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He said the announcement that Woolworths would end the milk wars was great news for Queensland’s dairy industry.

premium_icon Wide Bay MP praised as Woolworths caves on $1 a litre milk

News He said the announcement that Woolworths would end the milk wars was great news for Queensland’s dairy industry.

Hinkler MP Keith Pitt described such suggestions as “scaremongering”, adding that there were no cashless cards in the city yet.

premium_icon Cashless card 'not to blame for crime spree': Pitt

News Hinkler MP Keith Pitt described such suggestions as “scaremongering”, adding that there were no cashless cards in the city yet.

Mr Frank created stunning watercolour works and loved to learn new techniques, always learning from other artists.

premium_icon Retrospective of Maryborough artist set to go on display

Lifestyle Mr Frank created stunning watercolour works and loved to learn new techniques, always learning from other artists.

Maryborough State High School ranked 84th out of more than 500 schools across the state for its percentage of students who achieved an OP rank of 1-5

premium_icon Heritage City's high school punches above its weight

News Maryborough State High School ranked 84th out of more than 500 schools across the state for its percentage of students who achieved an OP rank of 1-5

Investigators taking Gympie crocodile sighting seriously

premium_icon Investigators taking Gympie crocodile sighting seriously

News Two crocodiles were removed from the Mary River in 2013 and 2014.

Hervey Bay nomads deliver gift to stranger 13,000km away

premium_icon Hervey Bay nomads deliver gift to stranger 13,000km away

News Family travels to Africa to deliver a gift to a stranger.

King tides expected in Bay as Cyclone Oma approaches

premium_icon King tides expected in Bay as Cyclone Oma approaches

Weather Huge tides are expected in Hervey Bay.

Construction starts on $20M Hyne Timber M'boro plant

premium_icon Construction starts on $20M Hyne Timber M'boro plant

Business The internal columns, purlins, girts and rafters will be GLT-made

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: MAFS cheaters busted in sloppy affair

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: MAFS cheaters busted in sloppy affair

TV Married At First Sight’s cheaters have ignited their affair.

Secret family history of an Australian war hero

premium_icon Secret family history of an Australian war hero

News War hero opens up on emotional tale of childhood in poverty

Moranbah mourns loss of six-year-old boy in crash

premium_icon Moranbah mourns loss of six-year-old boy in crash

News The small town was shaken by the death of a child riding a scooter

DISTURBING VIDEO: Shocking footage of Bundy school brawl

premium_icon DISTURBING VIDEO: Shocking footage of Bundy school brawl

Breaking Girl pulls out screwdriver in wild high school brawl

WE HAVE KICK OFF: Sports Precinct officially opens today

premium_icon WE HAVE KICK OFF: Sports Precinct officially opens today

News Today, a new era of sport dawns on the Fraser Coast

Bold plan to foster jobs in region's CBDs, rural towns

premium_icon Bold plan to foster jobs in region's CBDs, rural towns

Council News A 100 per cent rebate on infrastructure charges is part of the plan

SPORTS PRECINCT: Clubhouse touches signal Stage 1 completion

premium_icon SPORTS PRECINCT: Clubhouse touches signal Stage 1 completion

Council News It marks a major milestone for the council development

Council calls for feedback on 'Active Travel' strategy

premium_icon Council calls for feedback on 'Active Travel' strategy

Council News The survey will close in a month's time

Bay's A-list project on track for completion by August

premium_icon Bay's A-list project on track for completion by August

News The $10 million office development is expected to be done by August.

EXCLUSIVE: Council to tender for new admin centre in Pialba

premium_icon EXCLUSIVE: Council to tender for new admin centre in Pialba

Council News The first steps to establish Hervey Bay's new CBD are taking shape

Major M'boro Hospital upgrades near halfway mark

premium_icon Major M'boro Hospital upgrades near halfway mark

Health The major refurbishment of the hospital started in June

From Mary to the Bay: New grant to assess rail trail

premium_icon From Mary to the Bay: New grant to assess rail trail

News The local retiree has been a campaigner for more than a decade

Sport

    IT IS the news the Burnett Cutters have been waiting almost two years for.

    premium_icon BREAKING: Cutters are in to the BRL this year

    Sport IT IS the news the Burnett Cutters have been waiting almost two years for.

    Capras fight back to take honours in Bundy trial

    premium_icon Capras fight back to take honours in Bundy trial

    Sport Capras fight back to take honours in Bundy trial

    Special $1 sport digital subscription offer

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    Sport Access to Queensland's best sports journalism and free tickets

    Tears flow as large gathering farewells Warrick Stuart

    premium_icon Tears flow as large gathering farewells Warrick Stuart

    News More than 100 attend funeral to pay respects

    National Sport

      POD path to glory: Players who’ll kill it in NRL Supercoach

      premium_icon POD path to glory: Players who’ll kill it in NRL Supercoach

      Rugby League NRL SuperCoach 2019: David Campbell reveals his team.

      Rival’s error sure to give Reds food for thought

      premium_icon Rival’s error sure to give Reds food for thought

      Rugby Union Kerevi/Feauai-Sautia centre combo likely to get the nod.

      BBL’s best emerging stars

      BBL’s best emerging stars

      Cricket Big Bash League: The emerging stars from BBL 08.

      Wild, fiery carnage in Daytona mayhem

      Wild, fiery carnage in Daytona mayhem

      Motor Sports Denny Hamlin escapes carnage to win Daytona 500

      Community

        'I heard the noise and I thought something was coming to get me. I'm never coming back down again.'

        premium_icon VIDEO: Gympie Kayaker says Mary River crocodile followed him

        News 'I heard the noise and I thought something was coming to get me. I'm never coming back down again.'

        Pantry doors open to needy

        premium_icon Pantry doors open to needy

        Community Success lies in regional supports

        Gympie child sex pest walks free from court

        premium_icon Gympie child sex pest walks free from court

        News He pleaded guilty to nine charges and 86 summary offences.

        Amanda Harris thought she was being let on when she received the news she'd won the Fraser Proud competition

        premium_icon Amanda feeling Fraser Proud after news of competition win

        News Amanda Harris thought she was being let on when she received the news she'd won the Fraser Proud competition

        FRASER PROUD: Local shoppers embrace transformative campaign

        premium_icon FRASER PROUD: Local shoppers embrace transformative campaign

        News Since the campaign started up to 215 local businesses have signed on

        Lighting way for the future of M'boro

        premium_icon Lighting way for the future of M'boro

        News Watkins Electrical invests in town

        Hervey Bay's music man wouldn't do business anywhere else

        Hervey Bay's music man wouldn't do business anywhere else

        Business DAVE Salata attributes 30 years in business to being on the Coast.

        FRASER PROUD: Creatures of the deep drive local tourism

        FRASER PROUD: Creatures of the deep drive local tourism

        Business PACIFIC Whale Foundation are at the helm of scientific research.

        What's On

          Brotherhood of the Blues is coming back to Bluesfest

          premium_icon Brotherhood of the Blues is coming back to Bluesfest

          Music THE blues band is fronted by three mixed-abilities Aboriginal men.

          Exciting acts added to Bluesfest lineup

          premium_icon Exciting acts added to Bluesfest lineup

          Music Bluesfest 2019 has added four new artist to its line up.

          NASA lands in Brisbane for museum's largest ever exhibition

          NASA lands in Brisbane for museum's largest ever exhibition

          Whats On More than 250 items will be on display.

          Where to go to party in the Fraser Coast this New Year's Eve

          Where to go to party in the Fraser Coast this New Year's Eve

          Whats On Your guide to New Year's Eve 2019 in the Fraser Coast

          Local Business News

            Drawers were swept clean and precious tools taken during a major ransacking of a family-run Tinana South business.

            premium_icon $50k tool heist sparks large bounty

            News Drawers were swept clean and precious tools taken during a major ransacking of a family-run Tinana South business.

            Tough questions Qld Premier won't answer

            premium_icon Tough questions Qld Premier won't answer

            News Subbies demand inquiry into unexplained State Government decision

            Next boom that will spark 24,000 new jobs

            premium_icon Next boom that will spark 24,000 new jobs

            Business How coal will deliver eight times jobs of hydrogen

            Company behind BCF, Supercheap underpaid staff by $32m

            premium_icon Company behind BCF, Supercheap underpaid staff by $32m

            Business Affected employees will begin to be notified from today

            Tyre expert set to re-tyre

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            News Tyre expert set to re-tyre

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                Students are planning an activist-promoted “climate change strike” next month and they've been warned there will be punishment for those who skip school.

                premium_icon Kids face punishment if they join ‘climate change strike’

                Education Students are planning an activist-promoted “climate change strike” next month and they've been warned there will be punishment for those who skip school.

                Words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ banned

                Words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ banned

                Parenting Words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ banned from school forms in France

                ‘I’m raising my dogs vegan’

                ‘I’m raising my dogs vegan’

                Pets & Animals These two senior golden retrievers are strictly vegan.

                Newborn’s ‘massive’ surprise for mum

                Newborn’s ‘massive’ surprise for mum

                Parenting Mum shocked when newborn baby arrives with ‘massive’ front tooth

                Force of nature one thing farmers can count on

                premium_icon Force of nature one thing farmers can count on

                Lifestyle Cow cockies' joy turned to despair as the water kept coming.

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                  Shots fired as farmer and vegans clash

                  premium_icon Clubhouses, first stage of Sports Precinct near completion

                  Dead cattle a biosecurity issue

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                  Entertainment

                    It was supposed to be a new beginning for Karl Stefanovic’s ex-wife, but it didn’t stop her from being savagely slammed by one of the judges.

                    Brutal judge cuts down Cass on DWTS

                    TV It was supposed to be a new beginning for Karl Stefanovic’s ex-wife, but it didn’t stop her from being savagely slammed by one of the judges.

                    MAFS bride Jessika unleashed in a furious rant after Mick divulged details about their sex life during a boys’ night out.

                    Groom blasted for revealing sex secret

                    TV MAFS bride Jessika unleashed in a furious rant.

                    Ines Basic has “cut herself off from friends” and “lost 12kg” as her affair scandal plays out on MAFS — and people are starting to worry.

                    Cheater bride ‘living like a recluse’

                    TV Cheating MAFS bride Ines has ‘lost 12kg’ amid scandal

                    It was the show that replaced Family Feud on Ten, but less than a year after it hit our screens, Pointless is on the way out.

                    ‘It’s gone!’ Ten to axe game show

                    TV THE show that replaced Family Feud is on the way out.

                    AFL great Shane Crawford is rumoured to be replacing Tony Jones on the new look Today Show. Now he’s broken his silence.

                    Celebrity in awkward interview over Today shake-up rumour

                    TV Shane Crawford is rumoured to be replacing Tony Jones on Today Show.

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                        THERE'S a large group of Australians who have no idea how they will vote, but this survey has revealed the issue that could help them decide.

                        Crucial group could help ScoMo win

                        Business A group decades in the making may swing this election

                        Expensive property prices in Australia’s two major cities are creating an unexpected growing trend for two interstate regions.

                        Trend driving interstate property market

                        Property People are looking outside their states to snag a bargain

                        MILLIONS of Australians rent a property but before you do sign a lease there’s some important things to watch out for.

                        The dangers of renting a home

                        Property There’s some important things to watch out for

                        Jobs

                          WORK on the long-awaited highway service centre at Ballina is expected to start within weeks.

                          premium_icon $27 million service centre to create 200 jobs

                          Business Work on the new Ballina highway servo will start within weeks

                          Australia’s mining sector is poised for its greatest growth in a decade, but big players in the sector will have to tread carefully.

                          premium_icon Problem facing miners ahead of new boom

                          Rural Mining sector under spotlight as community expects more: Deloitte

                          JOB seekers searching for a high-paying career must understand their salary is based on supply and demand.

                          How to seek out the big bucks

                          Careers Take the road less travelled for a higher pay packet

                          Motoring

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                            Isuzu’s big seven-seat SUV is dependable workhorse with a near indestructible engine but it is lacking one ingredient buyers are screaming out for.

                            Tested: Value-packed tough SUV

                            Motoring We give the Isuzu MU-X a family road test.

                            TESLA has new competition popping up everywhere and now the company founded by the world’s richest man is joining the fight.

                            Why Tesla should worry about this ute

                            Motoring Tesla has new competition popping up everywhere

                            Potentially deadly Takata airbags are installed in a huge number of cars in Australia but not everyone can get them fixed straight away.

                            Potentially deadly airbags still on the road

                            Motoring Why can’t I get my faulty airbag fixed now?