Highlights

The first stage of construction of the pipeline from Rockhampton to Yeppoon commenced late last year with work being undertaken on the first underground road crossing near the University.

The Queensland Electoral Commission today ruled out a ballot recount, which means Brad Carter is the inaugural mayor of the Rockhampton Regional Council.

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Prominent Gold Coast developer and major Hope Island land holder John Fish is looking to capitalise on the unprecedented demand for marina berths in Queensland by divesting of his multi-million dollar Hope Harbour Marina.

If two local media polls are to be believed, Brad Carter is in good position to become Rockhampton's next mayor, but the growing Brad Carter delegation is not popping the champagne cork just yet.

The CQ Extra news website well may be the least consistent, most random, half-baked information source in Australia, but when we feel like breaking a story, we can break a story - like this one: We know where John Howard is. He is in Rockhampton. He touched down at Rockhampton Airport at approximately 2:30 this afternoon on the eve of the 2008 Australian Federal election.

International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is part of a worldwide celebration that occurs on December 3 each year to showcase the skills, abilities, contributions and achievements of people with disability.

ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) is proud to announce that NICK CAVE - prolific songwriter, singer, author, screenwriter and composer - will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the 2007 ARIA Awards, proudly presented by Motorola at Acer Arena, Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday October 28th.

Homicide investigations into the deaths of two people at Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland in January 1999 are being renewed after exciting new information surfaced in recent months.  A witness’s description of a man seen in the couple’s garage may be critical to solving the case.

The Antarctic ozone hole is back and although it’s almost as big as previous years, the long term outlook for a return to better ozone levels remains good.

The recent deaths of Army Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) serving in Afghanistan, who were named Razz and Merlin, will be honoured in a memorial to be erected at the School of Military Engineering in Sydney.

Police wish to advise that missing 16-year-old girl, Olivia Lauren Wale, was located safe and well in Rockampton last night.

A CQ Extra investigation has failed to uncover any evidence to support claims of a purported Facebook Hacker, and many signs that point towards a hoax.

The CQ Extra has launched an online investigation to determine if a Facebook user with an email address of bm_tnoo7@hotmail.com is a computer hacker or the victim of the increasingly reported practice of reverse spam. 

EAGLE BOYS PIZZA Yeppoon has recently been purchased by Ross and Karen Lane who are keen to get a slice of the action and offer pizza lovers a new level of service that is sure to win over the locals.

SHEP 2007 is fast approaching South Bank in Brisbane - September 2007 sees 430 students from 100 Qld secondary schools (including Biloela State High School, Emerald State High, North Rockhampton State High, St Brendan's College, The Girls Grammar School (Rockhampton) and Yeppoon State High) attending the four day program - 27 to 30 September - at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank.

Rockhampton City Council invites you to screenings of a remarkable drama series that presents the Aboriginal story through the eyes of Aboriginal women, in their own language.

The Greens congratulated Anna Bligh on her appointment as Premier of Queensland today, and Grace Grace on her pre-selection for the seat of Brisbane Central.

Country music’s most respected performers and industry movers and shakers were there to tip their hats to the Achiever Awards’ Class of ’07 which included those musicians, performers and organizations who have flown the country music flag over the previous 12 months.

Defending Sandown 500 Champion team Ford Performance Racing (FPR) returns to Melbourne's Sandown International Raceway this weekend with the goal of achieving back to back victories in the 40th running of this classic Melbourne V8 Supercar endurance race.

The Australian Greens today sent their best wishes to retiring Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.

The crowning of Cowboys star Johnathan Thurston as Rugby League's best and fairest player for 2007 has signaled the end of a regular season contest that has produced new stars, new fans and an exciting new team in the Gold Coast Titans.

Livingstone Shire Mayor Bill Ludwig said the Australian Defence Force bureaucrats this week told Council they intend to move more convoys through the Capricorn Coast to avoid contributing $8.6 million to upgrade Stanage Bay Road.

The wait is over! The finalists for the Queensland Young Achiever Awards have been announced and they are eagerly awaiting the big night on the 22nd of September when the winners of each category and the overall Young Achiever of the Year will be revealed at the official Gala Awards at the Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.

The State Government and the Bunnings Warehouse chain are working together to encourage local residents to make their homes and gardens water wise, Member for Keppel, Paul Hoolihan, said today.

The Australian Government has "serious concerns exist about the ways in which new technologies are likely to be misused in the years to come."

Under Parliamentary privilege yesterday Premier Peter Beattie made several false and misleading claims about when Queensland officials were advised of the potential presence of Equine Influenza (EI) in Australia.

Townsville has scored a second World Cup victory in as many weeks with the Rugby League International Federation confirming today that Dairy Farmers Stadium will host Australia's final pool game, against PNG, in the 2008 Centenary tournament.

A five hour crime spree in Worribinda has lead to the custody of eight youths for the break and damaging of a shop.

The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, today announced Kieren Perkins as the Parent Ambassador for the NetAlert—Protecting Australian Families Online information campaign.

The widespread adoption of cleaner, more advanced and energy efficient technologies has the potential to considerably reduce the growth in greenhouse gas emissions in APEC economies and help improve energy security, according to scenarios analysed in a new ABARE report.

Local surfers Ben Godwin (Foster, NSW) and Jessica Hickson (Boomerang Beach, NSW) will be hoping to use local knowledge to their advantage as they head up a quality field of competitors going into the Australian Open Surfmasters to be held in the wave rich area of Forster on the Mid North Coast of NSW.

CQU Rockhampton's Language Centre is providing special sponsored class
arrangements to enable Brazilian meatworkers and their families to boost
their English skills.

Australia's National Institute of Accountants and the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) have held formal discussions to put in place arrangements that will simplify the process for their respective members to hold dual membership.

The CQ Extra newspaper, under the auspices of cqkid, has joined the world's most popular blog site, Technorati.

The Brisbane Broncos are once again the NRL’s most popular team with an estimated 1,471,000 supporters (up 4,000 from December 2005), according to the latest Roy Morgan Research Single Source data.

A Roy Morgan research poll has revealed that Australians don't trust even their most trusted media sources. Does anyone wonder why this story failed to make national headlines in the media this week?

Audi has developed the first and only headlight unit in the world to deploy LEDs for all of the front lighting vehicle functions. Apart from the daytime running lights, these functions include the turn signals and the dipped beam and main beam headlights.

Two Capella State High School students sighted an adult koala in a gum tree located on school grounds.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services, Mark Vaile, today welcomed the announcement that Mr Leigh Clifford would succeed Ms Margaret Jackson as Chairman of Qantas Airways Ltd.

JOHN Howard is going to spend $189 million on "cleaning up the Internet" for Australian families, blocking pornography, upgrading the search for chatroom sex predators and cutting off terror sites.

Representatives from stakeholder and community groups meet in Livingstone Shire
Council Chambers this week to form a Community Reference Group to help develop a
long-term management plan for Three Rivers Beach and the Byfield National Park.