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Gina Rinehart plans to develop Great Keppel Island
Central Queensland’s tourism and economic development boss has welcomed news business woman Gina Rinehart is looking to develop Great Keppel Island.
It is understood Ms Rinehart’s company, Hancock Prospecting has plans to develop the land into a resort island.
New study giving hope to those with epilpsy
Queensland researchers are turning blood samples from epilepsy patients into functioning human brain tissue, allowing for them to test the effectiveness of different anti-seizure drugs.
University of Queensland scientist Ernst Wolvetang hopes the approach will take the guesswork out of prescribing medication to patients.
NSW freedom a lot closer than initially thought
New South Wales residents are set to enjoy new freedoms earlier than planned after the premier announced the road map would be fast tracked.
International Qantas passengers have hit the sky for the first time in nearly 600 days
A flight from Los Angeles touched down in Sydney with no border or quarantine restrictions for passengers who were fully vaccinated.
Aside from hundreds of federal government flights during the pandemic, these are the first regular Qantas international flights since the Australian and NSW governments relaxed restrictions on overseas travel.
Elon Musk to solve world hunger?
Tesla founder Elon Musk has announced he will give six billion dollars to end world hunger, under one condition.
The announcement comes after president of the UN World Food Program David Beasley said a six billion dollar donation could help solve world hunger.
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A Jigsaw Project established to help disabled people gain employment has launched in Townsville
A small number of businesses including Townsville City council, Queensland Country Bank and Legal Sense NQ came together recently to kickstart the project.
The Jigsaw project aims to find opportunities within the community connecting an individual to employment based on their interests and skill sets.
An Australian first has seen a central Queensland bus company ditch diesel for hydrogen
The regional transport service in Emerald has opted to switch its fleet of diesel-powered buses to hydrogen fuel cell electric ones.
Each year, the fleet of Emerald buses consume over one million litres of fuel and produce 3,100 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Townsville mother has launched The Cheeky Brain book series in an attempt to help children overcome mental health issues
Lauren Cavati runs private mental health clinic Deep Speak and has just released her first two books in the series.
Mrs Cavati says she wrote the book implementing cognitive behavioural therapy which is based on people’s thoughts predicting how they feel and subsequently how they act.