Skip to main content

Bundaberg - 4670

After months of reviews, the government has made its first move on the big supermarkets

The federal government confirms it will impose new obligations on large supermarket chains to treat their suppliers fairly, enforced by hefty fines.
Updated
Illuminated logos of Coles and Woolworths outside of each supermarket in a shopping centre.

Nuclear power could put these tiny towns in the national spotlight, but residents' opinions are divided

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.
A man with a beard in a blue shirt learning on a tractor.

'Vegan Dracula' fish excites scientists after discovery in Queensland waterways

The finding bucks the belief that lamprey fish live in cold climates and gives researchers hope the species could be resistant to climate change.
Updated
A close up of the mouth of what looks like an eel, with rows of teeth

Kabi Kabi people awarded native title over 365,345 hectares of land on Sunshine Coast

The determination marks the first occasion on Australia's east coast where native title has been recognised in a heavily urbanised area.
Updated
A man in a light pink shirt speaks into microphones with an Aboriginal flag and crowd of supporters behind him

Sailor dies after yacht overturns off Queensland coast

A father and son were winched to safety hours after the yacht they were on capsized off the coast of Bundaberg. Rescuers later recovered the body of a third man.
An overturned yacht at sea.

Whatever happened to Golden Fleece, Australia's first oil company?

There are probably a few things that come to mind when reminiscing about long road trips across Australia between the 1950s and '70s. Things like overheating cars, AM radio and the unmistakable icon of the Golden Fleece. 
Photo of a blue and yellow golden fleece service station and restaurant.

Australia faces critical shortage of children's antibiotic as whooping cough cases soar

Families say they are having to visit up to 10 pharmacies to find a key medication used to treat chest infections, whooping cough, and other respiratory issues in children.
Updated
Woman with dark hair holding toddler son

These are the winners and losers in this year's Queensland budget

Population growth and cost-of-living relief are the headline drivers of spending and revenue in Queensland's 2024 election year budget.
Updated
An illustration of a map of Australia highlighting Queensland.

Queensland budget spend offers cost-of-living relief and red ink on the bottom line

Queensland's treasurer has handed down a big-spending pre-election budget, offering up $3.7 billion in new cost-of-living relief – unapologetically plunging the state into deficit.
Updated
A man in a black suit at a podium looking at another man who is out of focus.

'I just feel heartbroken': Sacked staff from collapsed airline Bonza chase their entitlements

Hundreds of employees of embattled budget airline Bonza are told their employment has been officially terminated at an online meeting.
Updated
A flight attendant posing inside a plane.

He's the greenie fighting windfarms. In coal country he's found an unlikely ally

This one-time Greens candidate, who is waging war on wind turbines, has found an unlikely ally — and a receptive audience — in Queensland's coal country.
Updated
A man in hiking gear squats, he's on a clearing, high above bushland. It stretches out in the distance behind him.

With no more middlemen, these family farms have saved themselves with agritourism

Facing closure, Kay Tommerup saved her family's dairy farm by cutting ties with processors and embracing agritourism. Now she wants to change the future for other small farmers.
A family posed with a dog on the bonnet of an old rusty truck.

Blueberry prices surge, but would you spend $20 on a punnet?

The price of blueberries has soared around the nation, and strawberry prices look set to follow.
Punnets of blueberries for sale

Steam car that once carried world-famous inventors fires up in Queensland backyard

Once driven by General Electric masterminds, a historic vehicle has been restarted by a Wide Bay collector more than a century later.
An elderly man standing beside a forest green vintage car in his backyard

Tilda Swinton at her most eccentric, First Nation folk horror and seven more must-sees at Sydney Film Festival

With 200-plus films, Sydney Film Festival's line-up can be overwhelming. Our film critics offer nine must-sees.
Updated
A woman with dyed purple hair looks distressed. She is wearing a forest green blazer. Behind her, a man in a hoodie.

Queensland looks to Bluey to boost tourist numbers

The state has turned to an international superstar to market its tourist hotspots as the cost-of-living crisis prompts a rethink of travel plans.  
A compilation of ads showing a red ball and children having fun

Three family members killed in horror car crash remembered

Steven Wheeler, 54, along with his parents Margaret, 81, and Bob Wheeler, 84, were killed when the car they were in collided with a B-double truck.
Updated
A car crash in a ditch

Three people dead after truck and car collide on Queensland highway

An 81-year-old woman and two men aged 84 and 54 have died and the truck driver is in hospital after the crash on the D'Aguilar Highway this morning.
Updated
A car and truck crash wreck

'Common sense' changes to Pacific workers scheme see minimum weekly hours scrapped

Growers will now be able to offer PALM workers 120 hours of labour averaged over four weeks rather than having to guarantee them 30 hours of employment per week.
Updated
PALM scheme workers picking celery and placing it on a conveying belt for processing.

Staggering cost of medical negligence payouts in Queensland revealed as patient fights to return home

In less than six years Queensland Health has been forced to pay out more than $390 million to more than 1,000 people injured as a result medical negligence in public hospitals. Michael Stewart was one of them.
Man in orange cap in wheelchair with dog on lap

It was the worst flood Bundaberg had seen. But is it ready for the next one?

Eleven years on from one of Australia's largest air evacuations, Bundaberg flood victims have finally seen a levee design that's meant to save their city. But they fear nothing will be done by the time the next big one hits.  
A man stands on the bank of glassy river, reflecting the cloudy sky.

$250m luxury marina development near Great Barrier Reef collapses, leaving buyers in limbo

The Gateway Marina on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef has gone into liquidation owing millions of dollars to creditors, while investors wait to see what happens next.
Updated
an artist's impression of a marina

Farmer found guilty of raping British backpacker at Queensland property

A court heard the father of three had an "open door policy" for his workers, including when they were in the shower.  
Updated
A man walks with his head down

Pacific workers hired in Australian service stations

Fijian nationals working in Australian service stations say it's a "blessing" as the hospitality and retail sectors are next in line to recruit staff from the Pacific Nations.
A man in a bright green polo shirt stares at the camera from inside a convenience store.
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds

A servo owner had trouble finding locals to work. Pacific workers gladly filled the gaps

Fijian nationals working in Australian service stations say it's a "blessing" as the hospitality and retail sectors are next in line to recruit staff from Pacific nations.
Updated
A service station employee wearing a green shirt stands in front of a shelf