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Shoppers flood Coast stores as lockdown looms

Panic buyers have raced to Sunshine Coast supermarkets ahead of a three-day lockdown despite the region not being included...

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08th Jan. 2021 11:01 AM

Long queues are forming at Woolworths in Beerwah. Photo: Natalie Wynne

Premiers urged to make border solution ‘a matter of urgency’

A Northern NSW councillor has argued the “wellbeing of the community must be prioritised”, but this is being impacted by...

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01st Jan. 2021 11:01 PM

Traffic mayhem about 10.30am along Wharf St, Tweed Heads heading into the Griffith St Coolangatta checkpoint when the border bubble expanded on October 1, 2020. Photo: Jessica Lamb

Gladstone pump station upgrade blows out by $2.1m

“There have been a number of budgets set for the project as it developed over the five years,” Gladstone Regional...

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22nd Dec. 2020 12:12 AM

The cost of Gladstone's Chapple Street A01 sewage pump station blew out by $2.1 million to $8.5 million. Picture: Rodney Stevens

Ports Corp CEO earns more than PM ‘ScoMo’

Gladstone Ports Corporation executives earned a total of $1.97 million between five employees - three were “acting” in...

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09th Dec. 2020 1:12 PM

Gladstone Ports Corporation CEO Craig Walker earns more than Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pocketing $585,000 a year. Photo Lachie Millard

BUDGET BREAKDOWN: The Burnett projects happening in 2020-2021

FROM major hospital upgrades to Paradise Dam works, these are the Burnett projects included in the Queensland 2020-21...

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02nd Dec. 2020 1:12 PM

Partnership major boost for Gladstone’s hydrogen industry

A partnership has been announced between Stanwell and Japanese industrial gases company Iwatani Corporation.

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29th Nov. 2020 10:11 AM

Gladstone MP Glenn Butcher, Minister for State Development Cameron Dick, Gladstone Mayor Matt Burnett and Australian Gas Infrastructure Group Adviser Vikram Singh at the Gladstone Hydrogen Forum at the convention centre.

Gladstone Benaraby Rd cost blow-out denied

During completion of the first package of works, additional safety upgrades were identified costing taxpayers $4m.

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24th Nov. 2020 12:11 PM

The sign at Toolooa at the start of the Gladstone Benaraby roadworks states the project would cost $20.4 million but the Department of Transport and Main Roads said the project had cost $24.4 million. Picture: Rodney Stevens

New COVID rules edge Mackay lifestyle back to normal

More people allowed at public gatherings, indoor venues, weddings, funerals and outdoor events

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13th Nov. 2020 3:11 PM

Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre and events manager Andrew Bobeldyk. Picture: Lee Constable

First Cabinet meeting heads to the Coast

The first Cabinet meeting of the next State Government will be held on the Coast, to reflect the growing Labor support.

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13th Nov. 2020 3:11 PM

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is seen after she was sworn-in by Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey (left). Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

What position does Gladstone MP Butcher want in cabinet?

Re-elected Gladstone MP Glenn Butcher reveals what positions would interest him in a cabinet reshuffle.

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03rd Nov. 2020 12:11 AM

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