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Another milestone has been reached as the construction of Rookwood Weir ramps up, with the Queensland Government amending the Fitzroy Basin water plan to...

MetRes and M Mining have announced the appointment of Dan Yates as General Manager – Operations for M Mining Pty Ltd and Senior Site Executive for the Millennium mine, upon completion of the sales and purchase agreement from Peabody.

Premium Content Subscriber only Central Queensland residents are contributing to scientists’ understanding of the region’s wildlife – and in the process becoming scientists themselves. Fitzroy Basin Association’s citizen science projects allow people to input information about a particular area of interest – for instance, feral animals, pest weeds, or native species numbers – with the use of a phone app. The collected data can then be used to inform environmental management practices and government policy. Fitzroy Basin Association science engagement officer Dani...

Premium Content Subscriber only Turtle conservationists have unearthed key information about local nesting hot spots which will help in prioritising and protecting these environments into the future. Reef Catchments staff have conducted survey flights over islands and beaches in the Whitsundays. They also went as far south as Stanage Bay, which 75km north-east of Rockhampton, and as far east as Bushy Island, 70km east of Mackay. The surveys identified both the number and species of nesting turtle tracks that had been made the previous night as green turtles and flatback turtles moved thro...

T he Morning Bulletin has pulled together a list of exciting multimillion-dollar projects in the pipeline, due to break ground or throw open their doors around Central Queensland in 2021. From the arts, to sports, roads, health, defence, manufacturing, education and training, tourism and water security, there's plenty of big projects around the region that will generate employment and keep the economy ticking over. Rockhampton Museum of Art The scaffolding is coming down, windows are going in and soon the crane will come down at the construction site for the $31.5 million Rockhampton Museum...