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Police examine house fire

A house fire in Wood Street, Depot Hill.

AUTHORITIES will try to determine what started a fire which destroyed a Wood St, Rockhampton home Monday morning.
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Car imbedded in servo

Tourists drive their car through the front doors of a service station at Marlborough

UPDATE 12.20pm: Two overseas tourists escaped serious injury when their hire car crashed into a service station north of Rockhampton.
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What goes up must come down

Beef Australia chairman Geoff Murphy with some of the 30,000 fence panels used at Beef Australia 2012.

DID you ever wonder how many man-hours went into setting up the Rockhampton Showgrounds for Beef Australia 2012?
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Rocky hears mining echoes

Keith and Del Williams are hoping to sell their lovely home at 8 Murlay Ave, Frenchville.

AS the mining boom blows Central Queensland real estate prices sky high, Rockhampton is finally starting to hear the echoes.
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Xstrata hits dolphin data

A snubfin dolphin.

XSTRATA Coal has responded to a report on their proposed Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal which claimed it could cause the extinction of snubfin dolphins.
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Sisters in double act for book

Rockhampton sisters Ros Baxter and Ali Ahearn wrote a book called Sister Pact together.

ROCKHAMPTON born and bred sisters Ros Baxter and Ali Ahearn have written their first mainstream novel, Sister Pact, released on May 1.
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Jail will protect subcontractors

"HAVE a cup of concrete and harden up" was the advice from one reader after local businesses lost tens of thousands of dollars as Laprock Constructions went.
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Relay proves best ever

Rocky Rollers strike back at the Relay for Life at CQUniversity.

CELEBRATING its 10th year in Rockhampton, Relay for Life reached a new high, raising more than $207,000.
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Girls' joy ride gone wrong

IT was a joy ride that ended quickly for three 15-year-old girls after they crashed a relative's car into several other vehicles in Norman Gardens.

 

Robbery, bash accused held

MAGISTRATE Mark Morrow refused bail for a man who allegedly punched another man unconscious and stole his wallet.

 

It's another boy

Dana Schneider holds new arrival Toby this week. Father Jason is at the back while brothers Jack, Ben, Bailey and Lachie all smile for the camera.

EMERALD'S Dana Schneider is living in a man's world … every day.
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Weather cools for carnival

Khia Jeffries-Kelly dressed by She’s All That.

COOLER nights have been a sure indicator winter is on its way and there will be another indicator.

 

CFMEU warns of strikes

ROLLING seven-day strikes at seven Central Queensland coal mines could start, mine union leader Steve Smyth has warned.
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Study is just 'diversion'

Paul Lancaster, chairman of the group campaigning for the coast to break away from Rockhampton Regional Council, on a float in the Pinefest parade. He says the de-amalgamation process does not need an independent study paid for by coast residents.

THE leader of the Capricorn Coast Independence Movement is urging supporters to ignore a proposal to fund an independent study.
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Kids splash out at park romp

Gracelyn Bakss (4) and Caleb Bakss (6) just finished having their face painted in time for a quick photo at the CQU Romp in the Park at Rockhampton Botanical Gardens.

CALEB and Gracelyn Bakss let the paint do the talking when they paraded around the Botanic Gardens.
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