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Nov 11, 2024 | 
yesweekly.com | Jessica Clifford
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford
A 67-year-old sailor has been winched to safety after his trimaran ran aground on South Barron Island near Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland. An emergency beacon was activated at 3:00am on Saturday, but the remote location prevented rescue crews making further contact with the man until they arrived at the site of the activated EPIRB. The trimaran had hit rocks, with one hull destroyed as the craft was buffeted by swell.
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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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Apr 23, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford
In short: The Great Keppel (Woppa) Island master plan is set to turn the crumbling resort ruins into a tourism hotspot again. The plan includes provisions for an eco-resort, new sewage system and conservation areas. What's next? The state government will allocate $30 million to begin implementing the master plan. Once an 1980s party paradise, Great Keppel (Woppa) Island could soon be transformed back into a tourism mecca featuring an eco-resort, glamping space and conservation areas.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford |Dominic Cansdale
Yeppoon in central Queensland has one of the biggest pickleball courts in the country. It's the training ground for Australian number one 'pickleballer' Gordon Watson.
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Oct 21, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford
The body of a 36-year-old man has been found in the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton in central Queensland following a two-day search and rescue operation. Police attempted to execute an arrest warrant at an address on East Street in Kawana on Thursday night about 6pm, however the man allegedly fled on foot and jumped into the river. Police said they heard the man yell for help, before he disappeared under the water. There were initially concerns about a crocodile within the search area.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford
Mining giant BHP has sold two of its central Queensland coal mines for more than $US4 billion. Whitehaven Coal has been announced as the successful bidder to buy the Blackwater and Daunia minesThe mines employ 2,500 people between themThe two mines are widely accepted as producing some of the world's best coking coal for steelmakingAustralian company Whitehaven Coal has purchased the Blackwater and Daunia mines which produce some of the world's highest quality coking coal for steelmaking.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford
A three-year-old chimpanzee has survived against all odds after being bitten by a deadly snake in his enclosure at the Rockhampton Zoo. Keepers believe Gandali the chimpanzee thought the eastern brown snake was a toy and was trying to play with itThe three-year-old chimp is part of one of the most successful breeding programs in AustralasiaHe is expected to make a full recovery.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jasmine Hines |Jessica Clifford
When you pick up a sesame seed product in an Australian supermarket, there's a near 100-per-cent chance it has been grown overseas.
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Aug 13, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jessica Clifford
Having spent much of her childhood in the sun as a competitive swimmer, federal Senator Penny Allman-Payne's skin cancer diagnosis was not surprising, but it was a wake up call. Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne had a nasty reaction to her preventative skin cancer chemotherapy Queensland has the highest rates of skin cancer in Australia, which has the highest incidents in the world.
