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A multi-million dollar boat to protect the Great Barrier Reef from illegal fishing has been unveiled today.The $9.7 million vessel, based in Gladstone, will soon set sail and keep watch over the southern half of the reef – a similar boat is already patrolling the northern area. The impressive ship has 16 berths, three...

More patients are seeking emergency care at the Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton Emergency Care Centre   The emergency department has seen a 33 per cent increase in the number of patients in the first four months of 2021 compared with the same period last year.   Since opening its doors in September 2018, the...

With the sugarcane harvest season kicking off this month, Rockhampton motorists are being urged to take extra care at rail crossings. In the 2019-20 financial year, Queensland Rail reported more than 200 near-miss incidents at level crossings across south east and regional Queensland. Five of those came from the Central Queensland region.  Mr...

A Gladstone man has been caught allegedly doing 50 kilometers per hour over the limit at Middlemount.    Police say they were patrolling the Fitzroy Development Road on Wednesday afternoon when they caught the 31-year-old.    He was allegedly doing 150km/h in a 100km/h speed zone.   The man's been issued with an on the spot...

A man is in a stable condition in the Townsville Hospital after being diagnosed with a blood clotting condition linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Doctor Jeannette Young says the 66-year-old has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Doctor Young says the Therapeutic Goods Administration has confirmed...

With 31 lives lost on roads in the central policing region - which includes Rockhampton and Yeppoon -  so far this year, the RACQ is demanding road safety upgrades. The motoring body is calling on the Federal Government to invest $1.2billion to improve the Bruce Highway ahead of the treasurer handing...