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Gladstone's 100-year-old port is getting a fresh new look, to help future proof the structure. The multi-million dollar project is commencing this week on the Gladstone Port Corporation's oldest wharf, Auckland Point One. Local contractor Joseph Engineering will be working on the $6 million dollar development to add new marine pylons,...

The major supermarkets have welcomed changes that allow close contacts to continue to work across Queensland. Workers deemed as “critically essential” can leave quarantine to perform their roles if they have no COVID symptoms and are fully vaccinated. Staff must wear a mask, travel to and from work in private transport, get...

  Unvaccinated Queenslanders are nine times more likely to end up in hospital with Covid than those who are triple-vaxxed, the chief health officer says. Queensland has recorded 22,069 new Covid-19 cases, 525 patients in hospital with 30 people in intensive care and eight on ventilators. Dr Gerrard says the evidence is clear...

Events across the region have been postponed due to the current Covid-19 situation. Livingstone Shire Council has made the tough decision to postpone any Council organised events throughout January and February. Events like Movies in the Park and Tides and Tunes will be scheduled for a later date. Other activities that were to...

Two cars have crashed in West Gladstone. Paramedics assessed three patients following a collision on Dawson Road and Breslin Street around 10.44pm on Tuesday. A QAS spokesperson says no patients needed medical treatment or transportation to hospital.

Queensland has reported one COVID-19 death and 20,566 cases as the state’s top doctor takes aim at those hosting Covid parties. The man who died was in his 70s, understood to be living in a nursing home and had severe underlying health conditions. Reports of people hosting Covid parties to gain immunity...