‘Technicality’ bites controversial croc control laws
A move towards crocodile hunting and big game tourism in Queensland has been snapped shut by a "technicality", backbenchers say.
Katter's Australian Party's proposed crocodile...
Nuclear power needs consideration
As I drove out to Emerald last week to visit the AgGrow Field Day, I passed train after train full of coal.
The coal...
Change in the air for CapRescue
RACQ has ended its 22-year naming rights sponsorship of CapRescue, but it's still business as usual for Central Queensland's local helicopter rescue service thanks...
New project could connect port city to the North-west
A Major infrastructure project cover that will almost 25 per cent of Queensland and possibly one of the largest transmission networks in Australia, was...
Levy is dry for ALP
Member for Maranoa David Littleproud says the Nationals have helped spare agriculture industries from a "fresh food tax" but Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has...
Race to seal Grosvenor Mine and extinguish fire
On Wednesday 3 July, Anglo American, Mining and Energy Union and Isaac Regional Council issued a joint statement regarding the immediate future of the...
Senate split on vaping
Australia’s peak GP body has welcomed the Senate passing reforms cracking down on the market for nicotine vapes this week.
The Therapeutic Goods and...
Fire ants reach Caloundra
Queensland’s fire ant plague, until now spreading mostly to Brisbane’s west and south, is now headed north towards Gympie.
New reports indicate the pest species...
Neil Fisher remembered
Tributes are flowing for Rockhampton Region councillor and Emerald Today garden columnist Neil Fisher following his death on Monday.
Cr Fisher was admitted to...
Stolen car smashes into pub bar
Blackwater police are investigating after a stolen work vehicle smashed through the front doors of the Capricorn Hotel's main bar area in the early...
Passion turns to Gold
Central Queensland couple Dan and Alice Rye of Evaldar discovered their passion for mango farming after changing from their mining and media careers.
The couple's...
Look, Mum! No gears!
One of the frequent comments by drivers and passengers new to the electric driving experience is how smoothly the car travels.
This is due...
750 jobs gone as BMA wields axe
BHP Mitsubishi Alliance has axed 750 jobs across its Queensland coal operation and plans to put the Saraji south pit into care and maintenance...
