More than 100 passengers were forced to sleep on the floor of a gym, ferry terminal or on a stranger’s couch in the wake of a cancelled flight that left them stranded in a booked-out Queensland tourist destination full of generous locals.
The state’s health watchdog has banned a hospital director from practising surgery following a chorus of patient complaints about caesarean complications.
A grieving grandmother says her grandson at age eight wanted to help people get a job so they could earn money to buy a house and a car. But he would never get that chance after his life was tragically cut short.
Queens Park has transformed into a swirl of colour and light for DBCT Illuminate 2022 and scores of people have already expressed their delight at the spectacle. WATCH THE VIDEO
This morning’s clear skies could be the ‘calm before the storm’
Despite a tough year, the Whitsunday spirit shone through with plenty of positivity making headlines.
UPDATE 4PM: Gloomy skies and constant rain have resulted in dangerous conditions on the region’s road
Rainfall across the region may put a dampener on New Year’s Eve plans.
From battles with cancer lost to a mining death and traffic crashes, these are some of the people mourned in 2020
Residents and tourists were left sweating after two outages in less than 24 hours.
Now that Christmas is over and done with it’s time to look to the New Years
Tourist park owner says another outage would ‘absolutely murder’ the industry.
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