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Fri 17 May 2013

Emerald duo keen to give abused girls hope

SARAH Biddle and Tammy Jacobson want to see change, one child at a time.

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Rebekah Yelland

Book stork now to get baby bonus

THE axing of the baby bonus is on the brain after Tuesday night’s Federal Budget announcement, and if you want to reap the $5000 payment before it’s cut, you have...

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Meghan Kidd

Red tape cut to move cattle between Clermont and Emerald

THE State Government will spend more than $100,000 to provide free pilot escorts for drought-stricken farmers in the state’s north-west to urgently move cattle to...

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Emerald organisations give thanks to volunteers

THE Emerald Neighbourhood Centre showed off their brand new look at a morning tea on Wednesday to thank all their generous volunteers.

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Kaitlyn Gutzke

Grease is the word in Emerald

YOU better shape up for an electrifying musical tribute to Grease.

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Kaitlyn Gutzke

Central Highlands show circuit kicks off at Alpha

THE Alpha Show format may be a little different this year but it will be sure not to disappoint.

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Rebekah Yelland

Wed 15 May 2013

Central Highlands mothers angered over dumped support unit

ANGRY Central Highlands mums could threaten a dummy spit over Queensland Health’s dumping of its Parent Education Support Group.

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Di Stanley

The Blackwater junior Crushers to play in NRL half-time

THE under-8 junior Blackwater Crushers are jumping with excitement as they prepare to make their debut at 1300SMILES Stadium in Townsville this weekend.

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Rebekah Yelland

Queensland 30 year plan summit held in Mackay

MORE than 400 Queensland delegates and 87 MPs gathered in Mackay on Friday for the Queensland Plan Summit to create a 30-year vision for the state.

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Andrew Beard

Emerald man, 21, jailed for crime spree

A TOOTHACHE was the root of a list of charges, ranging from obstructing police to fraud when Thomas Peter Quarry was sentenced in Emerald Magistrates Court.

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Kaitlyn Gutzke

Central Highlands out-of-town job numbers in decline

THE Central Highlands’ FIFO and DIDO workforces are on the slide with the majority of 840 jobs lost in the mining sector in the past year.

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Di Stanley

Vandalism in Springsure to receive crackdown

SPRINGSURE vandals are in the sights of Central Highlands Deputy Mayor Gail Nixon.

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Farmers face work injuries 1.6 times more severe

LABOURING is Queensland’s most dangerous profession, but farm work isn’t without its perils according to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.

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Mon 13 May 2013

Blackwater police rush to a crash west of Bluff

BLACKWATER police have responded to a traffic accident west of Bluff on the Capricorn Hwy.

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Andrew Beard

Fri 10 May 2013

Central Highlands Mayor defiant on flood group

DISGRUNTLED Central Highlands’ councillors have challenged Mayor Peter Maguire’s transparency in hand-picking his Emerald flood focus group without consultation.

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Di Stanley

Emerald Ag College students get back in the field

THE Emerald Agricultural College will be returning students to the field as its new director increases collaboration with local primary producers and industry.

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Andrew Beard

Central Highlands' special mums

SHAUN Thompson would take his mother for a spin on his motorbike for Mother's Day.

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Kaitlyn Gutzke

Queensland Plan: Central Highlanders voice their opinion

THE future of Queensland is being put on the table by about 400 delegates in Mackay today at a summit asking questions and getting answers to what needs to be done...

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Central Highlands stock gets offloaded

THE Central Highlands cattle market is holding up well despite the onslaught of beasts from north-west Queensland producers destocking grass-starved properties.

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Di Stanley

Chris Trevor hopes to reclaim Flynn seat

QUEENSLAND Senator Mark Furner and Labor candidate for Flynn Chris Trevor inspected the Emerald Medicare facility, the redeveloped Rundle Park and the aquatic...

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Andrew Beard

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