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“The region cannot afford to wait for an inexperienced mayor to learn the ropes.”

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Premium Content Subscriber only Brett Williams has more than 20 years’ experience in local government and believes Rockhampton could be governed more efficiently. Born in Mount Morgan, the mayoral candidate said he was willing to be the region’s “full-time” mayor, guided by his work and life experience as a labourer, army medic, and council adviser. With an accounting degree from CQUniversity, most of Mr Williams’ knowledge has to with finance. “With the basics type stuff, if you go back to your basics and look at what you’re doing, you can usually improve and do them better,”...

Neil Fisher Premium Content Subscriber only As 2020 comes to an end most people would struggle to have a positive to say about this year. Here in the Rockhampton region we have had to deal with COVID, drought and then the water shortage in Mount Morgan and I could go on. But there is a bright light in 2020 and that has been in our garden. Throughout 2020 our plants seem to have looked lusher, flowers better, encountered less insects and grown faster. Or am I looking at this year through rose coloured glasses? So here are my top 10 performers of 2020 that ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Near-record gold prices are triggering a rethink on the viability of Central Queensland’s long-dormant gold mines with mineral exploration activity anticipated to begin at the Mount Chalmers mine site within months. Hot on the heels of November’s news that Heritage Minerals’ $60 million Mount Morgan gold recovery project could be reactivated before the end of 2021, Australian based exploration and development company QMines Limited has revealed its exciting plans for the Mt Chalmers project. Mount Chalmers Tenement is located 17km northeast of the city...