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Two people are on the run after breaking into a Rockhampton home and threatening residents, at the weekend.    Detective Senior Sergeant Luke Peachey say the men broke into the home on Ellis Street at 2:00am Saturday, and threatened two men.    "One of offender has held a metal bar in a threatening manner...

 A motorbike rider has been airlifted to hospital with spinal injuries after coming off his bike on a property near Duaringa.    The man in his late 30s hit a tree stump and was thrown off yesterday afternoon.    The RACQ Capricorn Rescue helicopter was called to the property approximately 30km East of Duaringa.   They...

Tropical cyclone Niran has developed off the Far North Queensland coast.    The Category One system is packing wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour and is currently about 235 kilometres northeast of Cairns.   TC Niran continues to move in a north-easterly direction and it's expected to further intensify over the...

  Eleven people have been involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the Bruce highway, north of Rockhampton.   It's understood two vehicles swiped each other on the highway at Kunawarra just before 7am on Monday.    The driver of one car suffered a suspected broken leg and pelvis, and was flown to the Rockhampton Base...

Nurses and aged care workers are rallying in Rockhampton today, calling for the Federal Government to move swiftly to improve "shocking" working conditions in aged care. A number of protests, organised by the Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union, are being held outside the offices of federal politicians across the state. It follows...

  The first week of Autumn could be wet for Central Queensland, as a tropical low sitting off the Far North Queensland coast is expected to develop into a cyclone.   A shower or two is forecast today, with possible showers and windy conditions expected later in the week.    Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Matt...