It’s eaten in countries around the world – but we’re not paying the same price for our Big Macs, new data reveals. So where...
07th Oct. 2020 7:10 AM
Traditionally Queensland’s ice and cocaine supply would come from Sydney and Melbourne but restrictions had put...
17th June 2020 5:06 AM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed the huge economic cost of the school shutdown as he warns re-opening schools is...
06th May 2020 6:05 AM
The eye-opening cost of bringing Queensland’s Parliament to the regions has been revealed.
09th Jan. 2020 6:01 PM
How much board should you be charging your grown-up kids just to cover your costs? We’ve crunched the numbers.
29th Sept. 2019 8:09 AM
The government has been called upon to consider banning high charging doctors from Medicare to control healthcare costs...
09th June 2019 9:06 AM
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt will on Friday announce thousands of breast cancer patients will have the costs of...
29th March 2019 5:03 AM
Another dagger has been plunged into the Olympic movement with the Rio Olympics nightmare sinking further into a debt...
13th Feb. 2019 8:02 AM
Top quality Chinese money plant, the darling of the indoor kingdom, is more affordable than ever.
09th Feb. 2019 10:02 AM
SOARING energy bills in the summer months can easily blow out for those trying to keep cool. So what are the most...
21st Jan. 2019 2:01 PM
Council claims no net cost for NRL games but numbers prove elusive
14th Nov. 2018 5:11 AM
PETROL price competition is set to ignite with the rollout of major discounts and a rewards scheme that will allow...
07th Nov. 2018 11:11 AM
MAKING Australian television dramas like Mystery Road and Mr Inbetween is not cheap, with the cost of production...
30th Oct. 2018 5:10 AM
AUSTRALIA’S biggest housing markets are falling quickly. While sellers might be panicking, the biggest cost will be felt by...
27th Oct. 2018 11:10 AM
A MAJOR change to Apple iPads could deliver hidden extra costs for users, and the redesign is all but confirmed by...
25th Oct. 2018 8:10 AM
FIVE men who committed one of Australia’s most unspeakably brutal crimes may never be released, but the shocking cost of...
23rd Oct. 2018 7:10 AM
GOVERNMENT bureaucrats racked up a bill of more than $550,000 to stay at some of the swankiest resorts on the Gold Coast...
05th Oct. 2018 6:10 AM
A seven day experiment to reduce waste.
13th July 2018 10:07 AM
SOME of the household items you buy all the time are costing you huge amounts of money without you even realising...
13th July 2018 9:07 AM
FACEBOOK will allow administrators to slug mums, charities, memorial groups, public awareness campaigns and ordinary...
25th June 2018 7:06 AM
WHEN Maria Wassell realised the same pair of pants cost more in bigger sizes than smaller ones, she was “absolutely...
08th June 2018 6:06 PM
AUSTRALIANS have no idea how much money they are paying for life insurance in their super fund, sparking urgent calls for...
19th March 2018 4:03 PM
IT will be the wedding of the year and bride-to-be Meghan Markle is certainly dressing for it, including an insanely...
07th March 2018 12:03 PM
THE cost of owning a dog or cat over its lifetime could cost you more than a new car.
06th March 2018 7:03 AM
KRISTEN’S friends think her fiance is great, and are thrilled she is happy. But they’re doing everything they can to talk...
29th Oct. 2017 9:10 AM
Many Australians are forgoing vital treatment because of the cost.
06th Aug. 2016 5:08 AM
Early prevention of diabetes-related foot disease could be the solution to a problem costing the nation $350 million a...
19th July 2016 6:07 PM
IT costs $1 million to build a single prison cell in the Capricornia Correctional Centre.
19th June 2016 5:06 AM
FOR a family already struggling to get by, an $1100 power bill is almost enough to push them to the brink.
02nd June 2016 6:06 AM
SOME say there’s nothing like the feeling of driving a brand new car. Personally, I am in tears just thinking of the...
28th May 2016 5:05 AM
THIS year’s flu vaccine has been available at pharmacies for about 10 days, but only for those with a doctor’s prescription...
14th April 2016 5:04 AM
BUSINESS owners at a suburban shopping centre woke yesterday morning to learn their shops had been targeted in an alleged...
10th Feb. 2016 5:02 AM
HOW well do you know your garden?
29th Sept. 2015 6:09 AM
Why is it then that we have orange street lights on in the middle of the day and Fraser Coast Regional Council personnel...
30th June 2015 9:06 AM
FRASER Coast public hospitals treated 1018 fall injury patients in 12 months at a cost of more than $2.5 million.
15th April 2015 2:04 PM
HANNAH Ferguson couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she and husband, Colin, clinked their champagne flutes to the...
17th Oct. 2014 6:10 AM
A $238,000 STREET lighting bill that could be passed on to ratepayers will be at the top of the Fraser Coast’s agenda at a...
03rd Oct. 2014 11:10 AM
EDITORIAL: Memeber for Maryborough Anne Maddern may have raised a few eyebrows when she questioned the...
27th May 2014 8:05 AM
HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg wouldn’t be drawn into speculation about Tuesday night’s Federal Budget.
13th May 2014 2:05 PM
CLAIMS the Fraser Coast Regional Council is “selling parks away from our kids” have been rubbished.
07th April 2014 8:04 AM
THE refurbishment of the Hervey Bay Library will cost $220,000, including a $20,000 grant from the State Government, the...
28th Oct. 2013 5:10 AM
PHONES, we can’t possibly live without them, but sometimes the cost of keeping in touch makes you long for the sound of...
14th June 2013 10:06 AM
THE Fraser Coast Regional Council spent more than $12.7m on waste collection in 2012-13.
13th June 2013 7:06 AM
MACKAY Sugar has axed 35 staff positions as the organisation embarks on a “significant cost reduction program”.
10th May 2013 7:05 AM
EDITORIAL: The rate of diabetes on the Fraser Coast is placing an increasing burden on health services.
18th April 2013 10:04 AM
A MARYBOROUGH woman is questioning why it will cost more than three times as much to insure her home in Fort St than her...
12th March 2013 5:03 AM
PET registrations on the Fraser Coast jumped by more than 2700 in January and February ahead of a doorknock by council...
15th Feb. 2013 12:02 PM
EDITORIAL: Anyone who buys online or has hit the shops on an overseas holiday knows that Australians are...
14th Feb. 2013 10:02 AM
THE damage bill for the devastating floods, storms and tornado that swept through the Fraser Coast is estimated to be more...
02nd Feb. 2013 5:02 AM
HUGH Edwards, who went missing from a Point Vernon residence, has been found in Brisbane – but he does not want to be...
12th Jan. 2013 6:01 AM
