News in Brief
MP slams BoM revamp
Flynn MP Colin Boyce has labelled the Bureau of Meteorology's new website "clunky, confusing, not user-friendly and potentially dangerous" if people...
Former MP urges coal royalties rethink
Former Flynn MP Ken O'Dowd doesn't want to see the viability of Central Queensland's coal industry threatened any further without positive steps being taken...
New shopping centre for Emerald
A group of investors has ignored business opportunities in the south-east corner to instead pin their hopes on getting a $40 million shopping centre...
Servo owner backs Castle Law after break-in
Capella's John Hallam is a big fan of the Katter Party's Castle Law petition after "brazen mongrels" broke into his Ampol servo in the...
Earlwood Brangus dominates National Brangus Sale with record-breaking sires
Duaringa’s well-known Earlwood Brangus stud owner Mick Madden dominated the sale ring at the 49th annual National Brangus Sale, selling three sires that achieved...
WWI Honour Board in place
The replica Emerald World War One Honour Board has found its final resting place.
The board, commissioned by the Emerald RSL Sub Branch to replace...
CH delegation at LGAQ
Central Highlands Mayor Janice Moriarty, councillors and chief executive officer Aaron Johansson attended the 129th Local Government Association of Queensland annual conference, held from...
Woman charged with murder after house fire killed three
A woman has been charged with murder and arson after a devastating house fire that killed a woman and two boys in Gladstone.
Jordana Johnson,...
State Government set to deliver Empowering Councils Bill
The Crisafulli Government is delivering a major step towards empowering Queensland’s councils, and enacting the Equal Partners agreement, announcing local government reforms at the...
Bluff booth voters claim ‘fined’ by AEC
At least four people who claimed to have cast their vote at the Bluff State School booth for the 3 May federal election have...
A decade of community care
The vision of Central Highlands Healthcare to deliver quality medical care through its Emerald Medical Group super clinic celebrated a 10-year milestone this month.
On...
Queensland’s toasty week as heat records broken
A number of October records were challenged this week as Queensland sweltered through unseasonal heatwave conditions.
A severe heatwave warning was issued for the Gulf...
Council focus on local spend
The Central Highlands council has consciously upped its local spend to put money in the pockets of regional businesses.
In her finance report to the...
