Despite recently being encircled by potentially devastating floodwaters, Charleville is gearing up for the Queensland Music Festival’s Outback Sounds tour. With floodwaters gradually receding, the event scheduled for April 20th is anticipated to be a much-needed celebration for the town this Saturday. The Mayor, Shaun “Zoro” Radnedge, wants to reassure…
Murweh Shire
Read more
Train in the regions, stay in the regions.
The Mayor of Murweh Shire, Shaun “Zoro” Radnedge, has commended a groundbreaking educational initiative that uniquely bridges the gap between university healthcare education and regional communities. He emphasised that this innovative approach is the future for regional communities aiming to retain a skilled workforce. “Train them in the regions, and…
Murweh Shire
Read more
Regional flood insurance skyrockets despite multi-million levees. Residents are ropable.
Queensland homeowners are being slapped with $10,000-a-year flood insurance hikes despite living in towns ringed by flood levee banks that have protected them against floodwater for decades. Queensland councils are demanding answers from the insurance industry after receiving complaints from residents that flood insurance premiums have soared—in at least one…
Renewable
Read more
WTF is a QREZ?
Renewable Energy Acronyms You Should Know. A Queensland Renewable Energy Zone. So, what’s that? Good question. In a let’s-get-the-ball rolling move towards a greener tomorrow, the Queensland Government tossed in $145 million in 2020 to nurture early-stage investments in three expansive Queensland regions, pictured below, with a burgeoning interest in…
Content Creation
Read more
Is Print Dead?
Printed magazines are dead. It’s a claim I hear all the time from anyone under 30. It’s time for the print magazine industry to get its affairs in order and say its goodbyes, they say. It’s terminal. That’s not 100 per cent true, at least not for all magazines. People…
Banana Shire
Read more
Banana Shire Council Adopts Annual Report for 2022-23 Financial Year
12th December 2023 Banana Shire Council has adopted its annual report for the 22/23 Financial Year, detailing an end-of-year financial position of no debt, an operational surplus of over 21 million dollars, and cash holdings of close to 58 million dollars, putting the Council in a financially sustainable position. Council’s…