Tag: News
Oak Tree gardeners put to the test
Residents at CQ’s Oak Tree Retirement Villages love their gardening and now their green thumbs are being put to the test with a garden...
Covid won’t stop Pinefest
Covid-19 won’t stop the Yeppoon Lions Tropical Pinefest, with the annual event returning for 2020 in a new, Covid-safe form.
Pinefest committee chair Don Knowles...
Businesses push for GKI resort
Capricorn Coast business owners are working overtime to build a last minute case for the Great Keppel Island resort redevelopment.
With the current sale agreement...
Ride for Madie unites regions
It isn’t surprising Hastings Deering staff would come together to help a team member and her fight with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but little did anyone...
RFDS boost for region’s economy
A new study has revealed the Royal Flying Doctor Service provides $10.3 million worth of economic benefits to Rockhampton each year.
The study, conducted by...
No sympathy for meatworker shortage
One Nation candidate for Rockhampton Torin O’Brien has little sympathy for meat processors suffering a shortage of workers.
“The chickens have come home to roost...
Mining town is pure gold for candidate
Labor candidate for Mirani Shane Hamilton and his family paid a visit to Mount Morgan on the weekend and fell in love with the...
Keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour
Rockhampton police want residents to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour around schools over the school holidays.
District crime prevention co-ordinator Senior Sergeant Ashley...
Business is fruitful for Doblos
When Dominic Doblo looks around his business at 6 Goodsall Street, he can’t believe how much it’s grown over the past three years.
Doblo’s Farmers...
O’Brien battles bullying in schools
As statistics reveal one in four kids are being bullied in Australian schools, One Nation candidate for Rockhampton, Torin O’Brien is stepping up his...
Coast guard in dramatic rescue
Coast Guard Yeppoon took part in the dramatic rescue of a family near North West Island on Friday 18 September.
Flotilla Commander Jim Warren said...
Covid boost for property market
Covid-19 has been an unexpected boost for the Capricorn Coast property market according to Yeppoon real estate agent Claudia Coren.
Ms Coren, who is the...
Stanwell to take financial reins of Curragh mine
The State Government-owned Stanwell Corporation is set to take over financial control of Blackwater's Curragh mine complex.
The deal, announced by Coronado Global Resources on...
