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REGIONAL NEWS: Longreach Local Disaster Management Group moves to Alert status

The Longreach Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) has moved to Alert status and will continue to monitor the current weather situation unfolding across the...

Search on for Central Highlands best in business

It’s time to celebrate the hard work, resilience and success of the local business community, with nominations now open for the 2025 Central Highlands...

Man arrested after Fresh Gemz break-in at Gemfields

A 22-year-old man charged with the robbery of a popular Gemfields fruit and vegetable store appeared in the Emerald Magistrates Court for mention on...

MP pledges $660k for Emerald Pony Club if Coalition elected

Wet week predicted across Central Queensland

Rural Maternity Summit in Longreach

175 jobs for Bowen Basin coal test pit

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Sport

Time for tennis

Four young tennis players from Emerald have been selected to represent the Central Highlands on the regional stage in Gladstone on Thursday, 26 March. Olivia...

Getting hooves in line

The Emerald Horse and Pony Club held its first rally of the year on Friday, 14 March. The wet stayed away over the weekend, making...

Magnificence in Mackay

The Central Highlands BMX Club made the trek to Mackay for its annual MAD March Twilight Carnival and enjoyed a great run. Despite some rain...

Roosters through to Grand Final

The best two teams of the Barton Shield competition will meet in this season's grand final. Rolleston qualified for the Saturday, 22 March decider with...

Basilisks back in the game

The Blackwater Basilisks are sharpening their fangs in preparation for the upcoming Rockhampton Rugby Union Competition. For the first time in about 15 years, the...

League competition heating up

It has been three weeks since the Central Highlands Rugby League Under-20s competition kicked off, and it has already delivered some great contests. So far,...

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Plan for regional Australia

Did you know regional Australia produces over 30 percent of the national economic output? The Coalition understands that rural and regional Australia provides the bulk...

Solutions to housing crisis

As you grow older you should be able to tell your children that "back in my day" we had it much tougher! But I don't...

Boyce launches re-election campaign in CH

In the countdown to the call of the 2025 federal election, incumbent MP Colin Boyce has dismissed his Labor opponent for the seat of...

Emerald RFDS patient transfer station set to take flight

The RFDS Emerald patient transfer facility is on the reality runway, with the concept design completed and engineering designs and civil work under way...

Rosewood camp’s thorny approval as CHRC imposes 30 conditions

Central Highlands councillors have voted to remove contentious development approval sunset clauses applicable from August and allow Blackwater's Rosewood accommodation village to continue operating...

Fete fun for all

It's a return to the pre-Covid family fun and frivolity with the Emerald State School fete back bigger and better than ever. A ESS P...

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