Fast-tracking the Taroom Trough
The State Government is ratifying the new Taroom Trough Development Plan through regulation, aiming to strengthen Australia's long-term fuel security and unlocking Australia’s first...
New Chief Executive for Powerlink Queensland
Powerlink Queensland announced on Monday, 27 April, the appointment of Dr Sean Mc Goldrick as its new Chief Executive, bringing more than three decades...
Fuel orders just ‘hopes and dreams’
The Fair Work Commission has handed down a landmark order aimed at delivering hope for drivers and transport operators pushed to the brink by...
Buffel grass – a feed of national significance
There's been a lot of noise in social media lately from environmental groups talking about putting Buffel on the WONS list - the Weeds...
Calling artists for health cover design
The Central West and Hospital Health Service are keen to showcase local artists on its new Workforce and Community Health Plan cover this year.
All...
A chance to back Australia
In 2018, a Queensland businessman approached me with plans to build a diesel refinery in Gladstone.
I was enthusiastic because Australia lacked refining capacity...
Heading south for the winter
Tourism Tasmania has launched the 2026 iteration of its award-winning Off Season campaign, showcasing more than 500 bookable offers and events, and inviting Australians...
Premier’s Gladstone oil refinery plans
Gladstone could be home to a fuel refinery if plans announced by Queensland Premier David Crisafulli to ensure the nation's fuel security come to...
Archives: What was in the news 71 years ago
On this day 23 April 1954:
Discussion around the observance of Anzac Day arose at a Longreach Shire Council meeting following confirmation of a separate...
Beginning of a legend
The afternoon of Monday, this week, was the 108th anniversary of the day in 1918 when pilot Paul McGinness and observer Hudson Fysh, two-thirds...
From monsoon to autumn
It has been a sudden transition from the humid monsoon to the drier autumn, after the 12 cyclones out of the mega monsoon.
This dumped...
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Social Tennis
Grab your racquet (or borrow one) and join the Longreach Tennis Club for a hit every Tuesday. Come down for some...
Fast-tracking the Taroom Trough
The State Government is ratifying the new Taroom Trough Development Plan through regulation, aiming to strengthen Australia's long-term fuel security and unlocking Australia’s first...
