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Image Credit: Pixabay  Gladstone Regional Council reminds owners of cats and dogs in the Gladstone Region that animal registration is due by the end of the month. Gladstone Region Councillor Natalia Muszkat said renewal notices had been issued from the end of September and failure to pay by 30 November would result...

CC0 Licence Vinnies Queensland has launched the Vinnies Bushfire Appeal to raise funds to help victims of the unprecedented bushfire emergency, in partnership with NRMA and Nine Network’s Nine Cares who are providing community service announcements. With thousands of Australians impacted by the catastrophic bushfires, Vinnies State President Dennis Innes has declared...

LEAVE NOW UPDATED 4:25PM 11/11/19 | The warning for the Adelaide Park (part of the Cobraball/Bungundarra fire) bushfire has been lifted to Watch and Act.\ Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) advises there is a bushfire in Adelaide Park and conditions are getting worse. Follow your bushfire survival plan now. If you do...

Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young is issuing a formal, Statewide alert advising people to reduce their exposure to smoke over the next 24 to 48 hours. Dr Young was joined by Minister Steven Miles for Monday's press conference, saying "Queensland Health has been monitoring smoke levels in Brisbane and Gold...

Disaster assistance has been made available in the Livingstone and Noosa Shires to assist communities hit by November’s Queensland bushfires. Assistance is provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. Minister for Natural Disaster and Emergency Management David Littleproud said personal hardship assistance and essential services safety grants were available...

Bundaberg Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) detectives have charged a man, seized a large amount of monies, cannabis, scales and a mobile telephone following the execution of a search warrant in New Auckland on Wednesday, November 6. Officers from both the Bundaberg and Gladstone CIB executed the search warrant at an address...