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When Jack Cartwright lines up on the blocks at the Paris Olympic Games next month, a childhood dream inspired by his hometown swimming coach will be realised.

The explosion at the Callide C power station led to almost half a million Queensland customers losing power, becoming the state's worst power outage in decades.

Nuclear reactors, if they are built, will be in the backyards of farmers such as Darren Jensen. He's thrilled by the prospect, but not everyone in town is.

State premiers make themselves another hurdle for the federal Coalition to clear if it wants to introduce nuclear power plants at seven locations across the country, saying they would not cooperate to lift state-level nuclear bans.

The state's map is littered with dozens of racist terms steeped in a traumatic history. While authorities have made it easier to change these names, advocates say the wheels of government must turn faster.

Chelsea Hodges swam the leg of her life to help Australia claim gold in the 4x100m medley relay in Tokyo, but the injury-hampered breaststroke swimmer opts out of Paris to prioritise her future health.

The wholesale price of electricity in Australia is three times cheaper than it was two years ago, according to new data from Australia's energy regulator, but retailers are still jacking up their prices.

Workplace Health and Safety is investigating an incident on a cattle truck at a central Queensland property, with one man dead and another seriously injured.

An explosion at a central Queensland power station that left almost half a million people without power could not have been anticipated, according to a report into the incident.

A new report has found an explosion at a Queensland coal-fired power station could not have been anticipated. The C4 unit at the Callide Power Station near Biloela, in central Queensland, exploded in May 2021, causing nearly half a million people to lose power across the state. Now a long-anticipated report into the incident has finally been released. The unit remains offline.

The Australian Energy Regulator alleges a Queensland coal-fired power station did not comply with its generator performance standards, causing an explosion leading to a major blackout.

Students are missing out on elective subjects and teachers are taking on subjects they are not qualified to teach, because of significant staff shortages at some state schools. 

The statistic has prompted Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman to order an in-depth clinical review into the problem.

Almost three years after a catastrophic incident left almost half a million people without power, investors still don't have answers as to what caused the explosion. 

The Biloela Hospital maternity service remains on bypass after more than 18 months, with at least one couple scared for the life of their unborn child.

Katie Craig's son was born prematurely just three weeks before the Biloela maternity service went on bypass. She would like another baby, but finds the thought of being without a service nearby terrifying.

This central Queensland family are putting their next pregnancy on hold due to the bypass of their local maternity service.

Australia's National Anti-Scam Centre has received reports of fraudsters using funeral live streams to steal people's card details, with a Queensland funeral home "dismayed" to find its clients targeted via a Facebook friend request. 

An alliance of rural councils has signed an agreement with CopperString's founders to build a 930km "clean energy corridor" transmission line from Hughenden in the west to Biloela, one of Queensland's major power hubs.

Deserted churches can be found across Australia as monuments to a bygone era. But not all deconsecrated holy places are destined for a lonely, forgotten existence.