Ball a night to remember
The Rock NAIDOC Ball is always a highlight of Rockhampton's NAIDOC Week celebrations with the announcement of this year's NAIDOC winners.
Photographs were taken by...
Arguments over mining tax impact on regional community
The Mining and Energy Union says Queensland’s coal tax hike will benefit regional communities and not impact international mining investment, following negative comments by...
BUSINESS PROFILE: Family first at Battery World
Battery World Rockhampton is a family owned franchise.
Tracy and Tony Wren purchased the local franchise in 2016 after previous owner Skip Wren, who opened...
Extraordinary children
It’s Wednesday night at the time of writing this column, one week before the release of this paper.
With a slower pace, thanks to...
More koala deaths at Vic site amid probe
Sixteen koalas have died at a Victorian tree plantation and investigators don't know why.
Victoria's Conservation Regulator launched a probe after 13 koala bodies were found at a...
Sri Lanka’s president, cabinet to resign
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the entire cabinet will resign to make way for a unity government, the prime minister's office says, after...
Dog park in the process of relocation
The Queens Park dog park has been removed and is now in the process of being relocated.
A Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) spokesperson stated...
Russia heavily shells Kharkiv
Russia has opened fire with artillery, multiple rocket launchers and tanks around Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv and shelled eastern cities where an earlier strike...
Abe’s body returns home as Japan grieves
A motorcade carrying the body of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has arrived at his home in Tokyo, a day after he was...
Coast Guard call out
It hasn’t been all smooth sailing for Yeppoon Coast Guard this week with multiple rescues and a call for more people to lend a...
Covid hits local businesses
Covid is taking its toll on Theodore with one in two seemingly affected directly, even more indirectly.
The Covid issue is really making a mess...
NAIDOC March finally held
A large crowd gathered on Monday morning in Yeppoon for the NAIDOC Week 2022 annual walk and flag-raising ceremony on the foreshore.
The march, organised...
Playing the long game: Why advocacy matters more than ever
One of the most common questions I get asked by members and Non-members alike is "What is AgForce doing about…?"
And the answer to these...
