News Muncher - category oakey

3 weeks, 1 day ago

From padel to callisthenics, these are the fitness trends to watch out for in 2025

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

Fitness Exercise Body Swimming Hiking 2025 Living Well

1 month ago

Canada Pressured to Respond to Trump’s Tax Cut Regime

Live Mint

Donald Trump’s planned tax cuts would wipe out Canada’s slim corporate tax advantage, likely driving more capital from the northern nation and deepening its productivity crisis. Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland estimated earlier this year that the tax rate on new business investment would rise to 16.8% by 2028, more than eight points lower than a projected 24.9% in the …

Canada Trump Trudeau Vancouver Rate Tax Cut Taxes Oakey

1 year, 7 months ago

Archaeology from the sky: how satellite and laser tech can reveal ancient secrets

The Independent

These days, if you want to search for lost civilisations, there’s no need to machete your way through jungles like Indiana Jones, you simply need to turn on your laptop. open image in gallery Lidar data collected using a drone-mounted sensor showing a prehistoric hill-top enclosure near St Austell in Cornwall Ever since Historic England – the government organisation responsible …

Archaeology Tech Roads Earth Image Satellite Road

2 years, 3 months ago

Mystery of missing fruitcake solved after package makes 7,000km trip across Australia

ABC

It was meant to take a little over a week in the post, but three-year-old Beau's fruitcake ended up going on a one month, 7,000-kilometre tour of eastern Australia thanks to a recycled box. Key points: Tricia Agar's fruitcake bounced between four cities in two states An old detail on a recycled box was responsible for the cake's journey Australia …

Australia Post Brisbane Oakey Tricia Agar Ms Agar

2 years, 4 months ago

Locals in regional Queensland town Oakey are divided over plans to reopen New Acland thermal coal mine

ABC

A small town in regional Queensland is divided over the state government's approval of plans to expand the New Acland thermal coal mine. Key points: New Hope has won approval to expand the New Acland mine near Oakey The thermal coal project is expected to create 400 jobs Locals have welcomed the new jobs but critics say the project makes …

Water Hope Project Approval Queensland Expand Coal Mining

2 years, 6 months ago

Oakey swells with pride as street artist Fintan Magee uses library as his latest canvas

ABC

Fintan Magee has settled into a rhythm on the streets of Oakey. Ms Brosnan said painting the town's silos was a "statement of something positive" for a town that had been doing it tough in the middle of the drought. "People in Thallon know their community is famous for this beautiful mural, and it's sort of become a focal point …

Art Work Town Street Mural Peter Gunders Magee

2 years, 7 months ago

Coal mining company New Hope Group says it's ready for controversial mine expansion, opponents say obstacles remain

ABC

Mining company New Hope Group says it is one step closer to approval of its controversial Stage 3 coal mine expansion in Queensland's Darling Downs after a report by the Coordinator General was handed down. Key points: After five months of extensive consultation, New Hope Group says the government can now finalise a new coal mine The controversial New Acland …

Court Hope Land Expansion Coal Report Group

3 years, 2 months ago

John Lewis Christmas ad 2021: The story behind this year’s song, Together in Electric Dreams

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The John Lewis Christmas advert …

Song John Lewis Together In Electric Dreams Electric Dreams

3 years, 2 months ago

Oakey 'slowly dying' as the last of its mine workers hope for a reprieve

ABC

A once bustling town in southern Queensland that dug its fortunes in coal is in the grip of an economic slump but hopes a housing boom will resurrect its future. Businesses that line Oakey's main street describe it as a ghost town and blame the "imminent" closure of the nearby New Acland coal mine, unless a decision is made before …

Hope Workers Businesses Town Southern Queensland Georgie Hewson Slowly

3 years, 10 months ago

$212m PFAS payout for property value loss and distress, but residents' contamination fears linger

ABC

Federal compensation has finally reached communities with PFAS-contaminated drinking and groundwater, but the ongoing clean-up and lingering health concerns are far from over. Key points: Compensation from a landmark class action over PFAS contamination has finally reached affected communities Some landowners still living with contamination face water insecurity and health concerns The Department of Defence says there is no way …

Health Action Defence Water Department Katherine Contamination

3 years, 11 months ago

New Acland coal mine High Court ruling relieves farmers but torments workers

ABC

In all her 84 years, Alpaca farmer Aileen Harrison had never set foot in a courtroom — but that changed when she took on a powerful coal mine. Key points: Aileen Harrison says she will continue fighting the New Acland mine, but for now she'll tend to her alpacas She says more Queensland Land Court hearings, triggered by a High …

High Court Land Work Coal Harrison Marshall Ms Harrison

4 years, 4 months ago

World War II Veteran Wants His Coffin Painted Like a Pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum

News 18

A World War II veteran has an unusual last wish. The man has been so attached to Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit pack of gum that he wants to have his casket painted to look like the pack of the chewing gum. CNN reported citing Mars that during the second World War, Wrigley stopped supplying its Spearmint, Doublemint and Juicy Fruit to …

Economy Fruit World War Cnn World War Ii Gum Wrigley

4 years, 7 months ago

PFAS contamination fight 'far from over' for some Queensland residents

ABC

A Queensland couple whose land was contaminated by toxic chemicals used on a nearby Defence base say a financial settlement is not enough to help them move on. Key points: A Federal court judge approved a $212 million settlement in February for properties contaminated by PFAS The settlement relates to contamination from chemicals in a toxic firefighting foam used on …

Defence Settlement My Life Some People Pfas Oakey

6 years, 1 month ago

Toowoomba Regional Council sues Federal Government over Oakey PFAS contamination

ABC

A southern Queensland council is suing the Federal Government for negligence over the management of land contaminated by firefighting foams. Communities in Williamtown in New South Wales, Oakey in Queensland and Katherine in the Northern Territory have been affected by the potentially toxic chemicals from firefighting foam used on nearby defence force bases. The substance, known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl, …

Government Council Pfas Federal Government Pfas Contamination Oakey Toowoomba Regional Council

Filters

Articles for Oakey