A Queensland mine operator is embroiled in a multimillion dollar legal battle after a former worker filed a lawsuit claiming he suffered permanent damage, costing him a high paying role.
As campaigning gears up ahead of October 26 and early voting is less than a week away, check out who is hoping to win your vote in the electorates across the Greater Whitsundays.
A former Australian women’s rugby union star has given unique insight into her Queensland Country Orchids side as they prepare to make amends from their 2023 Australian Rugby Shield heartbreak.
Queensland Country Heelers head coach Brad Tronc has revealed his tournament aims and star players to watch as he prepares to lift the 2024 Australian Rugby Shield on home soil.
Danny Appleton was at the beginning of a new adventure, getting engaged and getting his dream motorbike before a fatal crash. For those who knew him, it’s an unspeakable loss of a devoted father and loving friend.
A $500m injection to kickstart a private company’s wind farm between Mackay and Rocky is just part of the $2bn in the state budget for the Mackay Isaac Whitsundays. See what the money buys.
New documents reveal the potential environmental impacts of building a new 170-turbine ‘green energy’ wind farm near a Queensland country town and how many homes would be powered as a result.
A Central Queensland council CEO who arrived during a “period of disruption” is leaving his role for the top job at another council with “big ambitions and a future focus”.
A brand new health facility is a step closer for Central Queensland, with works on the allied health centre and training infrastructure breaking ground.
Three best friends have received the keys to their brand new and fully accessible home, with two more similar properties in the works for Rockhampton.
A renewable energy project pegged for a rural Queensland town will require further assessment before a decision on whether it goes ahead or not can be made.
Plans for a proposed continuation to a major Bowen Basin coal mine will require further assessment after plans for the mine’s life extension were lodged last month.
It’s taken a decade and more than 100 documents submitted to the federal court for First Nations peoples but they’ve cleared a major hurdle in the fight to get native title determinations over a large stretch of Queensland. KEY UPDATE
Natasha Ryan’s big sister has described her as ‘undeniably talented’, especially at stirring up her little brother and brother-in-law in a heartbreaking tribute.
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