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The Queensland Premier is calling on Adani to submit outstanding plans relating to its Carmichael coal mine. Annastacia Palaszczuk has written to the Indian mining giant, urging it to submit plans for a rail corridor to get coal from the proposed central Queensland mine to the coast for export. Adani is waiting...

A father of two, captured performing a sex act on a tilt train, has been sentenced to 18 months probation in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court.   Benjamin Brian James Walker boarded the train at Rockhampton, when it reached Bundaberg the 28-year-old exposed himself and performed a lewd act in front of...

Image By Nikon D750 - CC0 License  We have been able to have a say on how we could end sexual violence. Speaking at a forum in Rockhampton, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Di Farmer said by having their say, Queenslanders can help to develop a Sexual Violence...

Serious failures by Adani to identify the location of source aquifers for ancient Great Artesian Basin Springs have been uncovered in the CSIRO and Geoscience Australia reports, released this week. Despite the concerns, Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price has approved Adani’s Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Management Plan anyway. RMIT hydrology expert Dr Matthew...

125 students in Rockhampton have already taken advantage of free tafe to gain the skills and training they need for a bright future in the growing industries in the region. Minister for Training and Skills Development Shannon Fentiman today met diesel fitting apprentices who are well on their way to completing...

UPDATE | Detectives investigating the sudden death of a man in Gladstone earlier this month are continuing to appeal for information from the public. An 18-year-old man found dead in a car on Brendonna Road at Burua on April 3. To date, police have received a large amount of assistance from the...