Social home build gives aged residents options
The state government has announced 32 social houses to be built in Hervey Bay, with the project to begin next month.
The state government has announced 32 social houses to be built in Hervey Bay, with the project to begin next month.
Plans to build a multibillion-dollar wind farm in the Tuan Forest between Gympie and Maryborough have hit strong headwinds, with timelines on the project pushing out.
Environmental concerns have been raised regarding a 21-storey Sheraton hotel development proposed for a Queensland town ahead of a council vote later this month. See what the developer has to say.
In the quest to be crowned the best tap water north of Mount Kosciuszko, a small town on the Fraser Coast is leading the charge against New South Wales.
Aussie shares have rocketed more than 18 per cent higher in just nine months, but stockbrokers see a more subdued future.
There is a terrible financial price we all pay for the serious allegations of corruption through the construction unions.
Superannuation fund annual returns are trickling in and many members are happy. If you’re not, should you be switching?
Both operators were looking for a combination in a bid to boost the performance of their under-pressure Sydney casinos.
There will be celebrations in Woolooga this weekend when the doors are thrown open to the century-old Woolooga Hotel for the first time in a long time, and with an entirely new lease on life.
Telstra’s inflation-stoking move speaks volumes about the lack of competitive spirit in the telco market and will be bad news for the central bank as much as customers.
The only whale watching experience of its kind in Australia can now be booked in the humpback haven of Hervey Bay after a yachting company scored the single government permit on offer.
A Qld family who started their supermarket portfolio on the Sunshine Coast almost 30 years ago are about to open their third supermarket near Gympie, and they couldn’t be happier.
Riverina producer Aquna Sustainable Murray Cod wants to take its very own ‘wagyu of fish’ to the top restaurants of the world.
Paul Graham is seizing the moment to keep Australia Post delivering. This time he wants banks to be part of the solution.
Hervey Bay’s Chamber of Commerce president has questioned the leadership of George Seymour in wake of his surprise decision to not endorse his own council’s budget, but Mr Seymour is not backing down.
Ryan Stokes wants to bring an ‘owner’s mindset’ to the building icon he has been pursuing for more than two years.
The nation’s big broadcasters are feeling the brunt of an advertising downturn and are being forced to respond.
The powerful corporate cop is doing too much, and most of it is small fry in a field where unglamorous corporate crime busting has a visibility issue.
The electric version of the pint-size Fiat 500 struggles to compete in the EV realm.
The owners of a Qld seafood business say the Great Sandy Strait’s new gill net fishing laws have killed their supply of local fish and forced them to shut down after four decades.
From energy to supermarkets, Peter Dutton is proving instincts are built on more, not less, market intervention.
The standout performers of 2023-24 were celebrated, but a new financial year brings fresh hope for different types of assets.
Incoming CEO Richard Fennell will need to quickly prove he isn’t just another product of the Bendigo culture that has had greater tolerance for costs than the bank’s investors.
The Australian bank has passed a staggering milestone. Can it continue to defy gravity?
Miner Anglo American is fighting an underground fire at its beleaguered Grosvenor mine in central Queensland, in a fresh blow to the company’s safety and operational credentials.
A fishing village’s chance to become the next Whitsundays is on ice as a $250m development collapses and goes on the market.
Marnie Baker has a plan that will give the regional bank a chance to be all things to customers – and shareholders.
Six new charging stations for electric vehicles will be installed on the Fraser Coast after the council accepted a bid to lease the car spaces.
Nearly a decade on from the messy divorce from BHP, South32 has rebuilt itself. What are the lessons for Anglo American?
An investigation continues into the speargun killing of a dingo on world heritage-listed K’gari that happened in the wake of multiple children bitten on the island.
The telco’s move signals the era of ‘jobs hoarding’ across corporate Australia is finally reaching its end.
Farmers have aired concerns about groundwater as the company behind a proposed mine near Bundaberg promises strict environmental standards and a $45m annual injection into the economy.
A dredging contract for the Urangan Harbour worth about $620k has been awarded with works beginning next month to improve safety and navigation.
As the deadline approaches on the mega merger, the Australian giant’s CEO is mulling a new path to save his $64bn deal.
A Fraser Coast beachside suburb has been earmarked by the state government for a social housing project in a bid to put a dent in Qld’s housing crisis.
Mining and renewable energy-related companies are the biggest winners from the big-spending budget, but some other sectors could also get a boost.
From this week’s Fraser Coast Show to the upcoming Relish Festival, here are five events not to miss in the region.
With Star at its most vulnerable, there are plenty more predators waiting in the wings. Is this the outcome NSW really wants?
One of Europe’s biggest green energy investors with huge projects in Australia says it is unlikely we will be able to ‘go all the way’ with renewables.
Meet the three men behind NGS Crypto, a flashy scheme run from a suburban rental, that took about $60m from investors before authorities secretly froze a string of assets in court.
A longstanding, key player in the Queensland construction industry has revealed the harsh reality of rising costs and how he’s stayed successful amid a spate of builder busts.
A growing pool of national savings is good for tax collectors, budget documents show. The forecasts may surprise you.
A 24-bed ‘modular’ ward will be built at the Hervey Bay Hospital to help meet the needs of a growing population.
After only a year running her business, a mother of three’s determination and passion has lead her to be named Fraser Coast’s best cosmetic skin specialist of 2024.
By going down the value chain, Fonterra is turning dairy convention on its head.
The long-awaited first sod has been turned on the $1.2b Bundaberg Hospital with more than 2800 jobs promised over the course of the project.
South Australia’s biggest dairy processor has blamed tough markets for delaying payments.
The state government has announced that work will begin on a master plan for Urangan Boat Harbour, the home of whale watching tours and other essential tourism drivers.
This budget simply doesn’t do any work to take inflation out of the economy. The pain will be felt by all Australians.
The state has moved to shore up the future of the long-demanded repair of the Paradise Dam wall, which was left under a cloud following the handing down of the 2024 federal budget.
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