Escalating demand for rural housing blocks was one of the driving factors behind a Central Qld council’s decision to override its planning scheme to approve the cutting up of a 12ha property.
Two Central Qld residents have dropped a court bid to try to stop a neighbouring 400-lot housing estate being developed in a rural residential area in the face of huge legal costs.
Wet and wild weather brings with it many problems and one unknown or forgotten by most can be very costly.
The cost-of-living crisis might be the big worry across Australia right now, but not so in Rockhampton where another issue is keeping people awake at night.
The fate of one of Central Queensland’s grandest old homes is set to be decided in court as the owners appeal a council decision to refuse their application to demolish it.
A leading agent says the national market views Rockhampton as an “investment destination”.
Mayor says moving “sacrificial sand” from a precious Great Keppel Island beach to protect a resort from erosion was a short-term solution that has gone on for too long.
In the end, Livingstone Shire Council didn’t have to make a choice between approving a major quarry expansion or protecting a dwindling bat species.
Three fire crews rushed to a night-time house blaze in the beachside town of Yeppoon.
An application to increase CQ’s largest egg farm to 165,000 chickens has been approved despite objections from some neighbours claiming potential issues with increased noise, dust, odours and traffic.
Fitzroy River irrigators reeling from a 53 per cent water price rise walked away from a meeting with Rockhampton Region councillors and officers hopeful they had forged a pathway towards better outcomes for all parties.
Irrigators lumped with 53 per cent water charge increases say two of the major users of the $40 million infrastructure are not paying their way. See what council says.
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