A project to build 12 new state-of-the-art social housing units in small North Queensland seaside town is weeks away from completion. Meanwhile, some residents have been waiting for more than eight years.
Two Indigenous artists are teaching local youth “both black and white” on how to put their thumbprint on the town. Have you seen the new mural yet?
The pub for an iconic North Queensland motel — said to be the oldest motel in the state — is shutting its doors after 162 years, fresh from a makeover.
A crucial CBD street has been temporarily closed while crews clean up a morning diesel spill.
A union had announced airport staff would go on strike after ‘leaked documents’ revealed travellers are at ‘extreme’ risk in 13 airports across the country due to staffing shortages — but it’s been averted at the final hour.
A Whitsunday local says his dream of 30 years has just come true, as his band-new restaurant inspired by Mediterranean vibes opens at a prime spot in his seaside town.
North Queensland firefighters have ‘cleared up’ dead cattle off the region’s main highway following a horror night time traffic crash involving a semi trailer. The transport company says ‘multiple cattle’ were on the road when the collision occured.
Increasing numbers of residents in a North Queensland community cannot “afford to eat once a day”, stretching community services to the limit, with one demographic showing a worrying trend
An early-evening kitchen fire on a suburban street saw firies descend and more than half a dozen people assessed for injuries.
A Whitsunday island with an abandoned resort in a state of disrepair could return to local hands in a few weeks, as three companies —including ‘international brands’ — jostle to snatch the region’s ‘crown jewel’.
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