Mega water pumps craned into Alton Downs for Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline
The Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline (FGP) is nearing completion, with three elephant-sized pumps ready to pump water from Alton Downs to the Aldoga Reservoirs...
Tryin’ to Stay Alive, with Kev
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STAYIN’ ALIVE!
Welcome to the first of some occasional, light-hearted columns about the...
Productivity decline risks economic growth
This week the RBA has given its strongest warning yet that our poor productivity performance is threatening the living standards of Australians.
While the RBA...
Ultimate guide to what’s happening in Rocky
There’s so much coming up across the Rockhampton Region, and plenty of activities to enjoy with the kids, visiting family, or to rediscover with...
Wealth tax belies sector pain
Queensland Resources Council chief executive Janette Hewson has revealed 25 per cent of coal producers are not breaking even as stubbornly low coal prices...
No radar, we’re flying blind
We have been gifted with one of the best weather radars in Australia at Gladstone.
Now when there's storms off the coast the radar is...
News in Brief
Man dies in Mount Gardiner crash
A man has died following a single-vehicle traffic crash at Mount Gardiner in the Livingstone Shire on Thursday, 14...
Keppel Eats value-adding facility to bring 107 new jobs to Yeppoon
Coastal favourite Keppel Eats has confirmed fresh expansion plans.
The company earlier this month lodged a Material Change of Use (MCU) development application with Livingstone...
A remodelled taste of the country at the Leichhardt
Rockhampton’s Leichhardt Hotel officially reopened on Wednesday, ready to reclaim its place as a “true-blue country watering hole” and the city’s hub for live...
Blackwater teen crime gang arrests
Blackwater police have charged eight teenagers with 106 property crime offences in the town in the past week.
Police will allege the offences involve a...
Rates cut as underlying inflation and the labour market continues to ease
Borrowers received welcome relief from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) which delivered a widely expected interest rate cut earlier this month.
The central bank...
Man dies in Marlborough Road crash
A man has died following a single-vehicle traffic crash at Mt Gardiner in the Livingstone Shire on Thursday, 14 August.
A police spokesperson said around...
Feeder market strengthened
Gracemere combined agents yarding a total of 2806 head this week, consisting of 1453 Steers, 804 Heifers, 407 Cows, 30 Cows & Calves, 88...
