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UPDATE | Paramedics have taken a teenage boy to Bundaberg Hospital after he almost drowned at 1770. He was in a stable condition.   EARLIER | A teenager has almost drowned at 1770 on Tuesday.   Paramedics were called to a location off Captain Cook Drive at 1:17PM.   The boy was listed as serious but stable  Emergency...

UPDATE | A bushfire is alight west of Lowmead on Tuesday.   It sparked at Boyne Valley on Sunday January 5. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) advises it is burning near Dalga Back Road and Dalga Road. This fire continues to burn within containment lines and poses no threat to property at this time. QFES...

Deb Frecklington of the Liberal National Party (Left), and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.(AAP Image/Darren England) LNP Leader Deb Frecklington has announced a 10-point-plan to overhaul Queensland’s bushfire strategy to improve public safety and protect property. “The LNP will take decisive action to get Queensland bushfire-ready in wake of the incredible tragedies we have...

One person has been hospitalised after they were involved in a car accident near Clermont.   The single vehicle rollover happened on the Peak Downs Highway westbound towards Clermont at around 4:46AM on Tuesday.   The driver was complaining of back pain and was transported stable to Clermont Hospital.  

A photo of the combined team.  Image Supplied  Action has resumed at the Yeppoon Golf Club in 2020.   The venue hosted the first round of the inaugural men’s inter-club pennants in the Keppel zone of golf central Queensland.    Yeppoon took on Rockhampton in Round One on Sunday and found themselves finishing on eight points...

By Siemens Pressebild, Photo taken from with the friendly permission of Siemens Germany by Christian Kuhna CC BY-SA 3.0 Siemens announced over the weekend that it has decided to continue working on the Adani Carmichael coal export project. Joe Kaeser from Siemens posted an open letter on their website, thanking everyone...