Central Highlands council releases back-to-basics budget
The Central Highlands Regional Council has adopted a $292 million budget for the 2024-2025 financial year, with a back-to-basics approach focused on affordably delivering...
Considering how to ‘force’ Meta to pay for news
Facebook's parent company Meta could be legally forced to carry Australian news on its platform or face new taxes to support local journalism, under...
Medicare billed by GP for his forbidden sexual affair
A GP had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient and claimed their dalliances as 'treatment' on Medicare, threatened to throw acid on her...
Future-proofing the Isaac region for community growth
About 97 per cent of residential ratepayers will see an increase of $5 or less per week in their rates bill after the Isaac...
Better prices, quality under mandatory supermarket code
Australian farmers and shoppers could receive fairer prices at the checkout as major supermarkets are forced to abide by a strengthened and mandatory code...
True story of abuse brought to book
Friends told Margaret Campbell "you've got more guts than we have" when informed she was writing a book about her horrific experiences at Neerkol...
Waiting to talk to someone
Residents in the electorate of Flynn are among the more than 600,000 Australians who tried calling Centrelink between 1 January 2024 and 1 May...
The rise of micro-credentials and their advantages for businesses
Perhaps the only constant is change; and things are changing faster than ever before.
Ask any business owner or manager and they are...
Vehicle hits pedestrian on Capricorn Highway
An adult male was transported to Emerald Hospital with arm and significant leg injuries following an incident on the Capricorn Highway east of Emerald...
Embracing remote dozer operations at Bowen Basin mine
Dozer operators at Anglo American’s Capcoal Complex are in training to embrace remote control technology to improve operator safety on site.
The operation, near...
MP urges CH drivers to contribute to national road survey
Flynn MP Colin Boyce is calling on residents of the federal electorate to nominate a road or intersection in most need of upgrade by...
Natural wonders big seller for CH
International tourism visitors to the Central Highlands could double in two years as they chase the allure of nature-based experiences and open, unpolluted blue...
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...
