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Launch your local career
As hundreds of Year 12 students celebrate their final weeks of schooling, Rockhampton Regional Council’s lead economic development agency, Advance Rockhampton, has launched a range of resources to encourage the next generation to explore the wealth of career and education pathways in their own backyard.
Moo-ving the boundaries: New research evaluates virtual fences for use on NT cattle stations
Cattle producers in Northern Australia face unique challenges when adapting tools like virtual fences on their properties, but new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) is set to break down the barriers to this technology. Virtual fences remotely map and control livestock such as cows by fitting the animal with a GPS collar that delivers audio cues and electric pulses to the animal if they approach a pre-set boundary. Â
Buy Australian made this Christmas – Toowoomba Bush Christmas Exhibition 2025
Over 100 regional artists, gourmet producers and hand crafters from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia will showcase their talents at this year’s Bush Christmas Exhibition in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Minns Labor Government to strengthen doli incapax test, bolster diversionary programs in youth crime reform package: Minns, Catley, Dib, Daley
The Minns Labor Government will introduce new laws into NSW Parliament today to give NSW Police and the courts stronger tools to interrupt youth offending earlier and keep communities safe, including long-overdue reforms to the way doli incapax operates. These reforms address a major gap where some children are engaging in offending that puts themselves and others at risk, yet face no consequences, intervention or support to stop the cycle of reoffending.
Araluen Arthouse Cinema – Yurlu Country
A vivid ode to Country and an intimate portrait of an Aboriginal elder’s final year as he strives to preserve his culture and heal his homeland, scarred by the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere.
‘Extraordinary’ modern exhibitions to unpack at Coffs Harbour
Gorgeously exotic artworks with an environmental message and a mesmerising underwater world inspired by a minimalist sea creature will bring wonder to Coffs Harbour’s Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) over summer ... The other blockbuster summer exhibition at YAM is CREATION by Deborah Kelly...
Cultural knowledge leads the way in restoring the Baaka’s ecological and spiritual health: MDBA
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has welcomed new research that combines Indigenous knowledge and ecological science to protect and restore the Darling (Baaka) River. The study, led by the Wilcannia Barkandji community, highlights the enduring Cultural, spiritual, and ecological significance of Barkandji stone fish traps along the Baaka near Wilcannia.
Farmers launch petition to protect irreplaceable farmland: VFF
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is calling on Victorians to pledge their support to grow and protect the State’s prime farmland by signing a new petition as part of the new ‘Help protect Victorian farmland’ campaign. VFF President Brett Hosking said Victoria’s farmland represents a huge asset that needs protecting. Â
Major flood resilience works at Mount Sylvia now complete
Extensive flood resilience works to protect communities in Mount Sylvia and Woodbine from future flood damage are now complete. The $1.8 million rehabilitation project, led by Resilient Rivers SEQ, involved major creek bank stabilisation and revegetation works at three priority sites along Blackfellow Creek, and was officially unveiled today.
Rural patients paying the price of government inaction: AMA (NSW)
AMA (NSW) supports the Rural Health Action Plan put forward by Dr Joe McGirr MP today and is calling on the NSW Government to take immediate action. The April to June 2025 Bureau of Health Information report showed only 65.1 per cent of elective surgeries at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital were completed on time, a fall of 15.8 percentage points from the previous year.
