'Shock of his life': Mum's horror as son pricked by needle

Angela Moore and her son John Williams, 4, were horrified after he was pricked with a needle at a Barney Point parkland.

A boy was pricked by what nurses believe was a used needle.

REVEALED: The schools that suspended hundreds of students last year

See how your son or daughter's school fared.

42 home owners that haven't paid their rates revealed

PAY UP: Council has threatened to sell homes belonging to 42 property owners. Stock image.

ADDRESSES and amount owing of Gladstone property owners revealed.






Drink where the cool kids do this summer

MAKE yourself visible where all the cool cats are drinking this summer with these new Brisbane bars:

Discover Brisbane’s laneway gems

Brisbane's laneways will surprise you.

NOT all of Brisbane City is as it seems…

Top five things to experience this summer in Brisbane

Tangalooma is amazing if you're keen for a dive, kayak or swim.

THIS summer get out and explore your capital city.

Don’t go chasing waterfalls…find them on these drives!

The Scenic Rim is just one place nearby that you'll love.

BRISBANE isn’t all bright lights and city slickers.

Your boots are made for walking these tours

Brisbane Greeters tours are a great way to learn the local history of the city.

YOU don’t need a bike or bus for a seriously good tour of Brisbane.

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!

A healthy lifestyle trumps misguided supplement use

Naturopath talks about concerns around supplements

Woman lost 56kg: 'Eating was my worst enemy'

WEIGHT LOSS: Jaime O'Regan is proud to say she's lost 55kg and can finally play with her kids.

Mackay mum reclaims her life after dropping 56kg

Why your diet is doomed to fail

PERSONALITY TYPE: A CSIRO study has found dieters fall into five key categories.

CSIRO study reveals cold hard facts.

Detox queen lost 20 kilos in 5 months

Sharon now runs a successful detox clinic in Melbourne and has her own radio show.

Sharon Tal was overweight, miserable and a serial dieter.

Learn how to love yourself

Learn to love yourself and watch how that flows to other aspects of your life.

Tips on how to express more love

Couple loses 136kg in just one year

Sticking to your health goals – never mind achieving them – is hard

8 habits of healthy people you need to adopt

CRACKED THE CODE: We've found the top eight habits of healthy people.

MIGHT be time to re-assess your routine and adopt some of these.

Wife's black eye and swollen lip were 'self defence'

POLICE prosecutor: "He chose the worst option, which was to retaliate using excessive force."

Drug driver claims he smoked up days before

SCIENTIFIC evidence tells a different story, says magistrate.

Five horrific attacks inside Gladstone families

VICTIMS suffer horrific crimes at the hands of loved ones.

Split Adani FIFO workforce

JOBS: Recruiters set sights on skilled Gladstone workers for $26 billion Adani project. Photo Contributed

A TURNAROUND in Gladstone could see FIFOs opt for home over Adani.

Popular CBD business leaves city shocked

NO MORE: Ketty and Simone Simonetto, the owners of Mamma Mia La Pizza Shop, will be closing their doors next Saturday.

SUDDEN, shock announcement catches Gladstone foodies off guard.

'Quality': Exciting new fresh food business opens its doors

Kelvin Young, Peter and Bev Costigan are proud to be opening the new Calliope Quality Meats.

NEW BUSINESS confident is has the goods to win over local shoppers.

Mystery as international plane lands in Gladstone

WHO COULD IT BE? This international privately-chartered plane landed at the Gladstone Airport at 10.15pm Thursday night, but it remains unknown as to who was on board. If you have any idea email newsroom@gladstoneobserver.com.au.

Private international charter plane will remain a mystery

BREAKING: Gladstone's vacancy rate tumbles

TURNAROUND: Gladstone's vacancy rates have kept within single digits for six months.

TENANTS are cleaning up Gladstone's high-end homes on the cheap.

'Terrible': Woman forced to leave life behind

FORMER Gladstone woman Jan Street had tears rolling down her face as she and her husband left the region for Hervey Bay.

'Truckie serial killer': Person most likely to murder in Gladstone

Candice Fox

A GLADSTONE murder would have to be committed by an outsider.

Why Benaraby is the place to be for Gladstone region lovers

Benaraby Progress Association treasurer Valda Garson, right, practises her dance moves with Elaine Cox.

Benaraby Progress Association holding St. Valentine's Dance.

40 Gladstone property owners face sell-off over rates

Gladstone property owners who haven't paid their rates face imminent penalties.

GLADSTONE property owners have three months to come up with the cash

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How Stay at Home Mum blogger Jody Allen struck it big

THE self proclaimed Gympie "dag” who has built a multi-million dollar empire out of her online advice for stay at home mums is about to launch a TV series

Comedy with extra cheese

Paul Fenech is taking his TV series Fat Pizza on the road for a series of live shows.

Fat Pizza and Housos are coming to town

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

Agnes Blues Roots Rock day one

Markayla Hutchinson and Sharon White at the Agnes Blues, Roots and Rock festival 2017.

Day one of Agnes Blues, Roots and Rock Festival was a huge hit for music fans.

Dunedin's Otago Museum Tropical Forest

The entrance to the Otago Museum

The Butterfly enclosure in the Otago museum is a popular part of their Discovery...

Get in the swim in Dunedin

Surfers get ready to take on the waves at St Clair beach in Dunedin.

From the Moana Pool, to the beach at St Clair, there's plenty of places to get wet...

Cadbury World in Dunedin

Cadbury World is located in the centre of Dunedin, New Zealand, at the Cadbury factory site. The visitor centre is a colourful and educational environment with chocolate-themed displays where you can learn about the history of Cadbury and chocolate through the ages. The Cadbury Tour is a must-do while in Dunedinjust look for the purple silo or follow the scent of chocolaty goodness drifting over the city.

Take a tour of the Cadbury Factory in the heart of Dunedin where every step has...

Dunedin's Blue Penguins

Blue penguins come ashore on the Otago Peninsula.

Take a look at the cutest tourist attraction - Dunedin's blue penguins as they...

Larnach Castle in Dunedin

Larnach Castle in Dunedin.

Take a walk through Dunedin's historic Larnach Castle, fully restored and open to...

Gladstone boy pricked by used needle

Angela Moore and her son John Williams, 4, were horrified after he was pricked with a needle at a Barney Point parkland.

Angela Moore explains how her son was pricked by a used needle while playing at a...

New look $10 note

Safety features like the new $5 note.

The Reserve Bank releases design for the new $10 note, includes Banjo Patterson and...

Woman's alleged trauma after hospital loses cancer sample

Woman sues, claiming the breach caused her "major psychological trauma” and acute heart condition following aggressive chemotherapy treatment.

Kids' game "full of f**king paedophiles" according to dad

A mortified dad has expressed serious concerns over an online game

After eight operations, Emmy needs our help

HEART GIRL: Emmy Clark, 24, was born with the congenital heart disease pulmonary atresia. She is not eligible for a heart and lung transplant and requires frequent medical treatment in Brisbane so she is trying to raise funds to move there by herself.

Mum too sick to care for battling daughter

Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Cabriolet road test and review

OPENING HOURS: Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Cabriolet’s 375kW/700Nm bi-turbo V8 helps wind-in-the-hair drivers hit 100kmh in 4.1 seconds.

AMG’s $180k C 63 S Cabrio brings V8 thrills and topless elegance

Delve into your food psyche

Jessica Sepel's tips on how to make healthy food choices, and occasionally indulge, prove useful.

Healthy eating starts with the mind and rewiring your thinking

How most vulnerable were used to rort billions

Shonky trainers targeted poor and disabled in education rort

Desperate times for Dan's young family

STRUGGLE: Dan Bowman wonders how he will support his family Trish, Zoe, 13, Joseph, 12, Isaiah, 5, Malachi, 3 and Hugo, 1 after he was sacked from when SmartCity's administrative company went into liquidation.

Sippy Downs man one of those counting the cost after company folds

Star Wars: The Last Jedi mystery already solved

A KEY mystery surrounding the title of episode eight in the Star Wars franchise has just been solved.

Lisa Marie Presley's ex caught with child pics: court

Lisa Marie Presley, at right, and her husband, Michael Lockwood back in 2010. FILE

Lisa Marie, 49, claimed she was left “sick to her stomach”

Robert Irwin introduces Jimmy Fallon to wild guests

Robert Irwin introduces Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon to a cuddly sloth.

ROBERT Irwin continues Steve's legacy.

PHOTOS: Music festival rocks Agnes on day one

Shaz Carlyle and Comet Pithers enjoying themselves at the festival.

Hundreds flocked to Agnes Water to soak up sun and blues tunes

REVEALED: Two businesses to open in empty CBD store

The former Dick Smith store in Gladstone Central is undergoing renovations for the new tenants.

GLADSTONE CBD store refitted to welcome two businesses.

What $11.9m can get you on Coast's most exclusive street

29-31 Wyuna Drive Noosaville Qld 4566

This is what a cool $11.9m can get you

How a first home buyer built house with no deposit

NEARLY THERE: Construction on the first house to home orphans at Umoja began in January.



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His home will be completed later this year.

$6.3 billion project to drive population boom

BIG IDEAS: Artist's impression of the new 10,000-unit complex to be constructed at Springfield Central.

Driverless trains could take thousands to and fro from Springfield

Company collapse: Boss goes to Vegas, staff lose thousands

Last chance for staff to lodge their claims

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$40m Sunny Queen expansion means cracking new jobs

NOW OPEN: Minister for State Development Dr Anthony Lynham, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Sunny Queen Australia managing director John O'Hara and Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale at the grand opening of the new $40 million manufacturing facility in Carole Park.

'Egg-cellent' investment will be a boost for local economy

No time to respond to job applicants? Google CEO does.

Girl, 7, delighted to get personal response from Google boss

South dominates manufacturing grants applications

State Development Minister Anthony Lynham praised Maryborough's Downer Rail.

Most manufacturing grants applications from southern Queensland

New Rocky mine plans revealed, up to 500 workers needed

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: A mine that will eventually have the capacity to employ 500 workers is opening in CQ.

BOSS OF yet-to-be-built coal mine will hire CQ workers.

UPDATE: Administrators announce plan to save Stockland stores

Terry White Chemists in Stockland shopping centre closes its doors as administrators are called in.

'We are trying to recapitalise the business moving forward'

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Our best-selling city car is ready for a refresh

GT-LINE: Next generation Picanto has been shown in Europe, including with desirably sporty GT-Line kit. We're yet to learn if Australia will offer this option and a fruitier turbo engine for the new Picanto.

Value-packed next gen Kia Picanto arrivng by mid-year

Subaru Impreza 2.0i-S Hatch road test and review

WELL-OPTIONED Subaru's Impreza in higher specification 2.0i-S guise features excellent cabin features and cutting edge safety to go with a quality chassis.

The new Impreza offers impressive all-wheel-drive security and value

HSV's anniversary range celebrates 30 years of performance

POWER PLAYERS: 30 Years editions of Maloo, ClubSport, Senator and GTS bring power gains, revised suspensions and fresh styling

More power and torque for HSV's 30 Years specials

What is Autonomous Emergency Braking and can we trust it?

It's possible all new cars will feature AEB in the near future, but is your car braking for you always a good thing? It's clever tech, but not perfect yet.

Are you ready for your car to take control of braking for you?

Audi S4 and S4 Avant road test and review

CRACKING ALL-ROUNDER: A turbocharged V6, stunning design and high-tech inclusions ensure the new Audi S4 sedan and wagon look fine value despite a $100,000 price tag.

Sporty sedan and wagon without the trash talk

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