“I’m very lucky to have survived”: Businesswoman thriving with community help
Ren Roby was at home about to cook dinner when she suddenly felt excruciating pain. It was a bleed on her brain. Read about her recovery.
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Defensive investing: more shares or switch to cash?
Investors worried about more stock market falls are considering defence strategies, but experts have a word of warning.
Age pension and your assets: retirement’s big balancing act
Understanding how assets impact the pension is a challenge for retirees, and there can be costly and unnecessary mistakes made.
Family turns 133-year-old Qld pub into their new home
An historic former Queensland National Hotel has sold to a private family for less than the price of a block of land in south-east Queensland.
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New plans revealed for service station, fast food drive-thru
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New shop to open in iconic Rocky building
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Qld council’s plea to Premier on planned Covid restrictions
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Where regions’ coal industries sit after Climate Change Conference
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Top notch performance which comes at mediocre price
Those who have expensive tastes but a beer income might like to add the 2022 Kia Cerato GT to their automotive menu.
Bowen Basin mines to cut 700 FIFO workers
A review on banning 100% FIFO workforces has upheld the red tape that protects Central Queensland communities. There are plans to further cut the number of non-local workers. Here’s when.
New garden cafe opens, creating oasis in Rockhampton’s CBD
A new cafe with a peaceful and tranquil garden courtyard has opened in Rockhampton’s city heart with a focus on cacao and wholefoods.
‘I never want to see another death’: Moranbah miner retires after 50 years
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Central Qld prawn farm promises new jobs ahead of expansion
Ilbilbie’s Australian Prawn Farm will be providing new jobs as part of a ‘state of the art’ five-year expansion
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