Issue hits close to home
The Coalition’s 2022-23 Budget delivered $522 million in funding for aged care reform. This is on top of the funding contained in the...
A look back at the recent past
Normanby St leads off to the right in this aerial image taken in 2018.
The Rotary commemorative clock is seen in the green centre island...
CATHOLIC DIOCESE NEWS: Cultural celebration at Emerald
St Patrick’s Parish, Emerald recently celebrated its multicultural diversity with a wonderful Multicultural Mass. The theme for the day was, “From Every Nation, Culture...
CATHOLIC DIOCESE NEWS: Catechism in the West
Preparing children on remote properties and in smaller towns for the sacraments has always been a challenge.
Different methods have been adopted over the years,...
CATHOLIC DIOCESE NEWS: Celebration of Priestly Vocation
August saw the annual Jubilee Mass of Celebration at Holy Family Church, Rockhampton for those clergy celebrating significant anniversaries of their priesthood in 2022....
CATHOLIC DIOCESE NEWS: Sr Noreen’s Golden Jubilee
On 15 August this year, Sr Noreen from the Gladstone Parish celebrated 50 years of living her vowed life as a Marist Missionary Sister.
When...
CATHOLIC DIOCESE NEWS: RIP Sr Anne-Marie Kinnane
Sister Anne-Marie Kinnane, Sister of Mercy and co-founder of Catholic social service agency CatholicCare Central Queensland, passed away peacefully early September at the age...
CATHOLIC DIOCESE NEWS: Raising the roof
St Joseph’s Cathedral is undergoing a multi-million-dollar roof replacement following damage from the hailstorm that hit Rockhampton in April 2020.
Like many other buildings in...
Rocky Cap Coast market still on the rise
The real estate market for the Rockhampton region including the Capricorn Coast is still rising according to Herron Todd White's September 2022 residential report...
Thank you to the thin blue line
“What other job requires you to be in a constant state of hyper vigilance and alertness yet at the same time be a counsellor,...
Online program to weed out pests
New online training packages will support good jobs in agriculture by helping more people recognise exotic pests and diseases.
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and...
Scholarships for mine rehab ideas
More than $200,000 in student scholarships is up for grabs in a bid to develop innovative ways to improve land rehabilitation in Queensland coal...
Solar Panels 2
Solar panels are devices that convert sunlight into electricity using photovoltaic (PV) cells. These cells are typically made from semiconductor materials like silicon, which...
