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25.01.2022 #BREAKING: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is providing an update on COVID-19. For rolling coverage watch Sky News Australia on Foxtel or visit www.skynews.com.au.
25.01.2022 QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with the latest coronavirus update.
25.01.2022 Hello everyone, friendly reminder if you’re in Queensland to please make sure by the end of today that you are enrolled to vote/your details with the AEC are up to date. No matter which side of the fence you sit on, this is the most important state election in a generation because of everything happening in the world at the moment. Make sure to do your research, read the news, dive deep into the various parties policies. You can enrol to vote or update your enrolment here: https://www.aec.gov.au
24.01.2022 Last night’s episode of Foreign Correspondent is a must watch. https://youtu.be/Bu_EUpLtMYg
24.01.2022 The Chronicle has obtained the candidate information booklets for several of the Groom LNP preselection hopefuls. Here is what they had to say.
22.01.2022 COVID-19 update for Darling Downs We have no new COVID-19 cases to report in our region today From 8am Monday (31/08) restrictions on gatherings and a...ged care will extend to the Darling Downs. Darling Downs Health map: https://bit.ly/3hS00z3 Gatherings in people’s homes and outdoors are limited to 10 people for residents in Darling Downs, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan City, Scenic Rim, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Moreton Bay, and Redlands council areas. Everywhere else, gatherings in people’s homes and outdoors are limited to 30 people. Visits to aged care and disability accommodation services are limited in the Darling Downs, Gold Coast and in Greater Brisbane, Ipswich, Darling Downs and surrounds. Venues and events that follow COVID Safe Industry Plans can continue operating, including cafés, restaurants, clubs, pubs, weddings and funerals. Please stay safe: Wash hands often and thoroughly Maintain social distancing Cover coughs or sneezes Stay at home if unwell Get tested if you're showing any signs of COVID-19.
22.01.2022 #BREAKING: The Toowoomba man was not supported by DFAT in his application for an exemption from hotel quarantine, but while he did not have that support, The Chronicle understands the Australian Embassy in Kabul wrote a note confirming that the individual was "travelling on essential Australian Government business".
21.01.2022 The Queen breached the central tenet of a constitutional monarchy, that the Monarch is politically neutral and must play no role in political matters. The damage this has done to the Queen, to Kerr, and the monarchy is incalculable. Historian Jenny Hocking on the Palace Letters, something which she fought years to get access to and won.
20.01.2022 Earlier this week I contacted every Queensland state Labor MP about their view on the New Acland stage three expansion. Only two responded. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//qld-labor-mps-si/4057312/
20.01.2022 Some thoughts tonight on the tragic end of print for the South Burnett Times and the Central and North Burnett Times: I was 20 when I loaded my newly-bought second hand car up with furniture and clothes in 2016 and drove to my very first job at the Central and North Burnett Times in Mundubbera. I was terrified.... I wasn’t a country kid, I was a city kid and here I was moving to Mundubbera, a place I had never heard of before. It’s a testament to the locals that I was welcomed with such open arms. Annaleigh, Justine, Laura, Robyn. Dan the police man. Prue. Everyone in that town made me feel welcome and a part of the community. Just as I was finding my feet in the town I was seconded to the South Burnett Times in Kingaroy, where again, I was welcomed with open arms. But this isn’t about me, this is about the community’s stories, of the highs and the lows, the hope and the tragedy. Preserving the memories of those we lost, like Gary Ryan, Austin Cotterill, Jade May. Those are names and stories I won’t ever forget. There is one other name that has stuck with me more than others, one story that I’ll never forget. Rhonda Trivett. It still remains to me an absolute honour and privilege to have been able to so comprehensively tell Rhonda’s incredible story. Thank you for your trust in me telling that story Rhonda. Thank you to the Bjelke-Petersens for letting me in when your mother, Lady Flo, died. Thank you to the homeowners who let me in to tell their experiences of the 2017 Boxing Day storms. The Burnett Times, in both its iterations are two papers very close to my heart. I wouldn’t be where I am today without these two incredible papers. I hope you, the reader, will continue to support these great papers as they move to digital only. Thank you for your support when I was there, for giving me the honour of telling your stories. Maybe one day soon I’ll see you all again at the Commie for a drink. This article will be printed in tomorrow’s South Burnett Times and is also online here: https://m.southburnetttimes.com.au//paper-is-abou/4044584/
19.01.2022 It’s well worth watching this full interview. It’s in a league of its own. https://youtu.be/zaaTZkqsaxY
19.01.2022 IT'S ON! After months of speculation, organisers have confirmed the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers will return in September, but things will be a little different
18.01.2022 Had a lot of fun shooting these pictures of an old abandoned roadhouse near Warwick. Finally got the film back today, so thought I'd share with you all. Check them out on my blog.
17.01.2022 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has avoided weighing in on whether the State Government would listen to calls from three federal Labor politicians and approve the New Acland Coal Mine stage three expansion, a move slammed by the opposition.
17.01.2022 Garth Hamilton has been selected as the LNP’s candidate for Groom at the November 28 by-election.
16.01.2022 #BREAKING: Specialist armed police have descended on a Lindsay St address, in East Toowoomba.
14.01.2022 A Toowoomba man who had to travel to Sydney for brain surgery has been denied an exemption to quarantine at home, despite medical advice saying he should be at home. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//man-forced-into-/4104328/
13.01.2022 As the High Court heard OCAA's case against the New Acland stage three expansion today, Toowoomba North candidates Trevor Watts and Megan O'Hara Sullivan also h...ad a bit to say about the project in last night's debate. WATCH THE FULL DEBATE ONLINE FOR FREE HERE: https://www.thechronicle.com.au//1299590153fa30d25c348160f See more
12.01.2022 #BREAKING All lanes on Ruthven St are affected, in all directions, and urged motorists to seek an alternative route.
12.01.2022 If you had told me at the start of the year that I would have thought #BachelorInParadiseAU was the show for 2020, I would have laughed at you. I've written a few thoughts about the show ahead of the final tonight. http://titian.com.au//why-bachelor-in-paradise-was-the-sh/
10.01.2022 No, NASA did not recently change your star sign, the ancient Babylonians did that 2500 years ago. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//star-sign-shock-/4059449/
08.01.2022 Boarding school students from the ACT and NSW will be able to travel home and come back to school without having to spend two weeks in quarantine these upcoming school holidays. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//boarding-school-/4095069/
05.01.2022 Liberal MPs and Senators have expressed their concerns, and support, of Dr David van Gend’s Groom preselection push.
04.01.2022 Toowoomba South MP David Janetzki MP has confirmed he will run for his party's deputy leadership. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//2d3cd30321377e8c71a8a9c8a
04.01.2022 Here’s what five of the seven Groom LNP preselection candidates are saying to party members to try and win their vote.
03.01.2022 Toowoomba South MP David Janetzki has been named the LNP's new deputy leader.
02.01.2022 The date for the Groom By-election has been set by House of Representatives Speaker Tony Smith. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//0a5148d3cea513e7c4725dc82
02.01.2022 Today I got to land an Airbus A320 plane (sort of) in New York City's JFK Airport. Check out the video of that experience, and see whether or not I crashed the plane, here.
02.01.2022 ELECTION LIVE: I'm liveblogging Toowoomba happenings in regards to the state election right here throughout the afternoon and evening. https://www.thechronicle.com.au//2ed7f8556cb290efd50763826
