Blackdown Tableland NP closed while rangers fight fires
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is asking people to stay out of Blackdown Tableland National Park while rangers work to contain two bushfires.
Blackdown...
Room for improvement
The Central Highlands Regional Council has been dealt a bitter blow in a community satisfaction survey benchmarking its performance.
The 2024 survey found community sentiment...
Biological agent initiative to suppress invasive weeds
The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) will lead a five-year, $5.9m project known as the ‘Nation-wide Weed Biocontrol Mass-Rearing and Release Network for...
250 dead on Queensland roads as severe weather ramps up
Queensland has hit a tragic milestone, with 250 people losing their lives on our roads already this year, just as the severe weather season...
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CONCERNING TREND
The RACQ has raised road safety concerns highlighting the increasing road fatality trend where we have 250 people losing their lives so far...
Spirited bidding with reduced numbers
Emerald agents yarded a reduced offering of 1000 head in a mixed-quality yarding on Thursday, 30 October.
With limited numbers of heavy cattle on offer,...
Emerald consultation to shape new strategy for state’s veterans
The Queensland Government is delivering a plan for Queensland veterans by conducting consultation sessions to inform the State’s first Veterans and Veterans’ Families Strategy....
Stanwell to take financial reins of Curragh mine
The State Government-owned Stanwell Corporation is set to take over financial control of Blackwater's Curragh mine complex.
The deal, announced by Coronado Global Resources on...
Future-focused forum for Emerald
Central Highlands Regional Resources Use Planning is hosting its first Outcome Focused Regional Futures Forum in Emerald to co-design the path forward to economic...
17-year-old’s body found at Callide Dam
The body of a 17-year-old boy was located deceased on the afternoon on Thursday, 30 October after police conducted a search and rescue operation...
Regional: Lynwood field compressor station approved by gov
The expansion of Arrow Energies’ proposed Lynwood Field Compression Station on the Darling Downs has been approved by the Queensland government.
Farmers and community...
Woolworths and Coles urged to uphold cage-free egg promise
Australia’s leading animal protection organisations have united to urge Woolworths and Coles to honour their long-standing commitments to go cage-free by the end of...
Hampers for veterans
The Emerald Branch of the QCWA has again provided 10 Christmas Hampers for Emerald RSL Sub Branch members. RSL Qld also provides two hampers....
