27 years of garden advice
It was meant to be a “six-week stint“, but garden guru Neil Fisher is still writing his popular column 27 years later.
Neil started as...
Academic honoured for service to horticulture and tertiary education
With over three decades of service within horticultural science and tertiary education, Professor Kerry Walsh has been appointed as a Member (AM) of the...
Local economy is strong
Our local economy is really benefiting from some major government investments in local infrastructure at the moment.
Late last year I took a group of...
New start for school kids
Students from Glenmore, North Rockhampton, Rockhampton, and Mount Morgan State High schools came together for the official opening of the GlenTech Auto program.
Local...
Leaders of Rockhampton
Farmers wanting to tap into the power of biology in their farming system will have the opportunity to learn from regenerative farming leaders at...
Can you identify this object?
Robert Crimmins from Sydney is currently visiting family in Yeppoon.
Recently he took his metal detector to Yeppoon Main Beach and came across an interesting...
The right tools for learning
A new initiative by Glenmore State High School will engage Rockhampton, Yeppoon and Mount Morgan students looking at starting a pathway in the automotive...
Scoffins to close after 35 years
John and Yvonne Scoffin from Scoffins Jewellers and watchmakers in Yeppoon are holding a retirement sale ahead of closing the doors for the final...
PCYC calls for more mentors to help break the cycle for local youths
Volunteers of PCYC Rockhampton have assisted over 40 young people to receive their driver’s licences, but more mentors are needed to continue the Braking...
Repeated failures of Indigenous policy
The shocking footage emerging from Alice Springs is a testament to the repeated failures of Indigenous policy over many decades.
Despite good intentions and...
Protesters mark second anniversary of Myanmar coup
Protesters have marked the two-year anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup with a “silent strike” in major cities and rallies overseas, as exiled civilian leaders...
Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter
Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New...
Woman charged after drugs seized at Kawana
Detectives from the Rockhampton Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged a woman following the seizure of dangerous drugs at Kawana on 7 September.
At around...
