Dillon out and about in electorate
Sean Dillon has been popping up at towns across the Central Highlands and western Queensland, pressing the flesh, putting his face out there and...
Short-term pain for long-term economic gain
The Central Highlands council has signalled it's open for business with a policy twisting decision to approve more than $500,000 to incentivise three new...
Hoedown at Boon Lane
A slew of stars are about to descend on Emerald for the Boon Lane Country Music Festival.
Maraboon Tavern general manager Wesley Thompson said...
Main Roads shows heart for soles
Social media users sunk the boot into the Department of Transport and Main Roads, claiming workers had bulldozed the locally loved Boot Hill near...
Youth charged after crashing into pub
Police have charged a 16-year-old Blackwater youth after a car smashed through the front doors of Blackwater's Capricorn Hotel's main bar area in the...
Ambos aided by donation
A donation of $500 from the Emerald Ladies Welfare League to the Local Ambulance Committee Emerald station will be used to buy the little...
Strong buyers bench at Emerald sale
Emerald agents yarded 3800 head for the second special weaner and feeder sale of the year on Tuesday 2 July at the Emerald saleyards....
Sanctuary ends koala cuddling practice
Celebrities, politicians and thousands of tourists have done it for years but cuddling koalas at a Brisbane wildlife sanctuary is coming to an end...
‘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...

















