Sold out but don’t miss out
Tickets to Gladstone Regional Council’s free Australia Day Family Fun Day have sold out, but there are still ways you can celebrate.
Gladstone Region Mayor...
Pineapple punch
The colourful Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper, a bare-footed environmentalist who believes the planet has had enough of humans, has a genuine chance to emerge victorious...
Astro inspires start-up success
Voyak co-founder Karan Joon owes the existence of his start-up company to his dog, Astro.
The locally owned accommodation booking website, built in Rockhampton, will...
Volunteers propelling democracy
Behind most political campaigns, large or small, there is often an unheralded army of passionate supporters working day and night on their own dime...
SES wants volunteers
Do you look good in orange?
SES Capricornia area controller Michael Young said the new year meant there’d never been a better time to join...
Large early vote for by-election
More than 30 per cent of the electorate has already cast their vote in the Rockhampton mayoral by-election.Early voting for the January 23 poll...
Business to get update on industry shutdowns
The Gladstone Industry Leadership Group (GILG) will soon give an update on projects, activities and opportunities in the Queensland region to help connect project...
New beginning for markets
Rockhampton may have seen the last of the Arcade Car Park Markets, but this is one ending that’s also a new beginning.
Following the...
Marriage secret is give and take
A chance introduction led to 50 years of marriage for Gracemere couple Ken and Shirley Niven.
Ken Niven grew up in Rockhampton while Shirley Russell...
Tony Williams
Councillor Tony Williams is an established member of the council, first elected to his position in 2004. He represents Lakes Creek, Nerimbera, Koongal, Berserker...
Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper
The colourful Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper has already written his name into the region’s political history with his near ascension to the mayoral throne following...
Bronwyn Laverty-Young
Bronwyn Laverty-Young is something of a wildcard candidate in this campaign. She’s a dump truck operator and emergency mines rescuer who works 12-and-a-half hour...
Grant puts No.9 bogey to bed
Yeppoon export Harry Grant proved he belongs as a starting hooker for Queensland in the State of Origin arena in Perth but he now...
