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1 week, 4 days ago

Best 'ever' Gulf barramundi season brings smiles to Christmas spread

ABC

Monsoonal flooding, heavy rainfall and three cyclones have swamped Queensland's remote Gulf of Carpentaria during the past two wet seasons. "There's been more fish this year than I've ever seen caught," Mr Kemeridis said. "Tiger prawns a premium product normally exported and is really, really good quality available pretty well anywhere in Australia at moment … and mud crabbers are …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mount Isa beekeeper looks at expanding business to improve NDIS employment

ABC

Covered head to toe in the middle of a 40-degree Celsius heatwave, Cody Hannover carefully carries tens of thousands of bees from one hive to another. 'No one's going to stop me' Mr Hannover attributes his beekeeping success to his "have a go" attitude, as well as his unique "quirk". "It's hard enough going to a job, being petrified of …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Search and rescue operation underway near Mount Isa after man disappears in Leichhardt River

ABC

A major search and rescue operation is underway in Mount Isa after a man disappeared in the Leichhardt River following heavy rain in the state's north-west. Police say 28-year-old Regan Dempsey was last seen entering the river off Burke Street at about 7pm on Thursday. Emergency services including police, swift water rescue crews from the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, …

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1 month ago

What is voluntary administration and why is it dominating headlines?

ABC

If you feel like you've seen the words "voluntary administration" just about everywhere this year, you'd be on the money. Corporate law expert David Morrison, from the University of Queensland, says the point of voluntary administration is to get a company that was in trouble back on the right track. "In the vast majority of cases, where directors put a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Two hitchhiking friends were murdered on Queensland’s 'highway of death' 52 years ago. Some believe their killer can still be found

ABC

It's a desolate, 800-kilometre strip of bitumen that has become so synonymous with tragedy, it's earned the sinister nickname "the highway of death". In July that year, with no car, little cash, camping gear and an itch for adventure, Anita and Robin set off on a two-week, 2,500-kilometre hitchhiking holiday up Australia's east coast to visit Robin's mother, who lived …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Australia's oldest jockey retires

ABC

Rachel Mealey: Australia's oldest jockey is hanging up his saddle after more than five decades. At 71, Keith Ballard has finally decided to retire, but he's got one more race left in him. Emily Dobson: After a chat with his wife, Denise Ballard, herself a former jockey and current trainer, Mr Ballard says he's ready to hang up the saddle …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Debate over political donations

ABC

Rachel Mealey: Hello welcome to PM. Donald Trump: Today I nominated him for, I guess if you like health and if you like people that live a long time, it's the most important position, RFK Jr. Bobby? Sarah Maunder: It's been a swift and dramatic twist for David Speirs, who less than five months ago was Leader of the South …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What are cargo airships and how would they move freight in the outback?

ABC

You're in the remote desert and a giant, oblong balloon, almost the length of three Airbus A380 aircraft, hovers overhead. But within four years it could be home to the first of six airship bases in Australia for moving freight around the country after the Mount Isa Regional council signed a Memorandum of Understanding with French-Canadian aeronautical group Flying Whales. …

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2 months ago

Could Robbie Katter's abortion views cause backlash for his party in the Queensland election?

ABC

It's about as far from the halls of power as you can get. "I've learned about Robbie Katter and really value that he puts Mount Isa people at the centre of his campaign and thinking about what the people need," she said. "I don't think the major parties consider the needs of Mount Isa, the person that does is Robbie …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Airship network Flying Whales signs up Mount Isa as first base to revolutionise freight transport

ABC

A 200-metre-long piloted airship transporting freight could be flying over Australian skies as soon as 2028, beginning in North West Queensland. The consortium of more than 50 partners, including the French and Canadian governments, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mount Isa City Council to establish the first of six Australian bases. Flying Whales CEO Sébastien Bougon said …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Outback childcare centre reopens providing Mount Isa families relief amid shortage

ABC

When Phoebe Russ drops her three-year-old daughter Frankie off to daycare in North West Queensland, she breathes a sigh of relief. But now, after waiting nearly three years, Frankie has nabbed a full-time centre spot at the newly reopened St Paul's Lutheran Church Childcare Centre Mount Isa. A mission to save the centre When the St Paul's Lutheran Church Childcare …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Queensland support for daylight saving on the rise, 30 years after referendum

ABC

Since the beginning of civilisation, humans have been transfixed by the concept of time. "Daylight saving is the single most petitioned topic in Queensland to the state parliament after car registration fees," Dr Sigler said. "No one under 52 years of age has ever voted on daylight saving in Queensland and no one under 34 years old has ever experienced …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mount Isa leaders push for new prison to tackle high crime rate and job losses

ABC

For almost 20 years, Father Mick Lowcock has been ready to greet the busloads of men returning home from prison thousands of kilometres away. They want to build a prison in Mount Isa to address high crime rates and create jobs, an idea that's been on the backburner for almost a decade. High crime rates Crime is a hot-button issue …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mount Isa Rodeo draws international competitors from US, New Zealand

ABC

North West Queensland proudly claims to be the home of bulls and broncos, and it's giving the rodeo-loving American state of Texas a run for its chaps. Junior bull riders from the land of longhorn cattle – and some scenes from the TV series Yellowstone – battled the best of Australia's young cowboys at the Mount Isa Rodeo, the largest …

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5 months ago

Sparrows may be 'canary in the coal mine' for lead poisoning in children: study

ABC

Deep in the Australian outback, lead-contaminated dust drifts through the streets of Broken Hill, blanketing playgrounds, vegetable gardens, and people's homes. While scientists can measure lead levels in soil or water, "there's a difference between the lead that's necessarily in the environment and how much is getting into people", Professor Griffith said. "We perfectly predicted the likely incidence of lead …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mount Isa Mines copper smelter worker suffers burns to 60 per cent of his body in workplace incident

ABC

In short: Two miners have serious burns and one is in an induced coma in a Brisbane hospital. The contract workers were at the Mount Isa Mines copper smelter when a steam vent opened adjacent to where they were working. A 26-year-old man suffered burns to 60 per cent of his body from the neck down and is in an …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Storms dump heavy rainfall on south-east Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Lincoln forms in Gulf of Carpentaria

ABC

A woman has died after her vehicle was swept away in floodwaters in north-west Queensland, as severe storms dump heavy rainfall in the state's south-east. Mount Isa Police District Superintendent Tom Armitt said police are investigating the circumstances around the 28-year-old woman's death, after her vehicle was found partially submerged in floodwaters near Mount Isa. Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Calls to repair more than 100 properties abandoned amid housing crisis in Mount Isa

ABC

In an outback town suffering a crippling housing crisis, dozens of abandoned properties lie unused. Key points: Abandoned houses are lessening the value of other properties in Mount Isa Repaired homes could support an overwhelmed social housing system, advocates say Council and government are urged to prioritise repairing neglected houses in Mount Isa At least 117 properties across the mining …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tips to keep cool during lingering heatwave as BOM issues severe storm warnings for Qld, NSW

ABC

Scorching temperatures are hitting communities across the east coast of Australia with even hotter conditions and severe storms expected later on Friday and over the weekend. Key points: Above-average temperatures will persist into next week Rain is predicted but will not do much to ease the heat, the Bureau says Locals are getting creative with how they stay cool while …

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1 year ago

Last-minute Bonza flight cancellations leave Mount Isa residents stranded for Christmas

ABC

Outback Queensland residents have been left stranded and scrambling after airline Bonza cancelled flights to and from the north-west of the state on Friday. Key points: Some residents are paying more than $1,000 for last-minute flights with other carriers to be with family for the holidays Bonza says a maintenance issue is behind the second round of flight cancellations The …

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1 year ago

Extinct language Kalkutungu revived with new generation of students in outback town of Mount Isa

ABC

Ninety-four-year-old Cecil Moonlight is the last living fluent speaker of the Kalkutungu language. "This is inspiring for the next generation of Kalkutungu and even for our older Kalkutungu people who were denied the use of the language for so long," Mr Blackley said. After several years of running the Kalkuntungu language program locally, many Kalkutungu peoples are semi-fluent, Mr Blackley …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Renal patient Robyn Neade faces heartbreak of dialysis 900km from her Mount Isa home and family

ABC

When Robyn Neade isn't strapped to a chair receiving life-saving dialysis treatment, she wanders around a strange city hundreds of kilometres away from family and friends. The Indigenous Mount Isa resident is on the North West Hospital and Health Service's waiting list to access dialysis treatment back home. "The burden of kidney disease, particularly in rural and remote communities, and …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Three air personnel killed in crash near Eloise Copper Mine, south of Cloncurry, fighting Queensland fires

ABC

Three people died in a plane crash while fighting fires in Queensland on Saturday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and two state premiers leading tributes from across the nation. Victorian regional aircraft company AGAir confirmed three of its "dearly loved" staff members were killed while surveilling fire sites in Queensland's north-west. Superintendent Tom Armitt, district officer for the Mount Isa …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Three killed as firefighting plane crashes in ‘difficult terrain’ in Australia

The Independent

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Best 'ever' Gulf barramundi season brings smiles to Christmas spread

Mount Isa beekeeper looks at expanding business to improve NDIS employment

Search and rescue operation underway near Mount Isa after man disappears in Leichhardt River

What is voluntary administration and why is it dominating headlines?

Two hitchhiking friends were murdered on Queensland’s 'highway of death' 52 years ago. Some believe their killer can still be found

Australia's oldest jockey retires

Debate over political donations

What are cargo airships and how would they move freight in the outback?

Could Robbie Katter's abortion views cause backlash for his party in the Queensland election?

Airship network Flying Whales signs up Mount Isa as first base to revolutionise freight transport

Outback childcare centre reopens providing Mount Isa families relief amid shortage

Queensland support for daylight saving on the rise, 30 years after referendum

Mount Isa leaders push for new prison to tackle high crime rate and job losses

Mount Isa Rodeo draws international competitors from US, New Zealand

Sparrows may be 'canary in the coal mine' for lead poisoning in children: study

Mount Isa Mines copper smelter worker suffers burns to 60 per cent of his body in workplace incident

Storms dump heavy rainfall on south-east Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Lincoln forms in Gulf of Carpentaria

Calls to repair more than 100 properties abandoned amid housing crisis in Mount Isa

Tips to keep cool during lingering heatwave as BOM issues severe storm warnings for Qld, NSW

Last-minute Bonza flight cancellations leave Mount Isa residents stranded for Christmas

Extinct language Kalkutungu revived with new generation of students in outback town of Mount Isa

Renal patient Robyn Neade faces heartbreak of dialysis 900km from her Mount Isa home and family

Three air personnel killed in crash near Eloise Copper Mine, south of Cloncurry, fighting Queensland fires

Three killed as firefighting plane crashes in ‘difficult terrain’ in Australia