And a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has opened in Hervey Bay which Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says will take pressure off Fraser Coast families.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And power has been restored to hundreds of homes in Scarness after it went out early this morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Treasurer hopes new centre will be Hervey Bay Hospital's saving grace

And Pilot Leslie Ronald Woodall has been found guilty of causing a fatal plane crash in Agnes Waters in 2017.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hot temps kill hundreds of fish in Bargara 

Pilot makes dangerous decision in plane crash, killing passengers

Police say it happened at the man's workplace in Owanyilla...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BREAKING: Fraser Coast man dead, caught in excavator tracks 

And there aren't enough truck parking bays on the Bruce Highway and it's making it hard for drivers to rest safely.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local group claims Maryborough factory is assisting genocide in Gaza

And fraudulent activity by a previous committee has a local kindy in dire straights..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Report finds police service prioritise white male skills

And property data experts say the Queensland housing market could see a weaker growth rate in the new year, due to ongoing high interest rates, cost of living and affordability pressures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hervey Bay Hospital 17 wards closer to completion

And Police have pinged nearly 1000 cocaine affected drivers across the state in the first 18 months of roadside testing... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bus companies exploiting seatbelt loophole 

And the head of a Queensland based investment firm says the Australian Securities and Investments Commission must regulate cryptocurrency companies to prevent Wide Bay locals losing big.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Coast region worst in state for cocaine affected drivers

The Premier's youth crime legislation looks likely to be given the go ahead after a week long parliamentary committee review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Youth crime laws likely to take next step today

AND Rangers are reminding campers feeding a Dingo once is enough to spark dangerous behaviors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

$20 million funding boost to deliver Wide Bay projects

Five people including a Bundaberg man will face court charged over a sophisticated money laundering syndicate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundaberg man charged over $1.15 million money laundering syndicate

Locals are devastated after a teenage boy was sentenced for killing Michale Chandler, Kelsie Davies and Sheree Robertson in a Maryborough crash. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Family heartbroken after teen sentenced for fatal crash

17 new Queensland Corrective Services officers are now working on the frontline at Maryborough's Correctional Centre after graduating yesterday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide bay Correctional Centre gets staff boost

The new Housing Minister is blaming the former government for a blowout in the social housing waitlist over the last 12 months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundy's social housing waitlist revealed

Court today in Bundaberg for Eight of the 13 charged over that massive cocaine bust off our coastline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People charged over alleged cocaine bust back in court

Managing expectations is how a Queensland economist is describing the State Government’s warning that Queensland’s credit rating could go down.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Expert not concerned about state's credit rate warning

The Premier has visited the Fraser Coast this morning to spruik his Youth Crime Legislation that's being reviewed before becoming law... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier in town  spruiking youth crime law

The future of the Bundaberg East Flood Levee is in doubt with neither Council nor the State Government ready to foot the bill for ongoing maintenance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundaberg's flood levee in doubt

Stats show summer and the festive season is generally a worse time for road fatalities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay road toll expected to rise during Christmas

Two of thirteen charged over that massive cocaine bust off our coastline at the weekend, are due in Maryborough's court again today....See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Men charged over alleged cocaine bust in court

Police have given an update on their crackdown on crime in the Maryborough CBD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WIde Bay police give update on crime crackdown

The Bundaberg regional Council will replace two trees that they say were injected with a 'substantial amount' of herbicide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mystery surrounds deliberate tree poisoning 

The hospitality group copping backlash over it's decision to scrap AUSTRALIA DAY celebrations next year has apologised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Owner of Bundy Tavern sorry after canning Aus Day

Federal police have charged 11 men and two juveniles who allegedly tried to import 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into Queensland by sea.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Waters off K'gari scene of alleged drug import

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has a new Federation CEO. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RFDS announces new Federation CEO

The housing market is cooling, but Queensland's regional hotspots remain strong according to CoreLogic's latest Home Value Index.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Experts give Wide Bay housing update

Police are investigating after a man from the Solomon Islands was killed in a crash on the Bruce Highway this morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police reveal more details of fatal crash

Rising insurance costs are forcing many Wide Bay locals to forgo home and contents coverage says the Insurance Council of Australia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Families under cost of living pressure pass on insurance 

A person has died after a car and wide load transport collided on the Bruce Highway south of Gin Gin.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bruce HWY claims another life

The Bruce Highway is expected to stay closed in both directions at Gin Gin for several hours after a serious crash. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HWY closed after truck and car crash

Campers are being reminded of the dangers of illegal campfires on K'gari Fraser Island ahead of the holiday season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

K'gari rangers urge campers to follow the rules

It's the first day of official work for Hervey Bay and Maryborough's new MPs with new youth crime laws to be introduced in state parliament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Youth crime laws tabled in parliament today

The Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service has become the first health service in the state to enforce new tobacco laws, shutting down three unlicensed tobacconists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay health service helps shut down unlicensed tobacconists

Parliament will then sit tomorrow -- where the Premier is expected to introduced harsher penalties for youth crime -- dubbed adult crime, adult time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Governor to open 58th Parliament 

Bundaberg Landcare has thanked the Bargara community for advocating for Tiny Totts Park after the area was spared from going under the hammer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community advocacy saves local park from sale

Private e-scooter riders are more likely to end up in our emergency departments, than those using hired devices, according to new research. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RACQ responds to new e-scooter data

Police have a simple message for wide bay road users after a spate of fatal crashes across the region, drive safely.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police warning for Wide Bay drivers

Queensland’s 58th Parliament will meet for the first time at 10am where new MPs will be sworn in and the new Speaker of the House will be appointed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay MPs to be sworn in today

A reminder to Wide Bay boaties to stick to the rules, particularly when it comes to shipping lanes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maritime Safety Queensland warns Wide Bay boaties

The premier will this week introduce new legislation to combat youth crime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier to make good on youth crime law promise

Police have charged a man over a fatal crash in Bundaberg on Saturday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man charged over fatal crash in Bundaberg

And preventative mastectomy delays are a "ticking time bomb" for high-risk women warns the Breast Cancer Network Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hundreds turn out for Maryborough CBD safety meeting

And around 500 people have filled out Maryborough City Hall overnight to discuss the safety of Maryborough's CBD.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exploding aerosol can puts Bundy boy in induced coma

And Fraser Coast Regional Council has announced Nikenbah intersection will undergo a major upgrade to keep up with a population boom in the suburb. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Tourism Minister weighs up future of Wide Bay turtles 

And the Burnett Riverside Hotel in Bundy has sold for millions of dollars..  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Great Barrier Reef reaching breaking point 

And that Police officer run over yesterday has been discharged from hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police investigating relationship between killed motorcyclist and perp

And the Forensic Crash Unit are investigating a two-vehicle collision which has left a man dead on the Bruce Highway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundy Police officer run over by car, teen arrested, others on the run

And Fraser Coast Regional Council has taken the top spot in the Local Government Blood Drive for the second time - that's nationwide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're not broke yet, but it won't be long, warns Bundy Mayor

And Katter's Australia Party has welcomed the LNP's pledge to reform an advisory body to fix the Bruce Highway, but says we need immediate action not more studies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welfare check turns to emergency, PSPA declared in Urangan

And the Electoral Commission of Queensland completed declarations within thirteen days of the 20-24 State Election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Councillors will pull plane 24 metres for RFDS

And Fraser Coast business RAD Rolled Ice Cream has won one award and is onto the next, hoping to bag a win at the Australia and New Zealand Tik Tok awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scientists developing RAT tests to detect jellyfish in Wide Bay

And the Wide Bay Burnett Region Organisation of Councils has voted in it's chair members at it's latest general meeting, and there's a local mayor leading the way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RAD Rolled Ice Cream on a roll to win national title 

And more than 1-thousand businesses are in the big smoke right now for Queensland Tourism Week, which’ll include two conferences and the annual Tourism Awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local council cops backlash over cut back pool hours

And Queensland's peak medical body says travel, vaccine fatigue and mutating viruses could be to blame for a rise in respiratory illnesses.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Truscott says Council can't do too much about crime in Maryborough CBD

And a young boy has been rushed to Bundaberg Hospital following a near drowning incident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over 200 dog attacks on the Fraser Coast this year alone

And Fraser Coast Police are urging residents to join the Community Camera Alliance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local tourism operator takes out top award for third year running

The Queensland Ambulance Service has noticed a spike in calls for help as parts of the Queensland sweat through a heatwave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spike in calls for help as temps soar

A Maryborough soccer player is hoping to make her hometown proud when she plays with the ParaMatildas football squad  in the Women's World Cup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay soccer player to join ParaMatildas team

A rise in Ketamine use across regional Queensland could be due to the fact its easier to import, according to drug harm reduction organisation QNADA.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is Ketamine use on the rise? 

Three people have been taken to Hervey bay hospital after two seperate crashes in Pialba. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay paramedics busy with two separate crashes

The expansion of rubbish dumps in low-income countries increases the risk of forming and spreading disease, similar to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Queensland researcher.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could the next Covid surface in a Rubbish Dump?

The Wide Bay Health Service is asking our Schoolies to get vaccinated before they leave for celebrations saying they could be at risk of contracting serious diseases.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay health calls for Schoolies to get vaccinated

New figures have revealed regional Queensland is using more party drugs than ever before with the highest average consumption of MDMA in the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Regional Queensland tops party drug usage

The member for Bundaberg has hit back at the Mayor's announcement she will no longer support the the Bundaberg East Flood Levee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundy MP hits back at Mayor's 'disappointing' annoucement

Fraser Coast Rangers are again warning K'gari Fraser Island Visitors to be dingo safe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rangers issue new warning after dingo bite

A geopolitical expert says a TRUMP Presidency could slow down our transition to renewable energy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will the US election impact the Wide Bay

Kindy's say their enrolments are booming under the State Government's Free Kindy program, but do we have enough early educators to teach them?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay kindergartens scrapple to meet demand

A body has been found in the area where a 42-year-old fisherman went missing in Maryborough.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Body found during search for missing fisherman

The Labor caucus will today hold its first meeting since losing the October state election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Miles predicted to stay on as Labor leader

A search for a fisherman who went missing during a solo boat trip in Maryborough is expected to recommence this morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fisherman still missing after boat found in Maryborough

The first meeting for the Premier's new cabinet is scheduled for today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's on the agenda at new Premier's first meeting

After several days a fire warning in Bundaberg has been cancelled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warning cancelled with fire extinguished

Queensland is the worst state for dog attacks on posties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dog attacks put Wide Bay posties in danger

Fears grow for a 42-year-old man who failed to return from a fishing trip yesterday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fisherman missing in Granville River Mouth

Cyclone Season begins today and one expert is urging us to reframe how they view natural disasters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay urged to prepare now for cyclone season

The Weather Bureau is warning -- we are not in the clear just yet -- with Thunderstorms expected to hit Bundaberg later today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BOM warns storms are on the way

The first LNP cabinet in Queensland in nearly a decade will be sworn in today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier to announce new cabinet

Sex education has a bigger role than we'd think in stopping school students from engaging in sexist and misogynistic behaviours, according to one expert.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sex education key to stopping sexist behaviour

Major alarm bells for the Great Barrier Reef in the latest State of the Climate report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alarm bells for Great Barrier Reef

The Bundaberg Regional Council has announced it will sell surplus land in an effort to get out of financial strife.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundy council to sell land to improve finances

The Australian Retailers Association is hoping a potential rate cut later this year will bring a big boost to Christmas sales. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay shoppers to spend big on Black Friday

AND Wide Bay shoppers are doing their research and checking it twice this Christmas, according to the Australian Retailers Association.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Smoke warning for Bundy locals

Police are investigating after a 20-year-old man was killed in a three car crash in Elliot overnight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 YO killed in Wide Bay crash

Three teens have been arrested after a 13-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted and robbed in Hervey Bay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three teens charged over alleged assault of 13 YO

The Bundaberg Regional Council has revealed how rate payers cash was spent in the past year, releasing it's 2023/24 annual report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bundy council reveals financial statements

Covid-19 cases are RISING across Queensland with the XEC subvarient now making up 20% of recent cases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Covid wave looms in Wide Bay

A growing number of visitors are stopping in at little-known Wide Bay destinations thanks to social media, according to one researcher.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social media sends influx of tourists to Wide Bay

This Friday, November 1, marks the start of Irukandji season.... the smallest and one of the most venomous jellyfish in the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wide Bay in range for stingers as season starts

Police are being told to cut costs as the service faces a 200 million dollar budget blowout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland Police told to cut costs

The Department of  Environment says a man who pleaded guilty to killing a Dingo with a speargun has been fined $5000 and handed community service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man sentenced after killing dingo with speargun

Plus, a warning is currently in place for the areas of Cooloola and Tin Can Bay as a fire burns in Great Sandy National Park.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A political expert says the election results aren't surprising

Plus, cricket participation has seen significant growth over the past year, according to Queensland Cricket.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local race car driver suffered serious burns after a crash last night

Plus, 3G devices will begin being shut off from today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maryborough LNP candidate secures seat with just over 70% of votes counted

Plus, more severe storms expected this cyclone season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Crisafulli and his Deputy to be sworn in today

And thousands have posed nude on Brisbane's Story Bridge this morning, taking part in a photoshoot by renowned artist Spencer Tunick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41st Premier of QLD David Crisafulli gets straight to work

That's from Premier-elect David Crisafulli after accepting victory in the 2024 State Election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"We have a contract with Queenslanders and we intend to honour it"

Labor's nine-year reign is over See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LNP swept into power as Miles is slammed for election night speech

Today marks the last day of early voting ahead of tomorrows state election.. with around 1.4 million people already having their say..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Major parties start last minute campaign frenzy

More than 50 police officers, a civilian and a Police Dog have been recognised for their service to the Fraser Coast community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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