Council’s quiet achiever
This week I reflected on a Council initiative which often misses out on the spotlight – our SmartHub.
Started five years ago, the SmartHub is...
Tops time at Kroombit
Fields of green and surrounded by horses, cows and wildlife, it took an interesting four-wheel-drive adventure through farmlands, gorges and creeks to deliver five...
We will remember them
On Thursday, 11 November local residents and beyond attended the Gracemere and District RSL Sub Branch to pay respect to soldiers who died fighting...
High tea for a cause
Kitty Wren wanted to make a difference so has decided to raise money to go towards Rockhampton Base Hospital Children’s Ward and the new...
Building the future
CQUniversity’s construction of its School of Mining at the Rockhampton campus and School of Manufacturing at the Gladstone campus is well underway.
The two...
Lights, camera, action
Having been part of Yeppoon Little Theatre for seventeen years, local filmmaker Ian Westley knows what it takes to put on a production.
“When...
A new society
Central Queenslanders who choose to remain unvaccinated without possessing a legitimate medical exemption will soon be restricted from a range of activities after the...
BHP sells coal assets
Mining behemoth BHP has signed a share sale and purchase agreement to divest its 80 per cent interest in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC) to...
Bowen Coking Coal acquires Bluff mine
Bowen Coking Coal (BCC) exercised a call option on Thursday to acquire the Bluff PCI mine between Duaringa and Emerald, cementing its transition from...
Fire leaves family homeless
As a former firefighter, Gracemere's Jon Milliner knows all to well how quickly a blaze can destroy a home - but it's different when...
Seven days until festival gates open
With planning in the home stretch, the scene is set for what will be a super line-up of non-stop action, live music, great food...
Bank defends closure
The Commonwealth Bank has defended shuttering its Rockhampton CBD branch following MP Michelle Landry's attack on the big banks over regional closures.
The Federal Member...
Fields day made by courageous Emu Park comeback
Emu Park’s first Intersport Yeppoon Women’s Premiership defence had a dismal start, but a stern half time chat forged a mighty comeback and a...
