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An investigation has been launched after an 8-month-old baby suffered critical injuries at a Gladstone residence. On Saturday, May 30 the baby boy was transported from a home on Wilson Street in New Auckland to Gladstone Hospital after he was located non-responsive by emergency services. Due to the severity of his injuries,...

    The turn of the new financial year bought with it lower power bills for Central Queenslanders. Power bills reportedly dropped by $84 for households and $75 for small businesses from July 1st. Keppel MP Brittany Lauga said from it is the third year in a row the region has seen a drop...

  Multiple fire crews spent over two hours battling a blaze at a Central Queensland property on Wednesday morning. Firefighters arrived to the scene on Bridge Street in Mount Morgan to reports of "thick black smoke" just after 7:50am. Queensland Fire and Emergency Service said four crews worked to extinguish the blaze by...

  The Rockhampton Zoo has reopened a little earlier than expected, with locals flocking to the school-holiday favourite over its first few days back in action. Zoo curator Liz Bellward said the facility traditionally gets about 300-400 visitors through the gates on a Monday, but a whopping 1,100 turned up this week,...

Image: Queensland Police Service Media Police are appealing for public assistance into an incident at a North Rockhampton food store this week. It is alleged that on Monday night at 6:50pm, a man appeared at the window of a shop on Richardson and Bruigom streets holding a knife. Police said the man walked...

  A snake bite has left a man in hospital in Rockhampton. Queensland Ambulance said they responded to a call to a private residence in Koongal at 7:07pm Tuesday evening. A man in his 30s had sustained a suspected snake bite to his leg. He was taken to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition. ....