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Crash cuts power to 600 as offender flees scene

Police are working to identify a driver who impacted power in North Mackay after they ploughed into a power pole

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15th Jan. 2020 12:01 PM

Police say the gold sedan, that almost snapped a power pole in two, evaded police.

Town flinches when the lights flicker

Tempers flare in small community hit by 27 power outages in December

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04th Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

Mt Ossa Rural owner Adrian Zarb said his five-month-old fridge “blew up” in a power outage – one of more than 30 to hit the region in December. Picture: Tony Martin

Fallen power lines strip power to 316 homes

Hundreds of residents woke to a major power outage impacting customers from Eton to Rural View

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31st Dec. 2019 7:12 AM

The Ergon Energy outage finder reported 315 customers lost power at 5.35am this morning due to damage to the network. Credit: iStock.

DOWNPOUR: Biggest December day rainfall in almost a decade

Storms brought huge falls to the region, but also left over a thousand homes without power.

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26th Dec. 2019 2:12 PM

MUCH-NEEDED RAIN: Rain pelted down in the Gladstone Region overnight. Photo: Anastassia Perets

Workplace incident prompts calls for change

Cane farmer calling for powerline review after a contractor narrowly escaped death in a workplace incident

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24th Dec. 2019 2:12 PM

BURNT WRECK: The dunder tanker came in contact with the high-voltage power line when it raised a boom Les Durnsford said.

How Ergon plans to keep the lights on over Christmas

Ergon Energy will have teams working around the clock to monitor the electricity network, keep the lights on, take fault...

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23rd Dec. 2019 5:12 AM

Dale Graff, Glenn Duffy, Inos Namasasu – of the Operations Control Centre, Rockhampton.

The reason 1700 homes lost power this morning

Ergon Energy has found the cause of a sweeping power outage.

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20th Dec. 2019 1:12 PM

In Beaconsfield and Rural View 1363 customers lost power this morning.

Truck crash cuts power in rural community

Residents living near Homebush lost power after a truck crashed into a powerline

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17th Dec. 2019 7:12 AM

Ergon Energy emergency crews restored power to the area early today.

158 properties still without power across Gympie

There were 2365 properties without power following last night’s storm, which delivered patchy rain across the region

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12th Dec. 2019 9:12 AM

SEVERE STORM: A lightning strike over Gympie last night. Photo: Gympie the real treasure is the town.

OUTAGE: Power cut to huge part of southwest Queensland

"There’s 200km of line they are looking at..."

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29th Nov. 2019 3:11 PM

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