RockhamptonThere are new fears Queensland graziers are reaching breaking point with revelations some are being charged more than $100,000 annually in rural rates from their local council.
EXCLUSIVEBusinessA fishing village’s chance to become the next Whitsundays is on ice as a $250m development collapses and goes on the market.
PropertyThe island hotel boasts rooms overlooking the Coral Sea, a barside pool booming with cabanas, and a restaurant with alfresco dining by the ocean. See the designs.
PropertyA colourful 142-year-old Queensland pub which once boasted the “finest private zoo in the Commonwealth” has sold as the hotel’s “wonderfully weird” history is revealed in this special feature. VIDEO.
PropertyA Sydney accountant has approval to create a new residential subdevelopment out of untapped Whitsundays land bordering a state forest and only minutes from Airlie Beach.
BusinessThey might look cute and fluffy but these pooches will use their sniffing superpowers to uncover the culprits costing Mackay ratepayers a small fortune each year.
BusinessAldi is powering ahead with its back-to-back debut into the Mackay Whitsundays as it receives the green light to move forward with its Cannonvale store. Read when it could open.
WhitsundayNorth Queensland residents have blamed their council for not “fighting hard enough’ for families that need housing, as they battle against adding more short term accommodation to their quiet suburbs.
WhitsundayA project to build 12 new state-of-the-art social housing units in small North Queensland seaside town is weeks away from completion. Meanwhile, some residents have been waiting for more than eight years.
EXCLUSIVEWhitsundayA Whitsunday island with an abandoned resort in a state of disrepair could return to local hands in a few weeks, as three companies —including ‘international brands’ — jostle to snatch the region’s ‘crown jewel’.