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Design map of the proposed Motor Sports Complex on Lake Moondarra Rd.

Mount Isa motor sports complex advisory committee established

Derek Barry

Glencore says the changed mining rosters they are looking to bring in at Mount Isa Copper Operations would not lead to additional fly in fly out or drive in drive out.

Changed rosters won't lead to additional FIFO: Glencore

Derek Barry
45m ago

It will be years until we have the variety of electric vehicles - and utes in particular, which Australians particularly want. Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTElectric dreams with an ocean view

Peter Brewer

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DIGESTSome lessons can be hard to learn

Kayla Osborne

Lorinda May Merrypor, star of The Sapphires, the musical, is playing a free concert and workshop in Cloncurry on Monday October 25.

Cloncurry experiences Some Kind of Wonderful

Derek Barry

Vanadium developers QEM are seeking to connect with the proposed CopperString 2.0 high-voltage electricity transmission line.

Proposed Copperstring deal with vanadium producers QEM

Derek Barry

Super Saturday vaccination clinic at local schools this weekend

Super Saturday vaccination clinic at local schools this weekend

Derek Barry

Design map of the proposed Motor Sports Complex on Lake Moondarra Rd.

Mount Isa motor sports complex advisory committee established

Derek Barry

Glencore says the changed mining rosters they are looking to bring in at Mount Isa Copper Operations would not lead to additional fly in fly out or drive in drive out.

Changed rosters won't lead to additional FIFO: Glencore

Derek Barry
45m ago

Dr Young says there has been a second man, a Victorian truckdriver, infectious in the Qld community.

No local Qld cases, but truckie positive

COVID vaccines, like the Moderna one, pictured, are the best way to ensure Australians regain and retain their freedoms, a new government campaign will say. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

DIGESTVaccinate your way towards freedom, jab holdouts told

Victoria records 1935 new cases as vaccination target approaches

Victoria records 1935 new cases as vaccination target approaches

Michael Sharkey (centre) says his hotel has survived with 'good luck and a bit of good management'. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Alpine regions hope for 'gun-shy' international travel tourism boost

It will be years until we have the variety of electric vehicles - and utes in particular, which Australians particularly want. Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTElectric dreams with an ocean view

COVID-19 case numbers fall in NSW and Victoria

COVID-19 case numbers fall in NSW and Victoria

International travel has been brought froward to November 1. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINER'Best news': What you'll face when you head overseas

Finn McHugh

Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTSome lessons can be hard to learn

Kayla Osborne

Need a hand linking your QR code app to your vaccine certificate?

Need a hand linking your QR code app to your vaccine certificate?

Alex Ford

Winners: Liz Debney and Sarah Murphy, Runners Up: Sandra Beattie and Bernie Hartnett.

Mount Isa ladies play final golf tournament for season

Judy Fangrath

Uncle George Leon. Photo by Melissa Kirk (Photos via MyPolice Western Qld).

Uncle George Leon organises touchy footy game

Derek Barry

FAIR GO: Geelong's triple All-Australian and best and fairest Tom Stewart only polled eight votes in the Brownlow. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONTake Brownlow Medal voting away from the umpires

Howard Kotton

Winners: Liz Debney and Sarah Murphy, Runners Up: Sandra Beattie and Bernie Hartnett.

Mount Isa ladies play final golf tournament for season

Mount Isa-born Kristian Woolf is reportedly being lined up for a top coaching job in the NRL.

Mount Isa supercoach Kristian Woolf could be headed for NRL

Derek Barry

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Andrew Fifita with Tim Rice during a visit to Griffith in 2016. Fifita has now co-founded an app to support mental health.

NRL star launches mental health app to support regional communities

Liam Warren

Bylong's general store has been closed for a few months, along side the church and the primary school. Picture by Jonathan Carroll for the Newcastle Herald.

LISTENRegenerating a Valley and a Community

Bylong's general store has been closed for a few months, along side the church and the primary school. Picture by Jonathan Carroll for the Newcastle Herald.

LISTENRegenerating a Valley and a Community

Owner of Kallara Station Justin McClure preparing to muster sheep inside pens. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENThere is money in mud

Owner of Kallara Station Justin McClure preparing to muster sheep inside pens. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENThere is money in mud

Local kids painting cars at the Football Paint-Up at Wilcannia, NSW, to support their local football team the Wilcannia Boomerangs in the grand finals. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWhere will the river people of Wilcannia go?

Local kids painting cars at the Football Paint-Up at Wilcannia, NSW, to support their local football team the Wilcannia Boomerangs in the grand finals. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

LISTENWhere will the river people of Wilcannia go?

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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MITS are getting into the seasonal spirit by performing a pantomime called "Bah Humbug".

WHAT'S ONMITS puts on a pantomime for Christmas season

Derek Barry

Darren Hanlon is playing at the Festival of Small Halls in Hughenden.

WHAT'S ONFestival of small halls comes to Hughenden

Derek Barry

Moondarra splash water ski come and try day on Sunday

WHAT'S ONMoondarra splash water ski come and try day on Sunday

Derek Barry

MITS are getting into the seasonal spirit by performing a pantomime called "Bah Humbug".

WHAT'S ONMITS puts on a pantomime for Christmas season

Luther Cora will be at the "My Mob, Our Stories" event in Mount Isa this week.

WHAT'S ON'My Mob, Our Stories' event comes to Mount Isa

Derek Barry

One of Mount Isa's more beloved events returns this weekend after a year's absence.

WHAT'S ONRock Pop Mime returns to Mount Isa this weekend

Derek Barry

Research showed 50 per cent of insurance claims are avoidable, Honey Insurance is helping Aussies reduce risk and stay safer in their homes by investing in its customers early and providing smart home sensors.

Meet the company flipping the script on home insurance to save you a bundle

Linda Lambrechts

We may have a blind spot when it comes to the way we think about skin cancer

We may have a blind spot when it comes to the way we think about skin cancer

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Aussie cricket great calls on fellow farmers to get skin checked regularly

Aussie cricket great calls on fellow farmers to get skin checked regularly

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Research showed 50 per cent of insurance claims are avoidable, Honey Insurance is helping Aussies reduce risk and stay safer in their homes by investing in its customers early and providing smart home sensors.

Meet the company flipping the script on home insurance to save you a bundle

PICTURESQUE: The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James is preparing to hold its first ever "Virtual Open Day" on May 16.

Townsville students host their school's first ever "Virtual Open Day"

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Ready to help: Toothkind Jimboomba staff, from left, Rosi, Isabelle, Zoe and Natalie.

What's new for Toothkind Jimboomba in 2020?

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PROPERTY: As lockdowns lift home buyers are rushing to make a deal across the country.

Property round-up: Buying frenzy continues but there are still bargains to be had

PROPERTY: As lockdowns lift home buyers are rushing to make a deal across the country.

Property round-up: Buying frenzy continues but there are still bargains to be had

A battle-axe block was not deterrent for the buyers of this property at 3a Cadigan Place, Dapto. Picture: Supplied

Buyers willing to ignore shortcomings in lightning-fast market

A battle-axe block was not deterrent for the buyers of this property at 3a Cadigan Place, Dapto. Picture: Supplied

Buyers willing to ignore shortcomings in lightning-fast market

2 Bridge Hotel Road, Ouse, Tasmania. Photo: Supplied

$200k or less: The story behind these cheap regional property sales

Jack Needham

Berrima jail has been listed via an EOI campaign. Photo: file

Fancy owning a jail? Here's your chance

Property wrap: Open for inspections are back

Property wrap: Open for inspections are back

Jen Melocco

Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce (centre), Agriculture Minister David Littleproud (right) and Senator Bridget McKenzie in the Nationals party room earlier this year. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Nationals MPs conditionally agree to 2050 net zero target, but details kept secret

Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Picture: Shutterstock

REVIEWTime to give drummers their due

Bruce Willis in Cosmic Sin. Picture: Rialto

REVIEWShoddy sci-fi story is a stinker

Nettie and Pieter with show host Anthony Burke on Seacroft's verandah. Picture: Supplied

Heritage, health no barrier for couple in new Restoration Australia episode

COVID-19 case numbers fall in NSW and Victoria

COVID-19 case numbers fall in NSW and Victoria

RESTORATION PROJECT: An abandoned terrace at 67 Gipps Street, which will go to auction with a guide of $590,000, is attracting huge interest.

Step inside a derelict terrace not fit for first home buyers

Shivé Prema
Hamish Geale

Costa Georgiadis believes being in nature is good for our souls. Picture: Gene Ramirez

SUBSCRIBERWhy gardening is good for the soul

Karen Hardy

Noomi Rapace in Lamb. Picture: Madman Entertainment

REVIEWIntriguing film feels like a fable

Ron Cerabona

Maths curriculum review has high stakes

OPINIONMaths curriculum review has high stakes

Glenn Fahey

Childcare fails to meet needs of working families

OPINIONChildcare fails to meet needs of working families

Jay Weatherill

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

SUBSCRIBER | OPINIONLabor's moral cowardice is letting the govt continually move the law rightwards

Jack Waterford

CHALLENGE: Australia needs many more aged care workers. Picture Shutterstock

Critical shortage of aged care workers threatens care standards

Eileen Wood

Model Barbara Bingham.

The true beauty of older models

Therese Murray

Caution urged following spike in scams

Caution urged following spike in scams

Samara Ross

The National are backing the PM to bring a plan for net zero emissions to upcoming UN climate talks.

Net zero policy will protect regions: PM

14m ago

A new media literacy education campaign aims to help people identify misinformation.

Australians urged to Check The Facts

14m ago

Face masks will no longer need to be worn outdoors under the changes to Victoria's COVID-19 rules.

'Massive' change coming to Vic COVID rules

15m ago

Australian companies will begin manufacturing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to decrease reliance on imports

Shortlist of Aust mRNA makers this week

15m ago

The ACT has 390 active COVID-19 cases out of the 1586 reported for the current outbreak.

ACT nation's most vaccinated jurisdiction

15m ago

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and ex-MP Daryl Maguire will give evidence at ICAC hearings.

Berejiklian and Maguire face ICAC grilling

Gina Rushton
15m ago

Laws to ensure political advertising is truthful are strongly backed by voters across the spectrum.

Most want laws for truth in political ads

Colin Brinsden

Tasmania's economy leads the rest of the country, with no sign of slipping in the near future.

Tasmania again outperforms other states

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent

C Bar Café and Restaurant owner Allan Pike, Townsville barramundi farmer Tim Bade with Robbie Katter MP, and Nick Dametto MP at the launch of the Seafood Country-of-Origin Labelling Bill.

KAP launches seafood bill to support local producers

Charters Towers locals urged to choose to reuse

Charters Towers locals urged to choose to reuse

Meg Anderson

Sunday trading inquiry to hold Mount Isa hearing

Sunday trading inquiry to hold Mount Isa hearing

Derek Barry

LOCKDOWN SKIN IS A THING: New research shows that two in five Aussies have abandoned our skincare routines during lockdown. Picture: Shutterstock.

Shaking off a case of lockdown 'skineglect'

Amy Cooper

Biodynamics is defined as a holistic, ecological and ethical approach to gardening. Picture: Shutterstock.

Building healthier gardening systems from the ground up

John Gabriele

SPELLBOUND: You don't need special powers to find multiple benefits in one beauty product. Photo: Shutterstock

Four make-up tricks that are just magic