RAP renegades fail to halt progress
Three Central Highlands councillors have broken ranks to reject support for the council's draft innovate level Reconciliation Action Plan.
At the Wednesday, 28 May, meeting...
Temporary closure of Blackdown Tableland National Park until 1 August
Blackdown Tableland National Park has been temporarily closed to allow roadworks aimed at improving visitor safety and access to be completed.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife...
Spotlight on the Central Highlands
This year, the Central Highlands continues to attract key visitors, creating more valuable opportunities to shine a light on the region, highlight our priorities,...
Cosmic community connections
The force is strong with the Emerald Neighbourhood Centre's Positive Living program participants.
The line-up of Star Wars-inspired scarecrows standing guard over the centre's...
RSPCA Pets in Crisis helping in domestic and family violence cases
RSPCA Queensland is reporting a rise in complex veterinary cases involving animals from domestic and family violence situations, where coercive control has prevented victim-survivors...
Council will express vaccine concerns to State and Federal Government
In a fiery ordinary meeting, Bundaberg Regional Councillors have resolved by a majority vote to submit letters of concern to the State Premier and...
AgForce welcomes historic disaster funding rule changes
Queensland’s peak representative body for rural producers has thrown its support behind historic changes to Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) that will help more...
Nurses vote to strike for first time in decades
Thousands of nurses and midwives have voted to strike for the first time in 20 years, saying promised "nation-leading" wage increases never transpired.
More than...
Cool, wet end to week
It looks like Winter will sneak in two days early as a mid-level trough and Northwest cloud band will bring some moisture and cool...
QPWS plans burn in Expedition National Park
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will conduct a planned burn in Expedition National Park from Wednesday, 28 May through to Thursday, 29 May 2025,...
Bendigo Bank agriculture report
Australian farmland values have now recorded 11 years of unbroken growth, with the national median price rising to a record level in 2024 and...
Rethinking planters and herbicides in northern cropping
I have mentioned before this relatively new farming practice of IBS in a planting or sowing operation.
IBS stands for "incorporated by sowing", and it...
Junior Finals herding to Emerald
With one week to go, Emerald is once again set to host the Junior National Rodeo Finals on Saturday, 12 July — and the...
