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Premium Content Subscriber only Cash for the Peak Downs and Bruce highways, a funding injection to build Urannah Dam and money towards the Pioneer Valley Mountain Bike Trails have topped our pollies' federal budget wishlists. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will deliver the federal government's financial blueprint to parliament next Tuesday May 11. Here are the projects Dawson MP George Christensen and Capricornia MP Michelle Landry want to see included for their respective regions in the budget. George Christensen: Urannah Dam: Mr Christensen said the proponents of the project were looking for...

Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE 7PM THURS: A driver who lost their arm in a horror head-on crash on the Peak Downs Highway remains in a critical condition at Mackay Base Hospital. The collision between a car and a semi-trailer happened near Coppabella about 8am Tuesday. UPDATE 3PM: The Peak Downs Highway has reopened at Coppabella after a driver lost their arm in a horror head-on crash about 8am Tuesday. UPDATE 11.20AM: A driver who had to be cut from the wreckage of a crumpled ute during a horror head-on smash on the Peak Downs Highway has lost his arm.

UPDATE 10AM: Power has returned to Central Queensland homes and businesses following a region wide outage on Tuesday morning. Ergon Energy has removed its power outage alert covering parts of the Central Highlands, although the cause of the outage remains uncertain. INITIAL 9.21AM: Nearly 10,000 Ergon Energy customers are without power across Central Queensland communities due to an outage. Ergon Energy’s outage finder shows 9020 customers in the Emerald area lost power just before 8.30am Monday. Areas impacted include Anakie, Bogantungan, Capella, Emerald, Fernlees, Gindie, Rubyvale, S...

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 rat...

Motorists travelling on the Peak Downs Highway can now take in spectacular views across the Pioneer Valley from the new rest area on Eton Range crossing. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said the Eton Range realignment project had improved road safety on the Peak Downs Highway. “It is vital for road safety that we have places for drivers to stop and take a break,” the Federal Transport Minister said. “The Eton Range rest area provides a great incentive to stop, with elevated views across to The Leap from about 250 metres above sea level. “It is a secure and easy-to-...