All the talk is about EVs … but the numbers show hybrid is the new black
Buyers seem to like the concept of electric vehicles with a petrol engine back-up. Kia now offers the Sportage with a hybrid option.
Buyers seem to like the concept of electric vehicles with a petrol engine back-up. Kia now offers the Sportage with a hybrid option.
Aussie shares have rocketed more than 18 per cent higher in just nine months, but stockbrokers see a more subdued future.
There is a terrible financial price we all pay for the serious allegations of corruption through the construction unions.
Superannuation fund annual returns are trickling in and many members are happy. If you’re not, should you be switching?
With a staff of 21 and a swag of awards under their belts, Peter and Mary Ho have been running White China for 14 years and could not be happier, declaring Australia to be the best country in the world.
Both operators were looking for a combination in a bid to boost the performance of their under-pressure Sydney casinos.
Covid changed people’s ideas on work, wealth and retirement, and people wanting to retire sooner may find it easier than they think.
Just 12 weeks into her first term, Bundaberg Mayor Helen Blackburn emphasised the council’s commitment to financial stability and addressing the immediate needs of the community.
Telstra’s inflation-stoking move speaks volumes about the lack of competitive spirit in the telco market and will be bad news for the central bank as much as customers.
The only whale watching experience of its kind in Australia can now be booked in the humpback haven of Hervey Bay after a yachting company scored the single government permit on offer.
Riverina producer Aquna Sustainable Murray Cod wants to take its very own ‘wagyu of fish’ to the top restaurants of the world.
Paul Graham is seizing the moment to keep Australia Post delivering. This time he wants banks to be part of the solution.
The Bundaberg Regional Council will undertake precinct planning for 1300 homes near the hospital, primarily for hospital workers.
Ryan Stokes wants to bring an ‘owner’s mindset’ to the building icon he has been pursuing for more than two years.
The nation’s big broadcasters are feeling the brunt of an advertising downturn and are being forced to respond.
The powerful corporate cop is doing too much, and most of it is small fry in a field where unglamorous corporate crime busting has a visibility issue.
From Indian, Chinese and Japanese dishes to Vietnamese, Korean and Thai, Bundaberg has so many dishes to choose from for an easy dinner. Vote now from a list of more than 30 businesses.
The electric version of the pint-size Fiat 500 struggles to compete in the EV realm.
Bundaberg Dance Academy’s Gabi Bannerman has been voted the Best Female Coach in Bundaberg 2024. Read the secret to her success and who made the top three.
Burnett LNP MP Stephen Bennett has raised concerns over the financial management of the Bundaberg East Flood Levee project, highlighting a multimillion-dollar discrepancy in unallocated funds.
From energy to supermarkets, Peter Dutton is proving instincts are built on more, not less, market intervention.
The standout performers of 2023-24 were celebrated, but a new financial year brings fresh hope for different types of assets.
Video has captured the fierce blaze that erupted when a battery exploded under a caravan mattress, destroying the van and damaging another van nearby worth $100,000. Watch the video:
Incoming CEO Richard Fennell will need to quickly prove he isn’t just another product of the Bendigo culture that has had greater tolerance for costs than the bank’s investors.
The Australian bank has passed a staggering milestone. Can it continue to defy gravity?
A fishing village’s chance to become the next Whitsundays is on ice as a $250m development collapses and goes on the market.
Marnie Baker has a plan that will give the regional bank a chance to be all things to customers – and shareholders.
Six new charging stations for electric vehicles will be installed on the Fraser Coast after the council accepted a bid to lease the car spaces.
Nearly a decade on from the messy divorce from BHP, South32 has rebuilt itself. What are the lessons for Anglo American?
An investigation continues into the speargun killing of a dingo on world heritage-listed K’gari that happened in the wake of multiple children bitten on the island.
With wedding season just a cold winter away, we are looking for the region’s favourite venue, florist and photographer. Vote for your favourite.
The telco’s move signals the era of ‘jobs hoarding’ across corporate Australia is finally reaching its end.
Farmers have aired concerns about groundwater as the company behind a proposed mine near Bundaberg promises strict environmental standards and a $45m annual injection into the economy.
Mining and renewable energy-related companies are the biggest winners from the big-spending budget, but some other sectors could also get a boost.
From this week’s Fraser Coast Show to the upcoming Relish Festival, here are five events not to miss in the region.
With Star at its most vulnerable, there are plenty more predators waiting in the wings. Is this the outcome NSW really wants?
One of Europe’s biggest green energy investors with huge projects in Australia says it is unlikely we will be able to ‘go all the way’ with renewables.
Meet the three men behind NGS Crypto, a flashy scheme run from a suburban rental, that took about $60m from investors before authorities secretly froze a string of assets in court.
A colourful 142-year-old Queensland pub which once boasted the “finest private zoo in the Commonwealth” has sold as the hotel’s “wonderfully weird” history is revealed in this special feature. VIDEO.
A longstanding, key player in the Queensland construction industry has revealed the harsh reality of rising costs and how he’s stayed successful amid a spate of builder busts.
A growing pool of national savings is good for tax collectors, budget documents show. The forecasts may surprise you.
By going down the value chain, Fonterra is turning dairy convention on its head.
The long-awaited first sod has been turned on the $1.2b Bundaberg Hospital with more than 2800 jobs promised over the course of the project.
South Australia’s biggest dairy processor has blamed tough markets for delaying payments.
The state government has announced that work will begin on a master plan for Urangan Boat Harbour, the home of whale watching tours and other essential tourism drivers.
This budget simply doesn’t do any work to take inflation out of the economy. The pain will be felt by all Australians.
The state has moved to shore up the future of the long-demanded repair of the Paradise Dam wall, which was left under a cloud following the handing down of the 2024 federal budget.
BHP chief Mike Henry’s ‘light’ sweetener to Anglo American’s board was never expected to succeed but the question is, how much does he want this messy deal?
A huge housing estate is proposed for Maryborough and, if approved, will change the landscape on the way into the Heritage City. SEE THE PLANS.
A country Queensland pub’s epic ‘Mongrel Meals’ challenge has turned into an online sensation and much-needed money maker as punters from across the state try and beat the clock or face the takeaway box of shame. VIDEO, DETAILS.
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