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22nd October 2024

AM Edition

‘First site’: Medical practice for veterans opens in Townsville

Familiar with the challenges facing defence force members transitioning to civilian life, a veteran doctor has launched a dedicated medical hub. Read how he’s also supporting Chart...

End of an era? Iconic outback rodeo enters voluntary administration

The Mount Isa Mines Rodeo has entered voluntary administration after a shocker 2024 event where crowd numbers were 40 per cent less than expected.

Vehicle rolls on Bruce Hwy north of Townsville

Emergency services are responding after a vehicle rolled on the Bruce Highway between Townsville and Ingham.

Driver, 17, killed just weeks out from celebrating her Year 12 formal

A teen driver described as a ‘beautiful girl’ only had her provisional licence for a few days when her life was cut heartbreakingly short. TRIBUTE

Free hearing and speech tests for Kindy students offered by LNP

A Townsville early learning centre owner said an LNP promise to offer free vision, hearing and speech development tests to Queensland children would be “amazing”.

Teen dad stole car from hospital belonging to father seeing newborn

A teen car thief with a two-day old child stole a vehicle from a fellow new father seeing his child for the first time, causing a ruckus on his drive away.

How ‘powerful, unique’ mentoring program is making its mark

A veteran Townsville educator says a mentoring program for young and long-term unemployed people is achieving success like nothing she’s seen in over 40 years of education and comm...

‘Scary’: Sam Wood’s fears for online safety of daughters

The fitness guru and reality TV star reveals what scares him most about raising his daughters in a world with social media and the personal connection he has with the Unplug24 camp...

Restaurant reviewer loses it over $215 piece of fish

A piece of fish for $215. $85 for a main of lamb. $16 for a slice of focaccia. We may be in a cost of living crisis, but it seems s...

‘Crazed’ Diddy ‘raped 13yo’, new lawsuit alleges

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of allegedly drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl as two celebrities joined in at an awards afterparty in New York in 2000, according to a new...