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Western Downs residents set to travel for COVID vaccine

Health Federal Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton said rural and remote Queenslanders will get the COVID-19 vaccine ‘near where they live’. DETAILS:

Active thieves looking for ‘easy pickings’ in Chinchilla

Crime WARNING: Police warn residents to lock up as active thieves in town are trying every home and car for weak points.

COMEBACK: Miles boxer crowned WBF Australian Champion

Boxing Retired Australian champion boxer ‘Clemo’ stepped back into the ring and dominated his opponent winning the WBF Heavyweight Australian title.

Driver hangs out window in road rage swearing at motorists

Crime NAMED: A man who hung out of his car swearing at drivers faced Chinchilla court for multiple driving offences. Full report:

GRANTS: $21k in drought relief for Western Downs towns

News Miles, Drillham, and Warra have been successful in securing $21k to help relieve...

Humungous grants for Darling Downs and southwest community...

News Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent on community groups and councils...

Identities of men who allegedly held up Maranoa servo...

News The two men who have been charged with allegedly robbing a Warrego Highway servo...

Landmark $440m settlement for 2011 flood victims

News Queensland flood victims seeking compensation have reached a major milestone

Repeat youth offenders targeted with ‘suite of initiatives'

Crime Commissioner: ‘suite of initiatives’ used to target youth crime

Two arrested after alleged armed robbery of Maranoa servo

News Police have tracked down and arrested two people after they allegedly held up a...

Torrents of Olympics-driven cash to flow across state

News Tourism benefits to reach far beyond Brisbane in Games glory

What got our Olympic bid over the line

News What got our 2032 Olympic Games bid over the line

Shell slammed over execution of ‘brutal’ mass sacking

News Hundreds of solar farm workers found out by text

Chinchilla hoon dobbed into police faced court

Crime A young Chinchilla man faced court for chucking multiple burnouts after being...

Network News

How drinks on Clive Palmer’s yacht as LNP sank sparked a...

Politics LNP War Within: LNP needs top-down ‘clean-out’ for the party to move forward

Jackie Trad ‘agreed’ to pay NSW hotel bill

Politics Jackie Trad agreed to pay quarantine costs despite Miles’ tear-up threat

Boy dies after inhaling pin

News A mother has shared a heartbreaking story of how her four-year-old choked on a pin...

World unites in pushback against China

Politics It’s been described as a “crafty” move that could provoke a regional crisis but...

Around the Region

Flying drones targeting Burnett mice and rats tail grass

Rural A Queensland company has revolutionised agricultural spraying and spreading, using drones to bait mice and plant crops.

Fast rail, 20k-seat stadium needed for Olympic bid: Mayor

News Brisbane and southeast Queensland has the inside lane to host Games

HOTSPOTS: Queensland’s animal cruelty shame revealed

Crime Hotspots for animal cruelty mapped

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Final culprit in island inferno sentenced

News It started a blaze that razed half the World Heritage-listed island

Sport

Brisbane preferred candidate to host 2032 Olympics

News Brisbane has been named the preferred candidate by the IOC to host the 2032 Olympic Games, giving Queensland’s bid an important edge with organisers.

QLD set to be named ‘preferred candidate’ for 2032 Olympics

News IOC nominates Qld as preferred candidate to host 2032 Olympic Games

Local shooters blast competition, selected for national...

Shooting TOP GUNS: Chinchilla’s Breanna Collins and Condamine’s Stephanie Pile have been...

Legendary boxer aims to take out Aus heavyweight title

Boxing Legendary two-time Australian Boxing Champion Justin ‘Clemo’ back

Australian boxing champion opens club on Western Downs

Boxing A new Western Downs boxing club, headed by two-time Australian Boxing Champion...

National Sport

Instant millionaire Kambosos slams lightweight champ

Boxing Millionaire boxer promises second shock

Gallen’s $1.5 million title shot

Boxing Paul Gallen in talks with Aussie champ Justis Huni to stage blockbuster

Broncos: 'We’ve got the new Sonny Bill'

Rugby League Broncos back the hard-running Riki to fill David Fifita void

Nadal pull-out exposes tennis’ $1m rumour

Tennis Rafael Nadal pulls out of ATP event, exposing Big Three’s $1m rumour

Queensland News

Aussie music festivals make a comeback

News The live music festival suffered last year, but Aussie promoters are bringing it...

Shock revelation after Qld vaccine bungle

Health Doctor at centre of vaccine bungle was previously sanctioned over inappropriate...

‘They did nothing’: The devastation caused by a predator

Crime Kathleen Walsh was your typical 11-year-old Mount Isa girl. She loved Irish...

GOTCHA: NQ police land big-time drug figure

Crime Mount Isa police charge man with 55 drug related offences

Business News

Sector braces for economic black hole ahead of subsidy end

Business Tourism leaders have warned whatever takes the place of JobKeeper when the axe falls next month may not be enough to prop up struggling businesses.

JobKeeper end a wake-up call for tourism ‘zombie companies’

Business Diversification key to economic survival as JobKeeper dries up

Get your gear off - It’s better to sleep naked

News The research put to the test a variety of sleeping garments, from completely nude...

Cannabis meds approved for over counter sale

News But there is a catch, says the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

The incredible phone that folds like a book

Technology Huawei Mate Xs 5G review: Is new foldable phone worth $3499 price?

What's On

Sorry Bluesfest and Splendour, Byron’s got a new festival

News It'll be the “love child of a street festival and music conference”

Boutique, mask-free Bluesfest given important green light

News The NSW Government has approved the festival’s 150-page COVID-Safety plan.

SECOND CHANCE: Another White on Whitehaven long lunch added

Food & Entertainment An insatiable appetite for tickets has prompted organisers to put on a second long...

Tributes: Manning remembered as a kind-hearted humanitarian

People and Places Tributes roll in for the former Daily Mercury editor who was a fierce advocate for...

Lifestyle

‘My endometriosis spread through my body like cancer’

Opinion Mum-of-two media personality Tamara Wrigley’s hope for more children was cut short in her mid-30s when she was diagnosed with endometriosis. This is her story.