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.
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.
The proposed 500MW project is 10 times bigger than the nearby Genex Power system where a Tesla battery caught fire last year.
A councillor has written to the Premier asking him to intervene in her own council’s approval of a 392 lot estate after 100 locals gathered for a public meeting.
Hefty water charge increases for hundreds of irrigators on the Fitzroy River near Rockhampton won’t start until mid-next year after the sharp rise shocked farmers.
A large housing estate in Central Queensland may have gotten to the bottom of their sewer system needs with an innovative solution.
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