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Entrepreneur escaped “poverty and rabid anti-Semitism” for new life in Sydney.

Operator warns residents may see a helicopter moving quickly and at a low level Find out if your suburb is affected.

A 63-year-old environmental activist has defended her role in a blockade at a Bravus construction site, saying her actions were "necessary" in the face of an "imminent climate breakdown". Carine Marie Visschers, from Cairns, appeared at Bowen Magistrates Court on Tuesday, pleading guilty to one charge of trespassing and one charge of contravening directions from police at Bravus Carmichael Rail Project construction site on April 9. The court heard a group of protesters attended at the Mount ...

Work is continuing at the Carmichael coal mine and rail project after police removed protesters trying to blockade the site in central Queensland. The protest by a group of 15 people is the second launched against mine project owned by Bravus, previous known as Adani Australia, in three days. Bravus is building a 10 million tonne-a-year thermal coal mine in the Galilee Basin, which could eventually be expanded to six times that size. Work is continuing at the Carmichael coal mine and rail proje...

Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE 1PM SUN: RACQ CQ Rescue has airlifted a first responder to Mackay Base Hospital after two consecutive accidents on Bowen Developmental Road on Saturday afternoon. The Mackay-based rescue helicopter was already en route to Moranbah to transfer a patient to hospital when it was re-tasked to a serious single vehicle accident involving five occupants near Belyando Crossing about 2.30pm. An RACQ CQ Rescue spokeswoman said two rescue helicopters, including the...

Emergency services including two rescue helicopters responded to a traffic crash in the Whitsunday region.

Rural Trudy Brown Premium Content Subscriber only Kelvin and Margaret Maloney of Kenilworth Brahmans have been coming to the Big Country Brahman Sale in Charters Towers since it was established in 1994. Mrs Maloney says that during that time she has been watching a number of good bloodlines, including the Signature bloodline, which featured in the grey bull Gracemere Play Boy at Tuesdays sale. The quality of the bull was enough to convince the Maloneys to t...

There is an increase in activity expected across Alligator Creek, Bowen, Coppabella, Hay Point and Moranbah.