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Samantha Campbell

Dirt n Dust Festival will have contingency plans in place this weekend, but encourages patrons to bring cash. Photo: Sally Gall.

Julia Creek's Telstra service is undergoing works during the towns biggest event of the year.

Dirt n Dust Festival forges ahead despite Telstra outage

Ben Carr

Dr Chris Bell and physiotherapist Stuart McCaskill. Orthopaedic outpatients in Mount Isa can now access virtual support via a new telehealth partnership with the QEII Hospital. Picture Qld Health

The orthopaedic service will help remove a patient backlog.

Qld Health use telehealth to remove North West wait list issues

An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after the single vehicle crash. Picture QPS

Police found the 18-year-old unconscious on the scene.

18-year-old recovers in Townsville Hospital after Lake Moondara crash

Mount Isa mayor Peta MacRae helped launch the International Legends of League on Wednesday, April 10. Picture Mount Isa City Council

The game next month follows editions in 2019 and 2021.

Legends of League match set to draw big crowd in return to Isa

Chris McLennan

Dense buffel grass infestation north of Ernabella in South Australia where it is already a declared weed. Picture from SA Primary Industries Department.

Governments are weighing up the benefits of buffel grass.

Authorities weigh the cost of declaring buffel grass a weed

Sally Gall

The map shows protected area land and recent acquisitions in the Winton area. Melrose, Vergemont and Tonkoro stations are shown in white, blue and pink. Picture: Queensland government

Single largest donation for land protection in Australia secures 300,000ha Winton property

Landmark property sale rocks Winton, opal miners

Jason Gregory

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has unveiled the nation's first independent Environmental Protection Agency. Picture by Elesa Kurtz.

Australia's first national EPA will have powers to seek fines of up to $780 million and seven years jail for breaches of federal environment law.

Labor announces new environmental watchdog, fast-tracked renewable project approvals

Palaeontologists at Winton's Australian Age of Dinosaurs celebrate the 12 new sauropod specimens described. Picture supplied. 

The work required the examination of hundreds of bones.

A dozen new sauropod specimens described at Winton dinosaur museum

The Bird Scarer, with Cam Maxwell at the wheel, at work on a property in north west Queensland. Picture: Supplied

A Chinchilla couple make a heartwarming gesture for a grieving Charters Towers family

The 'Bird Scarer' returns to accompany Cam on his final journey

Davina and Barry Hewes are happily retired in Merimbula on the NSW South Coast. Picture by James Parker

Without the help of the Flying Doctors, things could be different

Barry broke his neck in Outback Qld. What happened next was a miracle

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Lydia Lynch

The FIFA&nbsp;World Cup's kicked off and football fever is heating up around the globe –&nbsp;even here in Mount Isa.&nbsp; While&nbsp;the eyes of the world are&nbsp;glued to the international football bonanza, local competition also drew a crowd.&nbsp;

The FIFA&nbsp;World Cup's kicked off and football fever is heating up around the globe –&nbsp;even here in Mount Isa.&nbsp;<br>

While&nbsp;the eyes of the world are&nbsp;glued to the international football bonanza, local competition also drew a crowd.&nbsp;<br>

Local soccer draws a crowd as world...

While the eyes of the world are glued to the international football bonanza, local competition also drew a...

Local soccer draws a crowd as world cup fever heats up

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