Mayors’ take on budget
It is a tale of a glass half full and a glass half empty when it comes to the perspectives of the region’s two...
Mobile homelessness not a choice
Open your heart and try to understand what people living in cars are feeling before you report them to Council is the sentiment of...
News in Brief
Norman Gardens – two-vehicle crash
A patient was transported to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition following a two-vehicle crash on Moores Creek Road and...
New guards join the ranks
Capricornia Correctional Centre will welcome nine new officers after they graduated earlier this month.
Joined by family and friends at their graduation ceremony, the...
Heroes learn here, when it comes to recycling effort
Rockhampton Girls Grammar has become a Recycling Hero School, with Year 4 students learning how to create a sustainable future at a "waste audit"...
Police call for calm
Another desperate call from police for people not to take the law into their own hands has coincided with a concerned Indigenous group setting...
Show support for Food Bank
With Mother's Day on Sunday, 14 May, the Rockhampton Food Bank says it's important to remember a lot of mums in the region are...
Victoria to launch digital driver’s licences by 2024
Victorians will be able to drive with a digital licence as part of a regional trial before a statewide rollout of the technology.
All drivers...
Abuse of locked-up brothers preventable, inquiry told
Queensland government agencies were aware of risks to two brothers living with disabilities well before they were found malnourished and locked in a bedroom...
Mental health resource launched for farmers
As one-in-five rural and regional Australians experience mental illness, a resource dedicated entirely to primary producers recently launched in Queensland.
In an Australian-first, ‘Mental Health...
Take a trip down Murphy Road
The countdown is on for another year of entertainment and activities, with less than one month to go until the annual 1770 Festival.
The festival...
Ulysses’ pilgrimage to Gayndah
In a grand return, Gladstone Ulysses Branch Central Queensland members made the pilgrimage to Gayndah.
The social motorcycle group had 22 people and 16...
Calling Keppel’s young changemakers
The search is on for the next Youth Member for Keppel, with applications now open for the 2026 Queensland Youth Parliament.
Young people aged 16...
