The right to be a child
Children’s Week is an annual event celebrated in Australia held around the fourth Wednesday in October.
In 1996 it was decided to adopt a permanent...
Getting Rocky ready
Last week emergency services agencies from across Central Queensland joined together with the Australian Army’s 11th Brigade to undertake Exercise Rocky Ready, which may...
Scholarship for climate smart farmers
Farmers for Climate Action is offering 20 Australian farmers a career-defining opportunity to learn from Australia’s best experts, with applications now open for a...
Sri Lanka’s Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize
Writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, a satirical "afterlife noir" set during Sri...
Coast Guard activities
Fine weather on Saturday and Sunday morning provided favourable conditions for boating with many people taking to the water to embrace the fabulous weather.
Despite...
Union members to strike at CQuni
Staff members from CQUniversity will stop work on Thursday, 20 October as strike action ramps up across Queensland universities.
National Tertiary Education Union members...
New leader for development body
There's a new leader at the helm of the Central Highlands' key regional development agency, the Central Highlands Development Corporation (CHDC).
The CHDC has appointed...
Coal: region’s billion dollar baby
The Central Highlands coal mining industry spends more than $790 million on local goods and services, according to the latest factsheet from the Central...
Canavan: ‘Gay marriage a symptom of wokeness’
When Australia voted in favour of gay marriage just 5 years ago we were reassured that people against the change had nothing to fear.
When...
Miracle surgery for Yeppoon baby
A Capricorn Coast baby diagnosed with spina bifida was still in his mother’s womb when Mater doctors performed complex and life-changing surgery on his...
Students discover the Wonders of Science
Rockhampton State High School students recently competed at the regional Wonder of Science conference held at CQUniversity’s Gladstone campus.
This was the largest Wonder of...
Young artists flourish
Central Queensland regional show for creative generations held during Tropical Pinefest festivities at The Fig Tree Galleries in Yeppoon was a huge winner showcasing...
Swift plays a winning tune
Liam Birchley’s Midas-like touch in the TAB Capricornia Yearling Sale 2YO Classic continued at Callaghan Park last Sunday.
The Sunshine Coast trainer scored his second...
