On This Day: International plastic bag free day
International Plastic Bag Free Day, celebrated on July 3, is a global initiative that aims to eliminate the use of plastic bags.
Plastic bags...
Director’s Vision Splendid
The 2024 Vision Splendid Outback Film festival concluded in Winton last weekend after nine days of movies, breakfast meets and functions.
The easy going festival...
Neil Fisher remembered
Tributes are flowing for Rockhampton Region councillor and Leader garden columnist Neil Fisher following his death on Monday.
Cr Fisher was admitted to Rockhampton Hospital...
Senate split on vaping
Australia’s peak GP body has welcomed the Senate passing reforms cracking down on the market for nicotine vapes this week.
The Therapeutic Goods and...
On This Day: World UFO day
“I want to believe.”
These are the words of notorious X-Files hero Fox Mulder, who convinced an entire generation that the truth is out...
On This Day: International Joke Day
Knock, Knock... Who's there?
Today is international Joke day!
Where would any of us be without jokes and laughter to brighten our spirits? It can...
Considering how to ‘force’ Meta to pay for news
Facebook's parent company Meta could be legally forced to carry Australian news on its platform or face new taxes to support local journalism, under...
Archives; What was news 70 years ago
ON THIS DAY
2 July 1954
Winton is witnessing significant building progress, closely observed by the community.
The new North Gregory Hotel has been a focal point...
Outback Writers Festival
More than 80 people attended the Australian Outback Writers Festival held in Winton last week, with readers and writers from as far south as...
The winds of change
The winds of change are sweeping through Iningai Nature Reserve, most recently with a unique Comet windmill feature erected this month near the entrance,...
Nuclear plan about ‘energy literacy’
Member for Maranoa David Littleproud says the Federal LNP's controversial nuclear plan is about "doing the right thing for the country".
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton...
On This Day: Hug Holiday
Hugging is a simple way to express many different types of affection, from friendly, to intimate, to familial.
It’s an action largely limited to...
On This Day: World Sleep Day!
Sleep may seem like such a normal aspect of life that it might seem silly to even talk about it! It can be one...
