes to “join the dots” of...