Hotel demolished to make way for backpacker facility
Discovery Holiday Parks has lodged a development application with the Central Highlands council's planning department to demolish its existing 11-room motel in Blackwater and...
A roaring success
The Emerald Lions Club held its Christmas markets at Morton Park on Sunday 8 December.
Finding a car park was harder than grabbing a unique,...
Ironclad commitment to mining industry growth
State Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dale Last has vowed to remove the roadblocks preventing new projects for Queensland's largest industry with the Resources...
Curragh opens Mammoth underground mine
Coronado Curragh has been given the regulatory green light to begin mining at its Mammoth underground mine from Thursday 19 December.
Parent company Coronado Global...
Selling year ends on a high at Emerald
As selling agents concluded another successful year at the Emerald Saleyards on Thursday 12 December, the last sale saw 1780 head go under the...
Council moves to address safety issue
The Central Highlands council will investigate its urban addressing policy after Councillor Gai Sypher claimed "lives will be lost" without a comprehensive review. ...
Iron maiden
Gregory MP Sean Dillon has come out swinging at The Greens for their "demonisation" of agriculture and coal mining in his maiden speech to...
State Government looks to lessen red tape burden on teachers
The State Government is aiming to reduce what it has described as an unnecessary administrative burden on Queensland teachers.
The Teacher Red Tape Reduction Working...
Bruce Highway, a national disgrace
My Coalition colleagues and I recently wrote to the Federal Minister for Transport, Catherine King regarding the state of the Bruce Highway and the...
CSIRO claims test patience
This week the CSIRO released yet another report about the comparative costs of different electricity types.
The first line on the CSIRO's web page announcing...
First Nations pride as cousins step up
Among the 600 plus new graduates from CQ University last Thursday, two First Nations cousins were among the first cohort to graduate from CQU's...
Group is growing in numbers
The CQ EV Owners and Friends Facebook group now has 131 members which reflects the increasing number of EVs in Central Queensland.
The members...
Junior Finals herding to Emerald
With one week to go, Emerald is once again set to host the Junior National Rodeo Finals on Saturday, 12 July — and the...
