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Fine print book designer keeps inventor Johannes Gutenberg's centuries-old letterpress tradition alive

It takes hours to prepare each page, and there's no guarantee what emerges from the press will be perfect. But for printers like Derek Lamb, "the romance of the process" makes it easy to keep using Gutenberg's method and sharing it with future generations.

ABC News · May 5, 2023

Woppa-Great Keppel Island leases back in state government hands

Tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef's Great Keppel Island cautiously welcome news that the state government is taking back control.

ABC News · Apr 24, 2023

Life-extending cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta made available on PBS to children aged six and over

Trikafta was added to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme for people over 11 years of age a year ago. Now, it will be available at an affordable price for younger children too, in a hard-fought win for families.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2023

Refurbished Rockhampton aged care facility has 22 empty beds due to staff shortage

Though it has up to 80 people waiting to move in, the newly refurbished Queensland centre has an entire floor of empty beds. Industry lobby groups say it's a widespread issue and solutions are needed fast.

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Rockhampton woman calls for new laws after death in custody at same prison where brother died by suicide

Devastated at news of another death in custody this month in the same prison where her brother took his own life, Pam White-Row Row launches a campaign to stop more families from suffering.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

Rockhampton man Portmoresbey Cecil charged with domestic violence murder of 71yo

A central Queensland man has appeared in court for the first time after being charged with the murder in Rockhampton on Sunday afternoon.

ABC News · Aug 21, 2022

Victim survivors fear NSW coercive control legislation could be used against them

Domestic violence victim survivors fear draft legislation in NSW to outlaw coercive control could be used against them by perpetrators.

ABC News · Jul 26, 2022

Woppa-Great Keppel Island's future in limbo as Gina Rinehart abandons plans to redevelop

There were high hopes mining magnate Gina Rinehart would be the one to pull off what others had so far failed to do. So what now for the future of Great Keppel Island?

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Coal exports, royalties booming, but communities say reinvestment falls short

Coal prices are at record highs and royalties payments to state coffers are forecast to grow by billions, but some coal communities say not enough is filtering down to their towns.

ABC News · May 31, 2022

Daniel Shields pleads guilty to lesser charge over machete incident with Queensland love rival

A 50-year-old central Queensland man is given a suspended sentence for a malicious act of intent — during which he inflicted injuries upon a love rival with a machete — after an appeal late last year quashed his original conviction of attempted murder.

ABC News · May 3, 2022