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Oct 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Ellie Willcox |Jeremy Jones |Karyn Wilson
Anne Fursman is trying to keep up with the soaring cost of keeping her central Queensland business open after multiple break-ins. Thieves have targeted her Yeppoon sports store six times in 10 months, causing her insurance premium to double. "We had a ram raid, a car came through the big glass sliding doors and it took three weeks to get those fixed and we had another break-in during that period," Ms Fursman said.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford |Karyn Wilson |Jeremy Jones
The Queensland state seat of Rockhampton will be a crucial one for both parties to win at the upcoming election. First contested in 1865, it was initially a swinging seat. In 1911 Labor won it back and despite a brief decade in the 60s where it was split in two, have never let it go. Jessica Clifford looks at the seat and its candidates.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Grace Nakamura |Jeremy Jones
Primary school teacher Rachel Fox pays just $54 a week for rent in her government-supplied house. It is just one of the many perks of teaching rurally. While her first impression of the western Queensland town of Longreach was that it was "hot, dry, and brown", Ms Fox has fallen in love with outback life. "I love the school I work at and the social side of living in a small town," she said.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Scout Wallen |Jeremy Jones
According to Jobs and Skills Australia, there is a national shortage of chefs. Businesses in regional communities say they are losing chefs to higher-paid work in the mining industry. The number of apprentice chefs dropped by 33.8 per cent between 2022 and 2023. Letisha Frenken has been running Two Professors, a popular cafe in central Queensland's Rockhampton for eight years.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jeremy Jones |Jasmine Hines |Dominic Cansdale
Robert Williams once rode his bike around Rockhampton, trading comics with other devoted fans. Decades later, his first customers are now bringing their kids into his business. So why does he think generations keep coming back to pop culture? Story by Jeremy Jones and Jasmine Hines, additional production by Dominic Cansdale.
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May 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Scout Wallen |Jeremy Jones
In short: International company Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has revealed plans for a green iron facility in Gladstone. Green iron is made with renewable energy sources that don't release carbon dioxide, instead releasing water. What's next? Quinbrook has also submitted a development application for a solar farm to power part of the process. As the world looks to decarbonise, more "green" energy and processes are being touted as the key to reducing emissions.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jasmine Hines |Jeremy Jones
For Robert Williams, buying and selling trading game cards like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! is a lucrative business. The central Queensland pop culture store owner says there has been a resurgence in demand for the cards after rapper and singer Post Malone bought a Magic: The Gathering card for a whopping $US2.3 million ($3.5 million) last year. "Pretty much every week we'll have a Magic: The Gathering card that will be $500 to $600; we've had a few thousand-dollar Pokémon cards," he said.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jeremy Jones
A council in country Western Australia has erected signs warning drivers against using Google maps after GPS-based directions repeatedly sent travellers down unsafe roads.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jeremy Jones
Several thousand metres in the air, Godfrey Lowe has found a new hobby and a new perspective. The Gliding Club of Western Australia's newest member was searching for a way to spend his time after his wife passed away a couple of years ago. "I'm most certainly on my Ls," he told the ABC from the airstrip in the Wheatbelt town of Cunderdin. "I've done 40 flights and about 40 hours and I'm learning. I can't land [on my own] yet.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin |Jeremy Jones
One of Western Australia's most colourful local government personalities says he is considering a career in state politics. Shane Van Styn says he enjoys public life and wants to continue to try and create changeHe ran as a Nationals candidate in the 2013 federal election but was unsuccessfulWA Nationals leader Shane Love says preselection for the 2025 state election will be underway soonFormer Geraldton mayor Shane Van Styn was ousted last month after almost a decade in the top job.
