12 new nurse graduates join Central West Health
The Central West has welcomed 12 new nursing graduates across its many hospitals and health services.
Central West Health executive director of nursing and...
Owen blasts ’useless’ gun laws
A new push for a national gun ownership register ignored the fact that we already have one - and it doesn’t work.
That was the...
Compliance directives issued after serious mining incidents
Resources Safety and Health Queensland has issued compliance directives to mine operators following a series of serious incidents at Central Queensland coal mines involving...
Anything but average
This time 50 years ago Leyland Australia’s Zetland manufacturing plant in Sydney’s southern suburbs was a hive of activity. The factory was gearing...
New fees for learner drivers
The cost of a learning licence is being reduced to $75 which is less than half of the current fee.
The change offers first-time...
Hear the Hands
The Goat Cafe and Restaurant was home to the deaf community and those learning the language of the hands on 9 February.
The AUSLAN and...
Letters to the Editor
Juvenile crime soft approach not working
Brittany Lauga, CQ Today, 4 Feb. Expresses due concern about juvenile crime and assures us that harsher penalties will...
Cyclone wrangle
Last Monday, the media reported Cyclone "Freddy" was to form out of the far north Coral Sea. Then on Tuesday, Cyclone " Freddy" ...
OPINION: Canberra returns
This week was the first week back at school for Parliament. It was a sombre and surreal start for the year.
We started sadly with...
Community has ‘right to be safe’
Responding to Rocky Tobacconist manager Ali Kanjo's comments about safety in Rockhampton, Member for Rockhampton Barry O'Rourke said every Queenslander had a right to...
‘Machete robbery’ costs store
The manager of a Musgrave Street tobacconist who thwarted an attempted armed robbery by a machete-wielding bandit on Monday, 6 February, says he’s had...
Gulls love some fish and chips
Probably the best-known bird in all of Australia would be the silver gull.
I would think that most readers of this column, at some time...
Stanwell to take financial reins of Curragh mine
The State Government-owned Stanwell Corporation is set to take over financial control of Blackwater's Curragh mine complex.
The deal, announced by Coronado Global Resources on...
