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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Georgia Loney |Meghan Dansie
Police have launched an investigation after officers shot a 17-year-old girl in a hotel beer garden in north Queensland. Police were called to the West End Hotel in Townsville about 5:30pm yesterday after reports a female armed with a knife was making threats. Police allege the teenager threatened officers and they shot her in the abdomen. The girl had surgery overnight and was in a stable condition in Townsville University Hospital this morning.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Georgia Loney |Meghan Dansie
The Queensland treasurer has flagged additional funding for the multi-billion-dollar energy project, CopperString 2032, in this year's state budget. It follows major changes to the construction order of the project, announced earlier this year. Work on the transmission line is expected to begin before the end of this year.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Georgia Loney |Meghan Dansie
North Queensland towns say their economic future is hanging in the balance after further cost blowouts to the proposed $13.9 billion CopperString 2032 transmission line. The new LNP government on Tuesday looked to reorder the construction plan for the 1,100-kilometre high voltage powerline by building the Hughenden to Townsville stage first to recoup costs sooner. The government said it would seek private funding to continue the line through to Mount Isa.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Emily Dobson |Meghan Dansie
Mining company Glencore is assessing the future of the Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery. The company has approached the state and federal governments to support the assets, which employ a combined 680 people directly. State MP Robbie Katter says the government should consider an option that gives power over the assets back to the people of Queensland. Whether you're checking your phone, turning a hot water tap on or driving to work, you're using copper.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Meghan Dansie |Emily Dobson
One of Australia's largest, most historic copper mines will stop production at the end of July, its owner has announced. Glencore Australia confirmed the last ore will be pulled up from the Mount Isa copper mine on either July 29 or 30 — ending more than a century of continuous operation. Up to 1,200 jobs were expected to be in the firing line when the intended closure was first announced in October 2023, but Glencore has sincerevised it down to 500.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Meghan Dansie |Grace Nakamura |Georgia Loney
Heavy rainfall is set to continue in outback Queensland and north Queensland, with major flood warnings for rivers in both regions. There is a severe weather warning for the central west which may affect Longreach, Barcaldine, and Winton. Outback graziers are so far feeling comfortable about flood risk, but sandbags are being made available to Townsville residents.. Townsville residents are being urged to be "alert, but not alarmed" as north Queensland once again prepares for flooding.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Peter Sanders |Emily Dobson |Meghan Dansie
Lockyer Valley residents are cleaning up after the second flood in little more than a year. Some residents wish they could move away and others are grateful the flooding was not worse. The Australian Defence Force has arrive to help repair roads and infrastructure. The main street of Laidley, Queensland is a hive of activity as locals armed with brooms and pressure washers clean away the debris left by floodwater.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Chris Calcino |Adam Stephen |Meghan Dansie
North Queenslanders have shared their excitement following the prime minister's commitment to seal an 11km section of the Kennedy Developmental Road, also known as the Hann Highway. The region's leaders say sealing the road will ensure an inland route is available when the major costal route, the Bruce Highway, is damaged or flooded. Lobby group Advance Cairns says it will push for the work to be completed this dry season.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Meghan Dansie |Zara Margolis
Trudy Adams looks weary and teary as she takes in what's left of the building she has called her second home for more than 30 years. Within the lofty gymnasium's walls, the head coach taught generations of families how to spin, balance, and vault their lithe bodies into the air. The Leichhardt Gymnastics Club has been an institution in Mount Isa in outback Queensland for four decades, welcoming hundreds of children through its doors.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Meghan Dansie |Emily Dobson
Ask Bob Katter and he'll tell you he has lived many lives. University drop-out, activist, army reservist, labourer, grazier, published author, and politician. The man in the Akubra also goes by many names: The Maverick, The Mad Katter, Crocodile Katter, and now Father of the House, as he marks 50 years as a politician on December 7. Anyone with the slightest interest in Australian politics knows who Bob Katter is.
