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A lucky birthday

Turning 100 years old is “all in the luck of the draw” according to Beryl Howe, who celebrated her birthday with family and friends...

Have your say on future of regional media

Newspaper readers in Central Queensland are being urged to have their say on the future of country media in Australia’s biggest survey on local...

Care for the mind

Work has started on the fit out of the new Gladstone Mindcare Hub, which will provide support to some of the city's most vulnerable...

From the AFL grand final to Gladstone

They wowed crowds at the AFL grand final, and now Brisbane band Sheppard are on their way to Gladstone. Sheppard stormed onto the Australian and...

Marine education made easy

Marine awareness will become easier on Great Keppel Island thanks to a proposed Keppel Turtle Fund (KTF) Inc education trail. KTO conducted a Marine Environmental...

A business for the ’new normal’

A new Rockhampton business is making it easier for family and friends to celebrate the life of a loved one in the age of...

Optimism at Major Projects Forum

Big CQ projects like the Shoalwater Bay Training Area expansion had industry representatives optimistic at the Capricorn Enterprise Major Projects Forum. Held at the Frenchville...

Going pink for breast cancer

Rockhampton Grammar School student Molly Cottam raised more than $2000 at a fundraiser for Pink Ribbon Day on Monday. Molly's mum Tanya said after her...

War of words over casualisation

CFMEU district vice-president Jeff Scales says the LNP needs to come out and accept that casualisation in coal mining, under their watch, has been...

A busy week for Coast Guard

Yeppoon Rescue One, with Skipper Rex Kirk and crew, departed Rosslyn Bay Harbour at 2.10pm on Wednesday 21 October to assist a nine-metre cruiser...

It’s time to vote, CQ

It's voting day on Saturday, October 31, and the question on everyone's lips is, will Labor's Annastacia Palaszczuk remain Premier of Queensland, or will...

Council says leave suburbs alone

Livingstone Shire councillors want their Rockhampton counterparts to “leave Livingstone alone”. Mayor Andy Ireland urged ratepayers and community members to have their say when...

Boots on the ground across electorate

Last week was spent travelling the Flynn electorate staying in touch with our local communities. Locations I travelled to included Gladstone, Calliope, Tannum Sands, Gracemere,...