Film festival for Sparrows Perch
Following the excitement of May’s first-ever Emerald Film Festival, Tell Me Your Story short films will feature in a repeat screening on Friday, 4...
Prime cattle dominated at Emerald sale
Agents at Emerald yarded 1600 head on Thursday, 26 June, in a generally mixed-quality yarding, predominantly consisting of prime cattle.
All regular buyers were...
Hydrogen dream fades fast
Over the past few years many politicians have promised Central Queenslanders thousands of hydrogen jobs.
Just in April last year, the Prime Minister said...
Put the Red Barn on your bucket list
Ron Pearce has a whimsy in the way he views the world, and it's expressed through his sculptural artworks where sometimes a picket fence...
Thiess secures $2.3B deal with Jellinbah Group
Global mining services provider Thiess has been awarded a contract extension worth $2.3 billion over three years at Jellinbah Group’s Lake Vermont coal mine,...
Brooke’s found her groove
After fueling up on a breakfast of coffee and bacon and egg McMuffin from the Blackwater Maccas on Monday, 23 June, Brooke McIntosh hit...
Please don’t end up like me
After a devastating accident in his late teens, Tony Dollard now lives with a head injury and is confined to a mobility scooter.
Witnessing some...
Donations policy under review
Future annual donations to the Royal Flying Doctors Service and RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service are in jeopardy as the Central Highlands council flags...
Dillion says LNP is ‘backing the bush’
Gregory MP Sean Dillon says the State Government is "backing the bush" and delivering on an election promise of three renal dialysis chairs for...
24-7 unmanned servo for Springsure
Plans have been lodged with the Central Highlands council for an unmanned service station in Springsure.
Proposed to occupy a 57,090sq m corner lot on...
Millions committed in state budget to Western Queensland
Funding for several key projects across the Central West features in the 2025–26 Queensland Budget.
Premier David Crisafulli and Treasurer David Janetzki handed down the...
ACCC backs need for local journalism
Country Press Australia has welcomed the release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s final report from its Digital Platform Services Inquiry, describing it...
On This Day: World Honey Bee Day!
We often take nature for granted and don’t stop to consider the vital role that all creatures play in our world.
However, World Honey Bee...
