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Vanessa Jarrett is a journalist for The Morning Bulletin covering Rockhampton Regional Council, developments, tenders, business and lawsuits. She has been with the Bulletin since 2017, after starting her career at The Central Telegraph in Biloela.

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Rockhampton

Leo Moloney lost a shed and all of its contents from a grass fire in Kabra in October.

75yo uses garden hose to save Central Qld home, loses shed

As green grass grows through the blanket of burnt ground, one Kabra farmer has lost 50 years worth of equipment. VIDEO, PHOTOS.

Gladstone

ORGANS .. generic photo of a heart rate monitor. Picture: iStock

‘Stab in the back’: GP unleashes during push for Gladstone ICU

Gladstone-based Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne says Gladstone is being treated as “little more than a glorified triage service for Rockhampton and Brisbane”.

Gladstone

Amber Comadira-Smith from Cake with Amber.

Flying forks to human hearts, Amber’s creative cakes win national award

From a gravity-defying spaghetti cake with a flying fork to a human heart cake for Halloween, Amber has a huge online following. See five of her baking tips.

Rockhampton

Social photos from the major race meetings in Central Queensland in the past 12 months.

Fashion, fun and a flutter: 200+ social photos from Central Qld’s major race meetings

With the Spring Racing Carnival in full flight, we’ve put together the galleries from the big race events of the past 12 months. See if our feature in our photos.

Rockhampton

Photos from the official sod turning of stage one of CQUniversityâs TAFE Precinct of Excellence.

Work underway for new TAFE at CQuni

Work has begun on stage one of new TAFE facilities at the CQUni, which will eventually see all of the students moved out of Canning Street.

Rockhampton

Shut it down: Court orders closure of fire death trap hotel

The operators of a Queensland hotel have been ordered by the Supreme Court to shut it down after a damning fire safety report which revealed a litany of issues putting any occupants’ lives at risk.

Rockhampton

New industry: $60M aircraft maintenance hangar officially opened

Bigger than a football field, the new maintenance hangar at Rockhampton Airport is expected to support hundreds of jobs and inject millions into the region annually.

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Police and SES crews are set up at Port Alma as they search for a man missing after a tinnie capsized at The Narrows. Photos: Darryn Nufer

‘Tragic accident’: 79-year-old missing Bundaberg fisherman found dead

A group of three mates were on their way back from a day of fishing when their tinnie hit rough conditions and capsized. Sadly only two made it to shore.

Rockhampton

Watch: Behind the scenes of the extensive Leichhardt Hotel demolition

Negative pressure enclosures like a thriller movie set and air monitors have been set up around the Leichhardt Hotel as a crew of 25-plus asbestos removal workers begin to prepare the building for demolition.

Rockhampton

New government housing to be built on former church site

The Queensland Government has confirmed new government employee housing will be built on the former church building site at Marlborough.

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