Book Week has hit schools around Queensland this week and there has been no shortage of creativity with costumes across the Rockhampton region this year. Check out our gallery of photos from Central Queensland parents.
Parents and carers with children on Central Qld child care wait lists will be pleased to know more centres will be opening up around them. See where they are set to be built and those that have recently opened:
Two women were taken to hospital after a single-vehicle rollover on a major highway in Central Queensland.
Students at a Central Qld high school learnt second hand doesn’t mean second best while setting up a swap shop in their fight against fast fashion. Read more here:
Danny Appleton was at the beginning of a new adventure, getting engaged and getting his dream motorbike before a fatal crash. For those who knew him, it’s an unspeakable loss of a devoted father and loving friend.
A $500m injection to kickstart a private company’s wind farm between Mackay and Rocky is just part of the $2bn in the state budget for the Mackay Isaac Whitsundays. See what the money buys.
New documents reveal the potential environmental impacts of building a new 170-turbine ‘green energy’ wind farm near a Queensland country town and how many homes would be powered as a result.
A Central Queensland council CEO who arrived during a “period of disruption” is leaving his role for the top job at another council with “big ambitions and a future focus”.
A brand new health facility is a step closer for Central Queensland, with works on the allied health centre and training infrastructure breaking ground.
Three best friends have received the keys to their brand new and fully accessible home, with two more similar properties in the works for Rockhampton.
A renewable energy project pegged for a rural Queensland town will require further assessment before a decision on whether it goes ahead or not can be made.
Plans for a proposed continuation to a major Bowen Basin coal mine will require further assessment after plans for the mine’s life extension were lodged last month.
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