Bumper sugar crop predictions giving industry hope
ONE of the most powerful economic forces on the Fraser Coast is on the verge of turning in its best performance for almost a decade.
ONE of the most powerful economic forces on the Fraser Coast is on the verge of turning in its best performance for almost a decade.
RAINBOW Beach residents are at risk of having to pay to drive on beach again after an investigation into beach fees was launched in State Parliament this week.
THE Salvation Army’s 2015 Economic and Social Impact Survey reveals three-quarters of battlers have gone without essential items.
LIKE 325,000 other Aussies I set the alarm for 5am on Sunday morning to watch Guy Sebastian sing us proud at Eurovision 2015.
AT LEAST once in our life most of us have laid down the plastic, mixed the bubbles with water and then spent the afternoon sliding on our bellies.
Two more readers throw their two cents into the indigenous flag debate.
DO YOU feel infuriated every time you see a driver concentrating very hard… on composing a text message?
THE army presence at RAAF Base Amberley is set to grow with plans for another squadron to be relocated to Ipswich under a $77 million project.
ALMOST $2 million was owed to Somerset Regional Council in unpaid rates as at May 5.
MINDEN’S Geoff Frohloff has won the Giant Pumpkin Competition in Ipswich with a 261kg whopper – smashing Ekka records for the second year in a row.
LAST Thursday afternoon, while grocery shopping inside Woolworths Pialba, my son was hurt by an out-of-control lunatic on a motorised scooter.
ANOTHER federal budget and another week of budget leaks as the government tries to deflect as much criticism as it can before delivering the bad news.
A MARYBOROUGH business is missing out on thousands of dollars since the Heritage Markets moved out of the central business district last month.
FOR what was meant to be a celebration of boxing, there doesn’t seem to have been too much to cheer about following Sunday’s Mayweather v Pacquiao fight.
FOR almost a year Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale has been under one of the most audacious personal attacks ever launched against a politician by The Courier Mail.
LET me take you inside a recent newsroom conference at one of Australia’s metropolitan newspapers.
SIR, you would feel different if you had seen your son or daughter slide into a drug-filled 14 years ending in suicide.
WHEN I turn on today’s news bulletins, I expect to hear that Indonesia carried out the executions of Bali Nine ringleaders Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan.
A GYMPIE mother has vowed to never go out on the town at night again after an assault left her bruised and battered and fearing permanent vision loss.
ICE is the latest illicit drug to make headlines, but it won’t be the last until politicians acknowledge the drug war’s inherent failure.
FRASER COAST youth leaving the child protection system will receive extra help as part of a new program.
THE family of Yandina pilot Rob Pavan, who died when his plane crashed near Woolooga on Saturday, say they will remember the popular aviator with pride.
IF MY editorial supporting a $12 million greyhound racing centre of excellence for Ipswich was designed to draw reader feedback it certainly worked.
THERE was interesting feedback on Saturday’s front page story regarding the large haul of cannabis allegedly pulled from a property in Coominya.
SMALL business owners are the lifeblood of local economies, yet they continually get the sharp end of the stick.
IF you drink and walk are you still a bloody idiot? There have been plenty of media campaigns and crackdowns to target drink-driving.
IF YOU want to be totally disgusted about the attitude of certain youth in any town go and sit at the back of your local Magistrates Court.
THE story this week about the rescue of Luke Shambrook after five days lost in the bush took me back to the biggest story I have ever covered as a journalist.
WE ALL honestly believe we are good and safe drivers….believe me, we’re not.
MICHEL’S Patisserie customers in Gympie may think their local coffee shop is the best.
AT JUST 23, Hervey Bay’s Joel Hampton had seen more of the world and his own backyard than most.
THE other day I sat excitedly waiting for my son to show me an amazing new trick he’d learnt at school.
EVERYONE knows the Easter Bunny operates on stealth mode but The Palms’ Moore family reckons it may have caught a glimpse of the famous bunny on Tuesday night.
IPSWICH Swich On is looking for some generous tradies to help make brave young Blaise Wyatt’s life so much easier and happier.
A FATHER and son who braved rising floodwaters and downed powerlines in the black of night at Lowmead have been commended at the Australian Bravery Awards.
THE heartbroken family of a toddler who drowned in a family pool says the loss of their adorable little boy Tyson is immeasurable.
A NEW study has found that cleaning playground equipment in mining towns only reduces a child’s risk of exposure to dust metals for 24 hours.
THE sky cried and someone even said so did the little girls’ statue at the official graveside blessing for Ipswich’s Babies of Walloon.
Bruce and Denise Morcombe have been the brave faces for their son Daniel since he vanished in December, 2003.
The McClymont sisters are hosted by a Clarence Valley council for a civic reception ahead of their album launch at the Grafton Racecourse on Friday night.
Brush (or bush) turkey numbers are increasing. They can be found invading bins, building nests in inappropriate places and making a, um, turkey out of suburban gardens.
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