Vicky McGrath’s family has lived with the devastating consequences of sub-standard rural roads for almost three years. The loss of precious life is the most urgent reason to fix our worst roads, but there are other impacts that can not be ignored as well.
Badly maintained regional roads can add a big cost to businesses, with the owners of several regional transport companies revealing the shocking hidden impact of the Wide Bay and Burnett’s most poorly maintained stretches. Watch the video:
The State Government has announced Downer as the “preferred supplier” of a $7.1bn train manufacturing project.
The family of a critically injured Qld teenager have made a heartbreaking plea to the community to help farewell their ‘warrior boy’ after a car hit him after stepping off his school bus.
The owners of heritage properties on the Fraser Coast now have the chance to apply for grants up to $10,000 to help them with the cost of conserving and enhancing their homes.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service began carrying out the planned burn operations near Happy Valley, Poyungan Valley and Yidney Rocks on Saturday.
To many this is just an old golf ball but to one family the discovery of lost family treasure couldn’t have come at a better time.
The day after it emerged less than half of Fraser Coast residents had been vaccinated against COVID-19, the region’s mayor issued his own call to arms.
As a populr chain trusted by families across Queensland and NSW marks 100 years since opening, we look back at where it all began.
A Fraser Coast man, saved from a burning home, has died in hospital. It comes after a neighbour bravely went to his aid.
Amid a sea of confronting images and tales from traffic cops and traffic crash survivors, teens were told the troubling truth about the dangers on local roads. Watch the road safety video here.
Two clubs now have a place to call home as the next milestone in getting the region on the sporting map is marked at Nikenbah.
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