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Premium Content Subscriber only Plans for an exciting new âcanopy walkâ and nature-themed playground at the Botanic Gardens have been revealed as Rockhampton Regional Council cashes in on a $9.46 million State Government funding boost. Rockhampton Regional Council has secured funding for three major projects through the latest round of the Palaszczuk governmentâs Works for Queensland program. Along with $1.4 million for the Botanic Gardens Playground Renewal project, RRC has been allocated $1.6 million to refurbish the Fitzroy River Boardwalk on the lower bank and $6.46 milli...
Federal Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry is calling on the state Labor members for Rockhampton and Keppel to step up and help Central Queensland’s “housing crisis”. In a letter addressed to The Morning Bulletin, Ms Landry claimed Member for Rockhampton Barry O’Rourke and Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga had a “if I look away it will go away” attitude to local issues, including Central Queensland’s “housing affordability crisis”. OPINION BY MICHELLE LANDRY “The local state Labor members for Rockhampton and Keppel love to talk, but on this one they have been caught out...
Shadow minister for finance and industrial relations Jarrod Bleijie, in a visit to Rockhampton on Thursday, criticised the State Government for âlosing controlâ of the Queensland health system. This comes after the revelation 49 per cent of ambulance patients attending the 327-bed Rockhampton Hospital were being ârampedâ in February, which was up 29 per cent compared to the same time last year. These patients had to wait outside the hospital or in hallways until staff were able to tend to them. âQueensland Health is on life support,â Mr Bleijie said. Rockhampto...
Premium Content Subscriber only The $367.2 million Rookwood Weir project reached a significant milestone on Friday, with the announcement in-river construction was underway. Rookwood Weir is being built on the Fitzroy River, 66 kilometres southwest of Rockhampton. Once complete, the more than 16-metre high weir would enable a transition to higher value agricultural land use and facilitate new industrial business opportunities in the region. The 18-metre high concrete Riverslea Bridge upgrade was also nearly complete. The upgrade would replace the existing crossing with a single 3.5-metre wid...