NQ pollies bank on Crisafulli budget promises
North Queensland politicians are banking on Townsville and the region getting its fair share in the Crisafulli Government’s first budget.
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Club ‘shocked’ at act of kindness as council donates mower
Council steps up to help football club after both of their mowers were stolen.
‘This will change the world’: Grand opening of Ayr’s macro-algal plant
After two years of construction, 13 years of talk, and even more spent dreaming, Ayr has opened the world’s first ‘algal’ water treatment plant. See why farmers and locals should be excited.
‘Have to see it to believe it’: Kite festival to fly high on The Strand
The Strand will explode with colour this Saturday as the Festival of the Wind takes to the sky from 11am to 8pm. Kids can enjoy kites, wrestling, food trucks, a ferris wheel and more.
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True stories behind the faces forever connected by tragedy
These are the true stories of 15 everyday Queenslanders who never met but will forever be connected through tragedy and heartbreak.
Drug dealer dad busted in traffic stop
A man who claimed he was selling marijuana because the medicinal version was too expensive has been sentenced for a long list of supply charges.
‘They should be given bravery awards’: Union boss’ claim after shooting
QPS is working with the family of a teenager who was shot by officers in Townsville as more details about the incident emerge. LATEST
Strong focus on STEM studies to ensure North’s investment future
As world-leading investments in science, engineering and technology grow in North Queensland, James Cook University have seen a ten per cent increase since 2022 in the number of students enrolling in STEM courses.
“Extra love and care”: How fostering animals can save a life
For the volunteers at Townsville Foster and Rehoming Animals, the level of care required can be immense, but so can the rewards.
“Hurt in a hundred places”: Juvie’s violent robbery
A court has heard about the terrifying moment a woman drove out of her driveway, only to be blocked in by a car thief armed with a hammer.
76yo man punches on at car wash
A former Vietnam soldier who “snapped” at a Townsville City car wash employee has been sentenced for the brazen assault.
‘22 tyres slashed’: Townsville disability provider victim of vandalism spree, offender charged
A Townsville NDIS provider in Douglas was one of several targets of a woman’s brazen act of vandalism, with tyres punctured and windscreens smashed on their company cars and rocks thrown into their office front door.
Devastated family’s home in peril after father dies of crash injuries
A grieving mother who lost her husband a year after a serious Townsville traffic accident in Townsville is now in danger of losing her family home.
Townsville strongman Darsey Tamblyn deadlifts 320kg
Townsville strongman Darsey Tamblyn breaks his PB in the deadlift event at the 2025 World Strength Games in Utah with a 320kg lift.
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