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Image Credit: Adani Australia Abbot Point Operations has reconfirmed that flood waters moving across the site last week did not enter the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, however flood water did enter the Caley Valley Wetlands via an authorized release point, as well as from the wetland's broader catchment area. Flood water entering the wetlands...

The sinking of fishing trawler The Dianne will come under the microscope in 2019. News Corp reports a joint pre-inquest conference was held in the Coroners Court in Mackay on Tuesday. The inquest will consider the deaths of Adam Jeffrey Bidner, 33, Zachary John Feeney, 28, Adam Ross Hoffman, 30, Benjamin Patrick...

Public Domain  Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum invite members of the community to come along and celebrate the launch of touring exhibition Clay Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Ceramics from Remote Australia. Launching at 6pm Friday, 22 February 2019, Gladstone Region Councillor PJ Sobhanian said Clay Stories is a significant survey exhibition of contemporary artworks in...

   Pixabay A Townsville woman, who lost everything in the floods, finally has a reason to celebrate. Mary Rahill burst into tears when she realised she had won $20,000 after entering Sunrise's daily Cash Cow giveaway and saying the correct code word. She told the TV show hosts "I lost everything", with several inches...

UPDATE | A Minor Flood Warning for the lower Isaac River Catchment. Moderate flood levels on the Isaac River at Yatton peaked on Sunday morning andhave been falling since then. No significant rainfall is expected in the Connors and Isaac Rivers catchmentfor the next few days. Connors and Isaac Rivers:Flood levels on the Connors...

UPDATE | Rockhampton detectives have charged a man with attempted murder following a machete attack Gracemere last week. Around 6:00PM last Wednesday, officers were called to a Thora Street address where they located a 44-year-old man with a wound to his arm. A short time later, police were advised a 47-year-old man...