Council ordered to pay $600k for horror workplace accident
Townsville City Council has been ordered to pay almost $600,000 to a contractor left blind in one eye after an industrial accident.
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Your No.1 solution to fixing Qld’s youth crime crisis
The resounding first step that Labor or the LNP governments must take to addressing Qld’s youth crime crisis has been revealed.
School groundsman pledges to walk over 200km for RFDS
A school groundsman whose rural town relies on the Royal Flying Doctor Service for medical check-ups, has pledged to walk over 200kms in October for the RFDS’ Ocean to Outback challenge. See how you can help him.
Vandals cause over $300,000 in damage to council CCTV system
Townsville City Council is facing an eye-watering replacement bill after two of the city’s mobile CCTV systems were destroyed by vandals — captured in shocking videos. WATCH
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‘All out rockers’: Grinspoon announces gigs throughout NQ
Aussie rock band Grinspoon has announced an exciting regional tour stopping into unlikely NQ locations like Bowen, Home Hill, and Ingham, along with Townsville.
‘Absolute warrior’: Giant kookaburra creator dies after cancer battle
Artist Farvardin Daliri has died after an 18 month battle with bowel cancer, during which he continued his art for inspiration and change.
‘Fundamental failure’: Critiques against rejected carbon capture process
Speakers against liquid carbon dioxide being injected into the Great Artesian Basin warned there would be future proposals in the horizon.
‘The kids love it’: Watch as truckies gather for convoy cause
The trucking and motorcycle riding communities gathered to raise money and put smiles on faces of Townsville’s children.
Is it realistic for North Queenslanders to be able to drive carbon neutral?
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Book collaboration shares story of ‘one in a hundred year flood’
Sharing the story of the ‘one in a hundred year flood’ in 2019 a Townsville author and illustrator have teamed up to create a picture book detailing the significant event.
Photos: Swimming power couple lap up Townsville sunshine
Olympians have been training and relaxing in Townsville the month before the Paris Olympics, with one power couple celebrating a milestone birthday on The Strand.
VIDEO: Human-hunting crocodile caught near Townsville
A problem saltwater crocodile responsible for trying to eat a fisherman has been captured in what has been a busy month for hard-working North Queensland wildlife officers.
‘Beat her black and blue’: Man jailed for night of torture
An NQ man who inflicted a night of physical, emotional and mental torture on a woman has learnt his fate following a trial that exposed his violent and shocking assaults. Warning: distressing content.
‘I’m going to kill you’: Alleged housemate stabbing rocks North Ward
The identity of a 30-year-old man police allege stabbed his housemate three times in the back and neck can be revealed after he was denied bail in court.
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