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Secret is slow and smoking

A Blackwater team cleaned up at the recent Rockhampton Brahman Barbecue Battle.

Our world champion Cass

The excitement was at fever pitch yesterday afternoon as world champion powerlifter Cass Pickard arrived at the Emerald Airport.

Dancers to take centre stage

The Emerald Dance Eisteddfod starts today and will run until Saturday, July 1, at the Emerald Town Hall.

Highlights of the Highlands

The Central Highlands Development Corporation has started one-day tours of the Central Highlands so visitors can get to know the region better.

Staying connected

DUARINGA residents can now stay connected during times of disaster.

PTSS outdated, calls for system overhaul

Is it time to update the scheme?

Lifting weights and spirits

THERE'S a new group at Emerald PCYC reaping the benefits of exercise and lifting the spirits of those around them.

Ergon in hot water over malfunction

HUNDREDS of Emerald residents were in the cold on the weekend as an Ergon Energy fault left customers without hot water.

Ag options beefed up

New opportunity for Year 11 and 12 students.

Partial closure to Fairbairn Dam spillway

MOTORISTS are advised that Selma Rd will be partially closed at the Fairbairn Dam spillway bridge from June 19-26 as geotechnical investigations are carried out

Robin Adolphs will be visiting Dysart, Clermont and Moranbah libraries for a special story time to promote her new picture book Eddie, Excellent Chef.

News

Ready for an emu-sing story?

Maddie Pease is holding an Australia's Biggest Morning Tea tomorrow at the Emerald Botanic Gardens.

News

Teen wants to help loved ones

WASTE WARRIORS: Lisa Mckay and Trudy Muirhead from Hello Happy Home support being environmentally friendly in business.

News

The Central Highlands are declaring war on waste

Works on the Cherwell Creek Bridge upgrade are full steam ahead.

News

Cherwell Creek bridge replacement on track

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue airlifted a road traffic controller who was injured on the Warrego Hwy.

News

Five die in horror 14 hours on Queensland roads

Superintendent Matthew Vanderbyl says there is little difference between a serious injury crash and a fatality.

News

Truck driver dies during serious rollover on Central Qld highway

The man told his former wife he would use degrading pictures as 'insurance' after abusing her.

News

Man raped former wife, threatened to post abuse pictures

SUDDEN DEATH: 'There will not be a murder investigation'

The Piers Gaveston ball is attended by Oxford University students and by some accounts is a hot bed of drugs and sex.

News
11:17 AM Jun 25th

Oxford University’s wildest student shindig

Rita wanted to stay on the line — so Byrne let her speak.

Entertainment
10:55 AM Jun 25th

Talk show host’s phone call takes heartbreaking turn

News
10:22 AM Jun 25th

Psychologists sued over CIA ‘enhanced interrogation’ program

Storm Season

Far north Queensland has been hit by heavy rain overnight.

News

North Queensland hit by 1 in 100 year rainfall

TOUGH TASK: A swift water rescue team (including inset) search a stolen LandCruiser ute found in Scrubby Creek.

News

VIDEO: Police to continue search for body of missing man

Josh Watson captured this incredible image from Brightwater Estate on the Sunshine Coast.

News

Queensland facing hot, steamy week ahead

Queensland is facing some 'supercell' activity on Friday.

News

Queensland told to brace for heavy rain from 'epic low'

Sport

ROPE AND TIE: Emerald's Shane Kenny in action.

Sport

Countdown on for Emerald

The Emerald Rams beat the Clermont Bushpigs in the first round match of the Central Highlands Rugby Union season at Clermont.

Sport

Strong start to season

TOUGH TO BOOT: The Central Highlands Titans women's team.

Sport

Titans undefeated at tournament

Level 7 pair Chiara Spiccia and Kayleigh Broadwith.

Sport

Emerald gymnasts soar at championships

Videos

Fenech says Horn will win

Pauline won't say sorry

Jeff Horn final hitout

Pisasale released on bail

Outdoor Living

INCREDIBLE: Divers at Wolf Rock off Rainbow Beach recently spotted up to 70 pregnant female sharks at a time of the critically endangered grey nurse shark.

News

Big numbers of endangered shark off Rainbow Beach

Imagine arriving at a camp site and all the hard work is done.

Travel

Hate camping? This idea might change your mind

IN TRAINING: Neil Collie runs trails around the scenic Glass House Mountains area in preparation for the 250km Big Red Run.

Lifestyle

From hospital bed to six-day, 250km desert run

A stonefish was recently caught by a fisherman at Caloundra.

Photo Contributed

News

Most venomous fish in world found near shore

Roothy’s LowRange

John Rooth's old faithful Milo: It’s not that hard to keep an old truck flush in new parts

Lifestyle

Beer & BS: Roothy tells how to keep an old truck running

It’s a pretty safe bet there’s been more than a few divorces due to warm steaks, burnt fuses and wives tripping over tent pegs sticking out of the ground in the dark.

Lifestyle

12V tips: Five easy 4WD upgrades you can do at home

Roothy ready to get cooking on the campfire

Lifestyle

Camp cooking: Whip up a feast from whatever you've got

Where it all started - on the verandah of the old homestead in the Flinders. Anthony Warry captured this photo of Roothy reflecting on a lifetime of playing with machines.

Lifestyle

A mechanical life: Roothy gives us a glimpse

Regional News

SOLD: Harcourts Yeppoon agent Dan Spyve celebrated 10 years in the real estate game.

Property
11:24 AM Jun 25th

Dan the Man: Decade-long success as Harcourts agent

Noosa will gather to start a conversation on domestic violence.

News
11:01 AM Jun 25th

The night he met her, he persistently grabbed her private parts

Moura Community Kindergarten has come a long way in a short few months transforming their playground and winning a Queensland C&K Excellence and Innovation Award.

Community

Moura Kindergarten wins award

BIG ISSUES: Workers installing a NBN cabinet as part of the state-wide roll out.

Opinion

Advice on NBN connections

State News

Benson Wasswa, 8, was forced to use a catheter and bag for the past two years after a Ugandan hospital accidentally amputated his penis. Picture: Pic Jono Searle

News

Boy’s Aussie operation after penis accidentally amputated

News

Driver and passenger trapped after car leaves road, crashes

News

Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's best kept secret uncovered

News

Community in shock over highway crash that killed three

National News

A six foot deep gravesite found at 203 Waterloo Corner Road, Salisbury North where two of eight bodies were found.Source:News Limited

News

The shocking places human bodies have been found in Australia

Vicky Hayes is a Parliament House makeup artists. She sees our politicians at their most vulnerable.

News

The bizarre life of a Parliament House makeup artist

GET MOVING: The Chronicle's Kick the Kilos challenge starts today.

News

What happens to your body when you run?

Oliver Curtis emerges free from prison into a chilly morning outside Cooma Correctional Centre and into the hands of his driver.

News

Oliver Curtis free from prison and starting work on Monday

Alice Craigie suffered from continence issues after the birth of her son. Picture: Alice Craigie

News

‘I peed myself at my friend’s wedding’

No extra engine power, but Toyota's limited edition 86 should be a better track toy with bigger brakes and improved suspension. It's quite bright, too.

Lifestyle

Toyota offers a bright orange 86 special edition track toy

Xavier Grayson, 7, has autism and "loves school", says his dad Ben.

News

'He just wants friends': dad says Hanson comments hurt

Lifestyle

OPINION: Pauline's right, autistic kids need own schools

Ryan Shelton in a scene from True Story with Hamish & Andy.

Entertainment

What's on the small screen this week

Australian actress and singer Clare Bowen, who got her big break on the US TV series Nashville, is touring Australia with her solo album.

Entertainment

Digging down to find Clare

Alexander England and Asher Keddie in a scene from season seven of Offspring.

Entertainment

TV REVIEW: Offspring season 7 is... fine

Tom Holland in a scene from the movie Spider-man: Homecoming.

Entertainment

What's on at the cinemas over the school holidays

Business News

Business

Why getting fired was the best thing for this photographer

Year 10 Gladstone State High School student Kieran Marcus with BSL general manager Joe Rea.

Business

Apprenticeships going at BSL

AMWU Regional Organiser Peter Lyon is outraged over Aurizon's treatment of its redundant Rockhampton workers, who were this week forced to train their replacements.

Business

'Mongrel act' plummets sacked CQ workers to rock bottom

Nathan Birch wants to focus more on developing properties.

Business

Millionaire Nathan Birch to offload $55M in property

Latest Blogs

News

No! Family law issues are not killing 21 fathers a week

The Koala Party could shake up Australian politics.

Opinion

Pollie Tickled: Come to the party, but don't toe the line

Opinion

Why we need to take male rape seriously

Sherie is 31 and has stage 3 bowel cancer. She’s sick of hearing the same thing over and over again.

News

Please stop telling me to ‘keep fighting’ my cancer

Big Rigs

News

Vehicle-borne attack concern

News

Dashcam captures Perth bridge strike

News

Skip driver strikes truck in hit-and-run

The driver is now recovering in hospital with spinal injuries.

News

Truckie airlifted after bull attack

Rural Weekly

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Rinehart purchases Maydan feedlot in Queensland

News

Rinehart's $500 million cattle export deal to China

Hucknall Horse Rescue 's Skye Scott and Ainsley Murdoch-Pannier.

News

13 station jobs available right now

NTCA CEO Tracey Hayes will step down in September.

News