Man accused in Pheobe Bishop case misses court for second time
By Nikki Sorbello
A medical episode has prevented Kieren Daniel Mittelheuser from appearing in court to face charges of accessory after the fact to murder.
#NikkiSorbello
Fight to cancel coal exploration permit in Queensland food bowl
By Nikki Sorbello and Russell Varley
Exploration company Fox Resources has gone into administration, but the community that successfully fought off its mining advances vows to keep fighting to cancel the tenement altogether.
Teenage girl dies after truck crashes into cars on Bruce Highway
By Nikki Sorbello
The Bruce Highway will remain closed in both directions while police investigate a multi-vehicle crash that killed a 14-year-old girl.
Man with life-threatening injuries after becoming stuck in water tank
By Nikki Sorbello and Russell Varley
A man is being treated for life-threatening injuries after he and a woman were pulled out of a water tank.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-06/man-woman-stuck-in-water-tank/105856724
#AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #NikkiSorbello #RussellVarley
'Unsustainable' councils pass on financial pressure to ratepayers
By Nikki Sorbello, Grace Whiteside, Ellie Willcox, and Julius Dennis
Advocates say an outdated funding model and cost shifting has left Queensland councils in a risky financial position, with nowhere left to turn for cash except ratepayers.
#LocalGovernment #RegionalCommunities #Budget #NikkiSorbello #GraceWhiteside #EllieWillcox # #JuliusDennis
Organisers refuse offer to move festival off protected bird nesting site
By Nikki Sorbello
A two-day cultural festival will go ahead this weekend on top of a protected bird's nesting site in Queensland after organisers declined an offer of help to relocate it.
Housing estate on treasured green space now 'unfeasible', says council
By Nikki Sorbello
A controversial housing estate that would have been built on 26 hectares of Bundaberg's green space has been scrapped.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #HousingPolicy #LocalGovernment #ActivismandLobbying #Conservation #NikkiSorbello
Two-day festival to go ahead on protected bird's nesting site
By Nikki Sorbello
Conservationists say one of the country's largest colonies of a protected native bird is under threat at a two-day festival site.
Driver escapes after fuel tanker catches fire on Bruce Highway
By Nikki Sorbello and David Dowsett
The Bruce Highway is expected to remain closed for a number of hours after a B-double fuel tanker rolled and caught fire south of Maryborough.
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Fires #NikkiSorbello #DavidDowsett
25 hectares of bushland in city centre gifted for affordable housing
By Nikki Sorbello
Subdivided scrubland in Bundaberg that lay dormant for more than a century will be turned into affordable housing, despite decades of pleas for it to be included in an adjoining environmental park.
25 hectares of bushland in city centre gifted for affordable housing
By Nikki Sorbello
Subdivided scrubland in Bundaberg that lay dormant for more than a century will be turned into affordable housing, despite decades of pleas for it to be included in an adjoining environmental park.
Spectre of open cut coal mine alarms Queensland farming community
By Nikki Sorbello and Grace Whiteside
The possibility of a coal mine that was approved 20 years ago becoming a reality has prompted a fight against its extension onto more strategic cropping land.
#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Coal #EnvironmentalImpact #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NikkiSorbello #GraceWhiteside
Pheobe Bishop murder accused Tanika Bromley in court
By Nikki Sorbello
Pheobe's family was in court to hear that the brief of evidence was not yet finalised, due to "complicating factors" and the matter is adjourned until August 19.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/pheobe-bishop-murder-accused-in-court/105635660
The Wild Scotchman was Queensland's charming, intellectual bushranger
By Nikki Sorbello
From taunting police, escaping prison and commanding political pressure for an early release, charm and intelligence was the secret to Queensland's "elite" bushranger.
Bali scooter crash victim's surgery could cost more than $100,000
By Nikki Sorbello and James Taylor
A Queensland family is trying to find cash to pay up-front for surgeries as 23-year-old Keanu Neilson battles a bleed on the brain and bad breaks to his arm and pelvis.
Farmers paid to trial sugarcane in peanut territory
By Tayla Larsen and Nikki Sorbello
Farmers trial sugarcane for the first time in Coalstoun Lakes, a traditional peanut-growing region.
#SugarCaneGrowing #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #Farmers #TaylaLarsen #NikkiSorbello
Farmers paid to trial sugarcane in peanut territory
By Tayla Larsen and Nikki Sorbello
Farmers trial sugarcane for the first time in Coalstoun Lakes, a traditional peanut-growing region.
#SugarCaneGrowing #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #Farmers #TaylaLarsen #NikkiSorbello
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