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Recycling week combats waste

Australians are being encouraged to keep valuable resources from going to waste this National Recycling Week as studies show households are sending nearly 2.5 million...

Pro-bono video services in high demand

Each year CQUniversity's advanced level Bachelor of Digital Media (BDM) students volunteer to collaborate on projects needed in the community that might otherwise be...

Is Mount the new Maleny?

Could Mount Morgan be Central Queensland’s answer to Melany? Capricorn Enterprise CEO Mary Carroll thinks the historic gold mining town, only a short 30-minute...

Parenting 101: sink or swim

When I paid for my one-year-old's swimming lessons, I never paid for parenting lessons I didn't want from a stranger. But that didn't stop...

Urgent repairs at Callide Power Station spark worker safety concerns

The Callide Power Station is managing urgent repairs after multiple generating units came offline last week, causing safety concerns among site workers. CS Energy CEO...

Qld changes concern coal, gas producers

Queensland coal and gas producers have warned that notifying the public every time an approved project was changed would be costly and could cause...

Ex-Catholic brother faces child sex charge

A former Catholic brother has been committed to stand trial on a child sexual charge after a court heard his alleged victim struggled for...

Qld hospital delays as ED numbers ease

Almost half of patients taken to Queensland hospital emergency departments faced ambulance ramping of more than 30 minutes, according to the latest health performance...

Vineyard owner prosecuted over water use

A vineyard operator in south western NSW has been accused of illegally pumping up to 13,000 megalitres of water beyond their water licence allocation. It's...

AFP backs new global financial crime plan

Australia will back Interpol's move to unveil a new "silver notice" aimed at tracking criminal assets. Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw confirmed at a...

Twitter to charge $A12 for blue checkmark

Twitter has updated its app in Apple's App Store to begin charging $US8 ($A12) for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk's first...

Vic-made robot to fight African poachers

In Africa's vast national parks, armed poachers and militants threaten rangers with brutal violence, while researchers half a world away in regional Victoria engineer...

On This Day: National Cocoa Day!

The first origins of cocoa being made into a drink can be traced back to 500 BC. However, many archaeologists believe that this is...

A Rocky Christmas