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Rodney Stevens is the senior reporter at The Observer covering local, state and federal politics, general news and motorsport. He began his career in newspapers in 2005 at the Grafton Daily Examiner, going on to cover council, politics, police, emergency services and court rounds. He has worked at The Observer since April 2020, and enjoys making his still and drone photos complement his stories.

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Gladstone

Chameleon Cafe owners, chefs Michael Ogden and Jonathon Knight with some of their delicious food make from local produce and suppliers.

OUR HOMETOWN: Chameleon Cafe and Takeaway South Gladstone

Qualified chefs Michael Ogden and Jonathan Knight prepare everything using fresh, local produce.

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Directors back on airport board after $55.2m writedown

Councillors voted on the reappointment of two of the six directors on the Gladstone Airport Corporation board.

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The battle for more doctors in Gladstone is on

Gladstone needs to be reclassified as a Distribution Priority Area to make hiring and attracting doctors easier.

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Couples who had sex on the balcony saw their heart rates escalate by an average of 66 per cent.

Having sex in this room gets hearts racing by 73%

Couples wearing heart rate monitors had sex in a variety of locations around the house.

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Gladstone gets new mental health hub

Gladstone Mindcare delivers mental health and wellbeing solutions for the entire community.

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A worker inspects medicinal cannabis plants at a medical cannabis farm near Skopje on February 16, 2021. - The Balkan state is once again eyeing a chance to become a cannabis pioneer in Europe, with the government promising a public debate on legalising marijuana and turning the country into the Amsterdam of the Balkans. (Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP)

CSIRO developing over-the-counter medicinal cannabis

Cannabis medicines for epilepsy, nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and chronic pain.

Gladstone

Carlo Corallo who is building (almost finished) 13 townhouses on his familyÃs land that were to be a retirement project but now it looks like the land will be acquired for the Suburban Rail Loop. Th project is half finished implying local tradies, and are now not sure if the project should go ahead. The address is the corner of McComas Rd and Burwood Hwy, Burwood (across the highway to Deakin Uni). Picture: Jason Edwards

How CQ tradies can earn thousands more

The new system breaks down barriers for tradies, security guards, architects and real estate agents.

Gladstone

A nurse administers an injection of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine to a patient at Zinga Zanga village hall vaccination centre in Beziers, southern France, on March 17, 2021. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)

LISTED: All CQ medical centres giving COVID vaccine

Doctors plea for people to stop flooding medical centres with calls to get vaccinated.

Gladstone

Gladstone region’s downward crime trends ‘very positive’

An area of concern for Inspector Darren Somerville was violent offences against people increasing.

Gladstone

When Gladstone medical centres begin COVID vaccinations

Phase 1b sees adults 70 and over, Indigenous people over 55, adults with medical conditions and others get the jab.

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