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They have only been a part of the Rockhampton Zoo family for a few months, but the cheeky meerkat mob is already a crowd favourite – and now residents have the chance to win an up-close encounter with the cuties.
World Parks Week begins Saturday, April 24, and the Rockhampton Regional Council is looking for community feedback on Rockhampton’s small local parks to celebrate.
Survey entries open Friday and those who participate will go into the draw to meet the meerkats at Rockhampton Zoo. There will only be one winner.
Parks Sport and Public Spaces Councillor Cherie Rutherford said the survey was about how residents liked to use their parks and what the parks meant to them.
Afghanistan withdrawal sees Anzac memorials updated around the country
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The service and sacrifice of Australians during 20 long years of conflict in Afghanistan is being added to war memorials around the country, with the looming withdrawal of troops adding special poignancy to Sunday’s Anzac Day commemorations.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this month about 80 remaining Australian troops will come home by September, a withdrawal planned in concert with the United States as President Joe Biden brings home Americans ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Australian War Memorial director Matt Anderson at the roll of honour in Canberra.
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In the words of Plato, âMusic ⦠It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everythingâ.
This atmosphere is what Rockhampton Regional Councilâs Economic Development, Tourism, Events and Marketing unit, Advance Rockhampton, aims to bring to the community through Saturday Sounds.
Saturday Sounds is a weekly live music event held outside Kern Arcade and launches this Saturday.
One musicianâs sounds will be heard all along East Street from 9am-1pm each week.
CQ singer/songwriter James Gallagher is first in the line-up, and will perform well-known cover songs from Paul Kelly, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, REM and JJ Cale.
When the varied financial position of Central Queensland Local Government was put under the microscope of the Auditor-General, Rockhampton and Central Highlands councils were revealed as the only financially stable entities.
The analysis by Auditor-General Brendan Worrell found one-third of Queensland councils were at “high risk” of not being financially sustainable and 70 per cent spent more than they earned in 2020.
The report ranked councils financial sustainability measures and risk.
Gladstone, Livingstone and Woorabinda councils were all found to have average asset sustainability ratios less than 50 per cent, considered to be high-risk.
In his report into the audit, Mr Worrell studied the finances of 77 Queensland councils, highlighting the impact the COVID pandemic had on council finances.