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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 event surging in popularity, back on this week

This will be the third time since COVID impacted plans that the event is on.

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Melissa and Brent Morrish at their Ouyen farm.Country Victoria is in the grips of a mice plague, with tens of thousands of critters running rampant in numbers not seen in decades. Picture:Rob Leeson.

$13 million to tackle Flynn pests and weeds

Weeds cost agricultural production an estimated $4 billion a year and pests $800 million.

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Gladstone schools embrace Active August

26 schools from the region have signed up to participate in GPC’s Active August initiative.

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Work continues on Federal Government-funded upgrading roadworks on the Bruce Highway near Caboolture, north of Brisbane.

Bruce Highway upgrades will come for CQ, major parties claim

The 1677km highway recorded a large portion of Queensland’s 219 fatalities last year.

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The charred remains of a semi trailer sitting on the Bruce Highway, 37km south of Miriam Vale, after a two truck crash on August 5, at 11.15pm. Picture Rodney Stevens

50 metre wall of flame in fiery Bruce Hwy crash

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash at 11.15pm on the Bruce Highway.

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Bruce Highway roadworks at Palmview 6th May 2018Photo AAP/ Ric Frearson

Bruce Highway upgrades total $12.6 billion

RACQ regional members ranked upgrading the Bruce Highway as number one priority.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 06: T2 Store Manager Alex Grivas tests the temperature of a customer at Broadway Shopping Centre on August 06, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Mirvac Retail has mandated masks be worn by all their staff in shopping centres as part of their health and safety precautions in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While face masks have not been made mandatory in New South Wales, state Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged residents across the NSW to wear face masks when on public transport, in the supermarket, or in enclosed spaces where social distancing is difficult. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Qld Health denies COVID data skewed by testing backlog

Queensland has so far recorded a total of 1088 virus cases, resulting in six deaths.

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The charred remains of a semi trailer from which the driver was pulled to safety as it burned following a two truck crash on the Bruce Highway, 37km south of Miriam Vale, on August 5. Picture: Rodney Stevens

Truckie fighting for life after fiery crash

One driver remains in a critical condition, while the other truckie is stable.

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Registered nurse Navneet Kaur has enrolled to do a postgraduate degree at CQ University, which has seen nursing enrolments grow by 15 per-cent.

Why Navneet is determined to help her community

After migrating from India, Navneet Kaur is studying her Masters at CQ University.

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Trucks on fire about 11.20pm in the first crash at Granite Creek.

’Everything was burning’: Hero truckie pulls driver from rig

‘They both would have been dead if it wasn’t for us blokes who went and helped them.’

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