Coast Guard activities
On Monday 11 July Coast Guard Yeppoon received a call for assistance at 11.05am from a 7.2 metre centre console boat with five people...
90 years on the air waves
Radio Station 4RO became a part of the Rockhampton and Central Queensland Landscape on 2 July 1932 with the First Radio Broadcast launching at...
BUSINESS PROFILE: Team of experienced butchers
The team at Dawson Road Butchery have more than 30 years' experience working in the industry, so you know you're in the best hands...
Big weekend at Rocky Expo
Almost 12,000 people passed through the gates at the Rockhampton Showgrounds on the weekend, hoping to catch a bargain at the Rockhampton Expo.
Held on...
Payment backflip welcome
The Albanese Labor Government has confirmed that the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment for those without access to sick leave will continue to the end...
Gunman dead after killing 3 at US mall
Three people have been fatally shot and two were injured at a US shopping centre after a man with a rifle opened fire in...
Canberra launches first drug-testing site
A free fixed drug-testing site will be open in Canberra on Thursdays and Fridays to further investigate harm reduction methods with illicit substances.
Australia's first...
Young girl dies, siblings removed in SA
A six-year-old girl is dead and her siblings have been removed from a home in South Australia, with police investigating it as a case...
Health staff pinch amid Qld virus wave
Queensland emergency rooms are facing their toughest Covid-19 wave to date as sickness and worker fatigue aggravate staff shortages, a leading doctor says.
Emergency...
‘Suburban, normal’ women becoming homeless
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten says workers will have to use sick leave but not holiday entitlements before claiming the pandemic payment.
Workers isolating...
UK swelters as extreme heatwave worsens
Britain is already sweltering as temperatures hit the high 30s, with 41C forecast for Tuesday.
Train services have been cut, schools closed and ambulance crews...
Joy flights from the beach
This is an aerial view of Yeppoon’s main beach from 1933. The biplane was used to provide joy flights.
These had commenced in the late...
CHDC invests in region’s future
A major new initiative is set to mobilise the power of partnerships in a bid to grow the Central Highlands economy.
The Central Highlands Development...
