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Premium Content Subscriber only A Mount Morgan man has been fined after he was caught riding a motorbike in the historic town without a licence. Caleb Joshua Savage-Gregory pleaded guilty to the single charge in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 5. Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said two men were seen riding motorbikes in East St, Mount Morgan, turning into Byrnes Parade at 5pm on August 18, 2020. Sgt Janes said the two men were not wearing helmets and one of them was identified as Savage-Gregory. He said police attended an address in Mount Morgan on November 10 and spoke with ...

Donna Kirkland, current councillor and mayoral candidate, on Monday announced a seven-year plan for Rockhampton, should she be elected on January 23. Ms Kirkland said the demands of 2020 gave her the "perfect grounding" for development as a councillor and potential mayor. She said her vision was for a "collaborative, connected community" that took pride in its region, embraced environmental sustainability, and provided jobs and security - a "modern, safe, inviting epicentre". "I am determined to ensure the future sustainability of our region by implementing, and sticking to, sound plannin...

Record Rockhampton mayoral contenders state their plans for the region ahead of by-election SunSunday 3 updated MonMonday 4 Rockhampton has had an acting mayor since November. ( Share Print text only Cancel Rockhampton voters will be spoilt for choice when they go to a by-election on Saturday, January 23 with a record 17 candidates vying for the city's top job. Key points: Seventeen candidates are vying for the role of Rockhampton Mayor, a record for most mayoral candidates in a Queensland local government election Voters will head to the polls on January 23 The State Government amended the L...

Premium Content Chris Hooper thinks something has to change in Rockhampton. In the past few weeks, 'Pineapple' and his helpers have formulated several policies that they believe will, as Mr Hooper put it on Wednesday, "change the ball game". The writing is on the East Street wall for what he termed "vested interests", namely, the domination of big business in the management of Rockhampton's public life and the 16 other mayoral candidates who rushed to the rescue of the status quo. "Because the legislation changed, all these people thought, 'That's the end of democracy, what Annastacia ...

Crown prosecutor Harriett Hall-Pearce said Laskey met the victim through a third-party who cannot be named for legal reasons. She said the third-party knew the victim and had approached him at the pub, asking him if he thought some gems she had were real or not. Ms Hall-Pearce said the third-party took Laskey to the victim's home later, about 9-9.30pm, where she asked the victim to look at some more gems she had. She said Laskey, who had a T-shirt wrapped around his head asked the victim where his safe was, to which the victim replied he no longer had it after being robbed previously.