Farmer's Curtis Island LNG pipeline battle turns sour

Santos GLNG aerial February 2015. Photo Contributed

Swan property in bitter dispute with mining giant

Club dream: Hopes to turf Gladstone's race track

Cox Plate Race Day at the Gladstone Turf Club. Photo Christopher Chan / The Observer

Could Gladstone Turf Club get grass?

Rain, rain don't go away: Record temps for Gladstone region today

TODAY'S forecast maximum of 37 degrees is seven degrees above Gladstone's average for this time of the year.

BoM predicting a maximum of 37 degrees, severe storms tomorrow






Top five things to experience this summer in Brisbane

THIS summer, make a pact with yourself to get out and explore your capital city.

Drink where the cool kids do this summer

There are a bunch of new bars open in Brisbane, make sure you're there!

CHECK out these new funky bars.

Discover Brisbane’s laneway gems

Brisbane's laneways will surprise you.

NOT all of Brisbane City is as it seems…

Science Festival seriously awesome

Don't miss the World Science Festival Brisbane!

CALLING everyone who wants to see something totally cool.

Is Brisbane the new arts and culture capital?

Check out GOMA's latest exhibition - it's all about hair! GOMA 10 Ambassador Patience Hodgson visits Nervescape V 2016 by Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (aka Shoplifter), commissioned for ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’ at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. 
Photograph: Natasha Harth, QAGOMA

THE rest of the world should be envious of this line-up!

Brisbane shopping just got better: 5 new shops!

Brisbane shopping just got better!

THE shopping scene in Brisbane just got better.

Not into art galleries, you say? Wanna bet?

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern ArtGOMA Turns 10Sugar Spin: you; me; art and everythingGallery 1.2Shoppy \"Nervescape\" 2016Media call

FORGET everything you thought you knew about art galleries.

8 habits of healthy people you need to adopt

THERE’S nothing quite like a solid sleep-in before work and a Netflix binge at the other end of the day. But... it's not going to get you healthy.

Goodbye leggings, hello inner ballerina

Sarah Barnes takes a yoga lesson in the Tower Bridge, in London.

Say goodbye to the muscle-building of 2016

How is your relationship with food?

The CSIRO has come up with an online tool that assesses Aussies' personalities and classifies them into one of five diet types.

Find out how your personality influences your meal choices

'Age is no barrier': 3 Gladstone women shed up to 100kg

Bobbie Miller, Catherine Hayter and Louisa Doig have have had their lives changed being apart of the Gladstone Weight Watchers group.

"I just wanted to look good in my clothes” 75-year-old loses 17kg

Luxury fabric makes comeback

Nothing looks lusher than velvet trimmed curtains spilling on to the floor.

Add a classic touch to your home

Expert tells how to be lean in a fat world

Get Lean, Stay Lean by Dr Joanna McMillan

Dr Joanna McMillan's new book on losing weight

Sustainable clothing a 2017 trend

Items from Yevu Clothing's November 2016 release.

Fashion production in spotlight

$20k damage: Drunk man's rampage at car dealership

HE WAS "grossly intoxicated" and says he doesn't remember damaging two doors and eight cars.

Dad hears daughter allegedly choked after fight over milk

SHE thought she'd called police but instead she called her dad, whose voice mail captured the alleged attack.

Music and mates may have distracted teen in crash

THE young woman gave up her licence after the crash that saw her car fishtail and roll.

Speculation mounting for sale of WICET to American buyers

An aerial photo of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal.

Reports of WICET offers from two American companies.

'Fake paramedic' accused over CQ coal port flu shots

Accused of posing as a qualified paramedic.

A MAN accused of posing as a qualified paramedic is facing jail

'Job-creating': CSG-rich land offered to gas producers

The coal seam gas industry is a driving force behind the region's positive outlook.

CSG-rich land in Queensland offered to gas producers.

Yarwun's record year not enough to boost Rio Tinto's profits

Rio Tinto Yarwun January 31, 2017.

Despite record breaking year at Yarwun, things still difficult

'Important issue': $500K boost to jobs for Gladstone job seekers

28 lucky unemployed people will be given a job-creating opportunity

1000-job revival with new $120M CQ mine

Olive Downs North is likely to become Pembroke Resources' first functioning mine, which stems from a $120m deal with Peabody Resources. The mine is located near Moranbah, north-west of Rockhampton.

"World-class" mine the first of future investments into mining hub

Readers' reaction to Dad's 'disgusting' feeding fiasco

Gladstone people fuming after reading a Daily Mercury story about a father who was called "disgusting” for taking his seven-week-old baby into a parents'...

'Dream come true': Bus puts smile on kids' faces

GRATEFUL: Hannah Avis, Bek Atkins and Kassidy, 9 with Craig Marriott and Steve Wakerley from Variety.

Rosella Park School receive gift five years in the making.

'10 year low': Investor snaps up prime real estate in Tannum Sands

SMART BUY: One investor has snapped up prime Tannum Sands commercial real estate.

There's no doubt the property market is doing it tough...

Youth council to help advise on issues

REPRESENT: Denica Hope, Michael Poli, Damien Hensen, Nethmini Alahakoon, Brad Reed, Faith Bates, Tom Kirchner and Jasmine Elliott with Mayor Matt Burnett at the first 2017 youth council meeting.

Young people will help the council with relevant issues

GPC: Workers exposure to coal dust minimised

Gladstone Port.

GPC has a range of measures to ensure workers are kept safer

Local Partners

Brand Insights

Brand Insights

Comedy with extra cheese

PUT on your running thongs or climb into your uggies: the gang from Sunnyvale is coming to the Sunshine Coast.

One of the top five car collections in the world

A 1950 Alvis TB14 Roadster is a highlight in the museum.

Gosford home to largest, privately-owned classic car collection.

Local music festival named among the best in the world

REGGAE: UB40, featuring Astro, Ali Cambell and Mickey Virtue with their band, at Bluesfest 2016.

Byron Bay event named in the top ten in the world for 2016

Bob the kangaroo hits the beach

Emily Richards and Riley Castelli take Bob the roo for a skip along Archies Beach at Bargara.

Emily Richards and Riley Castelli take Bob the roo for a skip along Archies Beach...

2017 Bathurst 12 Hour gallery

2017 Bathurst 12 Hour

All the action from trackside at the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour

NRG workers protest over changed conditions on their contracts

NRG workers protest out front of the power station.

Early this morning NRG workers protested outside the workplace over changed...

Valentine's race day 2017

Ferguson Park Valentine's race day 2017.

Ferguson Park Valentine's race day 2017

Valentine's Day scam that's worse than having to buy flowers

IF YOU'RE love lost, don't get your heart broken this Valentine's Day by online scams.

Woo your Valentine with this dish

Beef poke salad bowl

Woo your Valentine with this dish

GRAMMY AWARDS: How to fashion for the 2017 Grammy Awards

CeeLo Green as his alter ego Gnarly Davidson arrives at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles.

This year's Grammys mean Victorian, cleavage, or bizarre

What Sarah did to make sure she had a girl

All Sarah ever wanted was to have a baby girl to call her own

Daddy blogger: This is for the day drinker named 'Dick'

Daddy blogger and widower Lach Searle penned a letter to the "day-drinking" guy he met at an airport bar, who was complaining about heading home to see his family.

The daddy blogger lost his wife two years ago

Why taking a cold shower won't beat the heat

Taking a cold shower... is it really the best way to beat the heat?

What's the best way to cool down on these hot days?

iPhone 8 leaks reveals new feature

Smartphone expected to also include edge to edge display

Simon says 'I do' to hairdo on Married at First Sight

CURLS may get the girls, but Simon McQuillan ditched his luscious locks in his quest for love on Married at First Sight.

Married At First Sight poo risks relationship

Michelle suffers PTSD after witnessing Jesse in the bathroom on MAFS.

Scandal as a trip to the toilet risks Married at First Sight union

MKR feminist comment sparks outrage around the table

Matt (on the right with the ridiculous arms) made the ultimate gaff on My Kitchen Rules.

Contestant makes dinner table gaff

Lisa Curry makes domestic violence claims about family

Former Olympic swimmer says the pool was her "safe place”

Mining giant execs could sun themselves on region's island

OFFERS INVITED: Potential buyers are showing interest in Camp Island, off the coast of Bowen.

The vendors are hoping for at least $2m for the island.

How Airbnb turned quiet street into party central

Party time!

'Dramatic change to the neighbourhood environment'

New development smashed with 300 inquiries a month

COMING SOON: Work is underway on the Harmony site at Palmview.

Massive inquiry for 378ha Coast development

Just a lazy $2.9 million, this hideaway could be yours

Fancy a rainforest hideaway?

“We figured we wanted to spend more time outside."

'Oversupply issues': Home owners grant slammed by REIQ

I Love Tannum Feature. Photo Paul Braven / The Observer

REIQ slams decision not to change First Home Owner's Grant.

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'Please, for god's sake give me a job': An old man's plea

James Lindley has finished his 6th university degree and is now looking for a new project to keep him occupied.

WATCH: 77-year-old opens up about a life with no purpose

Too hot to work: apprenticeships go begging

Sunshine Coast carpentry apprentice Amelia Robertson slogs it out on the job.

Vacancies rise with the mercury

Backpackers struggle to find work in Noosa

Dutch backpackers Jordy Karlas and Karolina Korczak are finding it tough to secure consistent work in Noosa while on their working holiday.

Noosa backpackers looking for steady work... can you help?

The future is bright for this husband-wife inventor duo

CLEVER GIRL: Co-inventor of CASSI (Confined Space Access Safety System Innovation), Liz Stringer and Minister for State Development Dr Anthony Lynham.

Meet CASSI, a local invention that's improving the safety of workers

Full-time employment increases for third month in row

This was the third consecutive month of increasing full-time employment.

Total trend employment increased by 8,200 persons.

Need a NEW employee?

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Bathurst 12 Hour: the greatest Australian race of all?

STUNNING RACING: A Mercedes-AMG GT3 leads the way in a field of stunning GT3 cars from the world's finest exotic brands.

GT3s from Ferrari, AMG, BMW, Porsche, Nissan, Lamborghini and Audi

Nissan GT-R Nismo: road test and review at Mount Panorama

RACING BREED: The Nissan GT-R Nismo is finally on sale in Australia for $299,000, and where better to test this track-ready supercar than flat out at Mount Panorama.

Flat out in Nissan's track-ready masterpiece

Mercedes-AMG GT R smashes Bathurst production car lap record

MEAN GREENIE: AMG's latest weapon, the GT R, is now the quickest production car to lap Mount Panorama. Ideal advertising before the $349,000 supercar goes on sale in July.

German race ace Bernd Schneider breaks his own Bathurst record

DASH CAM: Couple lucky to be alive

A couple are lucky to be alive after they were involved in a head-on collision at Tyndale while heading northbound on the Pacific Highway at Tyndale on 17th December, 2016.

"You just never know what's around the corner"

Extra muscle for 2017 Isuzu D-Max and MU-X

The MY17 Isuzu D-Max has just been launched.

Isuzu has launched its updated D-Max utes and MU-X SUV.

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