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Council to invest in erosion study
The Gladstone Regional Council will spend $50,000 on a study to stop erosion at beaches in Agnes Water and the Town of 1770.[MORE]
Council backs desal plant review
The Gladstone Regional Council says it welcomes an independent agency looking over its handling of the controversial desalination project at Agnes Water, on the Queensland coast between Bundaberg and Gladstone.[MORE]
Paramedic of the year praises local support
Queensland and central Queensland's paramedic of the year says he enjoys the challenge of the job. [MORE]
Council seeks desal plant approvals
The Gladstone Regional Council says it is applying to federal and Queensland Government agencies for approvals to build a desalination plant on the Discovery Coast.[MORE]
MP wants Agnes Water desal plant probe
The Ombudsman will be asked to investigate a proposed desalination plant at Agnes Water on the Queensland coast between Bundaberg and Gladstone.[MORE]
Woman hurt in boating accident
Two people have been airlifted to hospital after separate accidents in central Queensland yesterday. [MORE]
Residents rally against desal plant
A group residents from Agnes Water and the Town of 1770, south of Gladstone, say they will continue to protest against the the Gladstone Regional Council's plan to build a desalination plant.[MORE]
Council decides on sewerage plant site
The Gladstone Regional Council has decided to build Agnes Water's new sewerage treatment plant on council owned land at the end of Streeter Drive.[MORE]
Gladstone Council urged to reconsider desalination plant option
The Gladstone Regional Council is being urged to consider another option to the current water and sewerage plan for the coastal communities of Agnes Water and 1770.[MORE]
Sewage treatment concerns for Agnes Water
The Member for Burnett says other water and sewage options must be investigated for Agnes Water and the Town of 1770 despite a $40 million contract being signed.[MORE]
MP voices environmental concerns over desal plant
The Member for Burnett says he has serious concerns about plans for treated sewage to be released into the ocean off Agnes Water.[MORE]
Green light for Agnes Water desal plant
The Gladstone Regional Council says a desalination plant will go ahead for Agnes Water and the Town of 1770 after it trimmed about $4 million from the cost of the project.[MORE]
Desal plant talks continue
Discussions about the proposed desalination plant at Agnes Water are continuing, despite there being a multi-million dollar shortfall for the project.[MORE]
Police probe Agnes Water shooting
Police have been investigating two serious crimes committed over the weekend on the Discovery Coast north of Bundaberg.[MORE]
Towns to launch community bank
After more than three years in planning, residents from Agnes Water and the Town of 1770 have raised enough capital to launch a community bank.[MORE]
Pitt urges council to take water plan responsibility
The Queensland Local Government Minister says it is the Gladstone Regional Council's responsibility to come up with a cost effective plan to provide water for the towns of 1770 and Agnes Water. [MORE]
$6m blow-out stops Agnes Water desal plant
The Gladstone Regional Council has scrapped plans to build a desalination plant at Agnes Water because it cannot meet a $6 million cost blow-out. [MORE]
Action group rejects desal plant proposal
A community group on the Discovery Coast between Bundaberg and Gladstone says it has been opposed to a desalination plant in the region for at least five years.[MORE]
Govt offers water supply assurances
Queensland Local Government Minister Warren Pitt has assured residents of two coastal towns that an alternative water supply will be found if the Gladstone Regional Council dumps a proposed desalination plant.[MORE]
Agnes Water desal plant under threat
Plans for the future water supply to two coastal towns in central Queensland are at risk unless their new regional council can find almost $6 million in the next three weeks.[MORE]
Decision looms for Agnes Water desal plant
The Gladstone Regional Council has just two weeks to decide whether to proceed with the controversial desalination plant at Agnes Water.[MORE]
Council rejects turtle nest damage claims
Miriam Vale Shire Council denies that turtle nests are being destroyed by council work on a beach at Agnes Water.[MORE]
Fears council workers threatening turtle nests
The manager of the Sunrise development at Agnes Water, south-east of Gladstone, says drillers from Miriam Vale Shire Council have driven heavy equipment near turtle nests at Bath Tubs Beach.[MORE]
Boats take mail to stranded Qld towns
Australia Post has been going to unusual lengths to deliver mail to flood-stranded communities in central Queensland.[MORE]
Heavy falls increase flood risk in central Qld
More flooding is expected as a monsoonal trough moves north across the central Queensland coast. [MORE]
