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UPDATE | We are being urged to be on the lookout for a black Falcon, stolen from Mackay on Wednesday, and which has sparked a Police chase on Thursday. Police received a call about the driver of the stolen vehicle doing burnouts at around 10:50AM at the Sarina Showgrounds on Thursday. Officers...

Firefighters have been called to a vegetation fire at Boyne Island. It is burning near Pioneer Drive and Boyne Island Road. This fire broke out earlier on Thursday and is posing no threat to property at this time. Firefighters are currently working to contain the blaze. Nearby residents may be affected by a...

CC0 Public Domain  The Bureau of Meteorology has released its updated 2019 Autumn Outlook, showing drier than average conditions are likely for large parts of northern and eastern Australia, and warmer than average conditions are very likely for the entire country. It comes on the back of what will be Australia's...

Image Supplied  More Capricorn Coast boaties will be able to get into and out of the water easier with a $950,000 investment in extra car and trailer parks at Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour. Member for Keppel and Assistant Education Minister Brittany Lauga said she was delivering on an election commitment for an...

By Thamizhpparithi Maari - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Action has finally been launched against India over its sugar pricing. In an important escalation, the governments of Australia and Brazil have jointly launched a formal World Trade Organisation (WTO) action against the Indian government’s domestic sugar support mechanisms. “A WTO dispute is a...

The Labor candidate for Flynn has called for the future of the Boyne Smelter to be guaranteed. Zac Beers said it is a critical part of Australia’s economy and one of our great exporters. It’s produced millions of tonnes of world-class aluminium over the last three decades and employs over a thousand Gladstone...