Emotional mayor reaches out after workplace tragedy
The Central Highlands Regional Council employee killed in a heavy machinery incident while working in Arcadia Valley on Monday, 20 March, has been named...
CHRC worker killed on the job in Arcadia Valley
A Central Highlands Regional Council employee sustained serious injuries and died during the unloading of heavy machinery at a remote site on Monday afternoon.
The...
Emerald energised by joining CQ big battery blitz
Emerald is to become the second Central Queensland location to switch on a large-scale, electricity network-connected battery when Ergon Energy powers up a greenfield...
Man released from custody in death investigation
Police have released an 18-year-old man from custody following questioning over the death of a 58-year-old Emerald man last week.
Acting Detective Inspector Luke Peachey...
Emerald man found murdered in Loch St
A homicide investigation has been launched after a man was located deceased at Emerald overnight on Friday, 10 March.
Emergency services were called at approximately...
Labor pushing coal mines to the brink, jeopardising CQ jobs
Federal Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry, Federal Member for Flynn Colin Boyce, Federal Member for Dawson and Senator for Queensland Matthew Canavan have called...
BHP puts for sale sign on Blackwater, Daunia coal mines
The Queensland Government needs to urgently reconsider its decision to introduce the world’s highest coal royalty tax after Australia’s biggest mining company BHP said...
Councillor Nat Curtis resigns from CH council
Councillor Natalie Curtis has publicly announced her intention to resign as an elected councillor of Central Highlands Regional Council, effective 31 March, 2023.
Cr Curtis...
Boyce blasts big banks as Westpac closes Gladstone branch
Federal Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce has not wasted any time in the first sitting week of 2023, blasting the big banks over branch...
QRC calls for fresh Govt eyes on escalating coal royalties issue
The Queensland Resources Council has called on the State Government to rethink a third controversial state tax hurting Queenslanders.
This follows last week’s decision by...
Idemitsu offloads stake in Ensham coal mine
Idemitsu Kosan has announced the sale of its stake in the Ensham coal mine to Sungela Pty Ltd.
Idemitsu chief executive Officer Steve Kovac said...
Emerald police make multiple arrests over spate of break-ins, property crime
Since December, 2022, detectives from the Emerald Criminal Investigation Branch with the assistance of general duty officers, have investigated a number of property offences...
Wendy’s wait on transplant list
Wendy McPhee has been farewelled from Emerald for the foreseeable future as she enters a new phase of her journey with kidney disease.
After relocating...
