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Rachel Riley is a Senior Reporter and Chief of Staff at The Courier-Mail based in Brisbane. She was previously the Assistant Editor at the The Mercury in Tasmania, Chief of Staff at the Townsville Bulletin and a Senior Reporter in North Queensland.

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Tasmania

Excuse me? Qld Deputy Premier’s harsh words after Tassie snub

Queensland’s Deputy Premier has taken an extraordinary swipe at Tasmania after his state was snubbed in Premier Peter Gutwein’s initial travel bubble plans.

Gympie

PENRITH PRESS/AAP. Mongrove College student Jini-Mary McDonald and Hannah Wilkinson pose for photographs with Principal Lourdes Mejia in Orchard Hills on Thursday 5 December, 2019. Montgrove college has been revealed as one of the highest performing schools in NAPLAN in western Sydney. (AAP IMAGE / Angelo Velardo)

NAPLAN: Most improved schools in Gympie region in past 5 years

An analysis of five years’ worth of NAPLAN results has revealed the Gympie region schools that have improved their Year 5 and Year 9 student scores the most

Rockhampton

5 year NAPLAN trends: How every school performed

These are the Rockhampton schools that consistently top the state’s NAPLAN results.

Tasmania

Carlton unloads on ‘unacceptable’ decision

Retiring radio host Brian Carlton has delivered a scathing monologue before being abruptly pulled off air. LISTEN TO HIS FINAL BROADCAST

Tasmania

120+ photos: Southern Tasmanian Dancing Eisteddfod

Check out Part III of our gallery showcasing all the action at the Southern Tasmanian Dancing Eisteddfod, and catch up on Part I and II.

Townsville

Video: Troops turn up heat in major training op

AMERICAN and Japanese military personnel on deployment in Australia are getting lessons in urban and bush warfare but also creepy crawlies during a trilateral training exercise.

News

Cassie Jenkins with baby number five two week old son Nash Jenkins. Her husband Damien Jenkins when the baby was in the Middle east on deployment when the bay was born so he Skyped in. Picture: Zak Simmonds

Tech lets soldier dad see baby’s birth

HE’S serving on the front lines, but technology helped a Townsville soldier witnesses the birth of his son despite him being 10,000km away.

Townsville

United States Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicles on the beach at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in North Queensland during Exercise Talisman Saber 17. *** Local Caption *** More than 500 US Marines and Australian soldiers were landed ashore at Freshwater Beach in Central Queensland on Wednesday, 19 July 2017 during amphibious assault landings conducted as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017. The troops were landed via a multitude of means, including landing craft and vertical airlift from the amphibious ships of the United States Navy’s Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. Forces landed on the beach included personnel from Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. The Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and United States Military Training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity ‘high end’ war fighting. Exercise Talisman Saber is the largest combined, joint military exercise undertaken by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and provides invaluable experience to ADF personnel to improve combat training, readiness and interoperability, exposing participants to a wide spectrum of military capabilities and training experiences. Exercise Talisman Saber is being conducted for the seventh time in 2017 and involves more than 30,000 US and Australian participants operating in the maritime, land and air environments.

Marines head for city

HUNDREDS of United States Marines will march into North and Central Queensland from next month as part of their largest and most complex deployment to Australia.

Townsville

The Royal Australian Air Force’s first P-8A Poseidon fly’s down the St Vincent Gulf coastline near Adelaide in South Australia. *** Local Caption *** In an Australian first, a Neptune, Catalina, AP-3C Orion and P-8A Poseidon aircraft have flown over Adelaide together to mark the start of a new era for the Royal Australian Air Force. Representing four generations of aircraft flown by Number 11 Squadron, the aircraft have flown over Adelaide to celebrate the arrival of the first Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon to RAAF Base Edinburgh. During the Air Force’s transition to the P-8A Poseidon, the AP-3C Orion will continue to operate from RAAF Base Edinburgh, providing maritime surveillance operations across the globe. By 2022, twelve aircraft will be based at RAAF Base Edinburgh, with an additional three to be acquired as part of the Government's 2016 Defence White Paper commitment.

RAAF reveals plans for major Townsville upgrade

A MAJOR runway extension at Townsville Airport will create up to 150 jobs during construction.

Townsville

In NQ, more women than men are joining the Defence Force. Private Pamela Amber, Driver Specialist from 3CSR.

Defence in the blood

PRIVATE Pamela Amber has followed her parents example into military service.

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