Tag: News
Studio defends Barbie film’s world map as ‘child-like’
Warner Bros studio says a map in its upcoming Barbie movie of the South China Sea is a "child-like" drawing with no intended significance,...
Breaking tourism records
Tourists love the Gladstone region, according to data from Tourism Research Australia, with the area recording the largest growth in visitor numbers across the...
Vision Splendid A Success
Winton’s Vision Splendid has been dubbed a success, as the annual Outback Film Festival closed its curtains last Saturday night, following nine days of...
$2m Gympie koala project
Gympie’s peak regional land use body has announced a $2 million investment in restoring koala habitat in the Gympie region and protecting the locally...
Summoning spiritual outlooks through tarots, readings and crystals
Intuitive readings, tarot cards and reiki might sound shocking and out of the ordinary for some, but this is Rockhampton shop owner Frith Petersen’s...
Phone ban in schools
Queensland state school students will be banned from using mobile phones and smartwatches when classes begin next year.
Education Minister Grace Grace says the move...
Olympian returns home
CQ equestrian Karen Messmer touched down at Rockhampton Airport on Wednesday, 5 July, fresh from the Special Olympics Summer World Games in Berlin with...
El Nino risk to reef and land
Following on from the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization officially declaring an El Niño this year, Central and Western Queensland are being advised to...
News in Brief
House destroyed by fire
Five QFES crews attended the scene of a fire on the corner of Dean and Edington streets in Berserker on Thursday,...
Elders’ efforts are being celebrated during NAIDOC Week
The role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders play as community leaders and advocates is being celebrated across the country.
NAIDOC Week recognises the significance...
NAIDOC on the Coast
NAIDOC week was honoured in style on Friday with one of the biggest parades on the Capricorn Coast to date.
‘Coal over koalas’
A Central Queensland environmental group has accused the State Government of prioritising "coal over koalas" by approving a coal project it says could destroy...
Energy information forum coming to Biloela
Locals to Biloela and surrounds are invited to join an energy information forum on Monday, 24 November.
The Queensland Community Energy Forum is a free...
