By Francene Norton Posted July 30, 2013 18:17:17 Map: Brisbane 4000 The Queensland Government says strict protection measures will remain in place as more national parks are opened up to ecotourism. It has launched a new ecotourism framework to cut red...
By Paul Robinson Posted July 29, 2013 09:55:31 Map: Taroom 4420 A central Queensland councillor is trying to establish a museum to recognise the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. Banana Shire Cr Vaughan Becker wants to set up a centre in Taroom, in...
As a region, southern Queensland finds itself becoming a resource region, in addition to the traditional agricultural industry. Chris Hull, lead researcher with the PASCAL Group says the changes to the region offer the university an opportunity to head west. Hull...
By Sam Burgess Updated July 26, 2013 13:50:45 Map: Toowoomba 4350 The P & C of a Darling Downs school threatened with closure says is confident with the case it has put forward to remain open. Nine schools across Queensland, including...
By Fidelis Rego Posted July 25, 2013 10:42:04 Map: Tarong 4615 CSIRO scientists say a trial capturing carbon emissions from a power station in southern Queensland’s South Burnett region has been successful. The Federal Government body has spent the past three...
By Sam Burgess Posted July 24, 2013 09:43:05 Map: Toowoomba 4350 Predicting violent storms days in advance could become a reality, with Australian researchers looking into the possibility. Melbourne’s Monash University and the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) have teamed up...
What started out as a simple way of brightening up a new streetscape in the CBD of Warwick ten years ago, has turned into a major cultural festival. Lawn Mowing Service...
Posted July 23, 2013 12:45:39 Education Queensland director-general Jim Watterston says he will investigate whether his staff pressured a P and C president to stop online campaigns to save her school. The Queensland Government is considering closing the Toowoomba South State...
By Andree Withey Updated July 19, 2013 06:43:18 There has been a huge spike in the number of binge drinkers presenting at hospital emergency departments across Queensland. The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education says 91,500 people went to emergency wards...
