Camp quarantine
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has visited Gladstone amid reports the region could become home to a Covid-19 quarantine facility for Australians returning from overseas.
Queensland Premier...
Apprentices honoured
Last month, Queensland Alumina Limited officially welcomed five first-year apprentices into the business and celebrated two outstanding apprentice graduates at the QAL Apprentice of...
Rotary baton journey
Special batons will make their way across the region for a relay honouring 100 years of Rotary in Australia.
Communities should keep an eye...
Road safety brings pollies together
State and federal politicians came together on Monday, January 18, to announce $40 million in road safety projects for the Capricornia electorate.
Deputy Prime Minister...
Tackling election questions
Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of candidates in the Rockhampton Regional Council mayoral by-election, ratepayer Desley Cowley decided to do something about it....
Digging into the past to inspire others
Yeppoon author Eve Johnston has overcome a lot of trauma in her life and hopes her story will help others.
Eve wrote her book, A...
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...
Care cuts hit the elderly
I have received many calls to my office recently from elderly people as well as the children of elderly people, worried about the changes...
