Charters Towers, Australia News

University of New England professor Abbas Valadkhani says his research ould help the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission prove we are being exploited at the bowser.

A man has been taken to Townsville Hospital with minor injuries after a road train rollover in outback north Queensland early this morning.

A MAN suffered severe chemical burns to his face when a bucket filled with chlorine products exploded in the state's north this morning.

"LUNACY at its absolute worst" is how Local Government Minister David Crisafulli described suggestions the $200 million Townsville Ring Road project could be stopped because of its impact on the habitat of an endangered bird.

Cattle sales in central west Queensland have been cancelled this week due to a backlog of cattle booked into the meatworks and depressed prices.

Queensland Agriculture Minister John McVeigh will travel to Indonesia on Sunday to rebuild export levels that dipped after the Federal Government's live cattle trade ban.

TOWNSVILLE Enterprise and Charters Towers will be represented on Premier Campbell Newman's next trade mission to Papua New Guinea later this month.

FIVE people died on Queensland roads - two in separate crashes within hours of each other - as the state's road toll continues to climb.

TWO of North Queensland's biggest music festivals will reassess their dates next year after fearing a decline in crowd numbers without the long weekend.

The episode, which will air on May 25, will show host Candice Dixon visiting Townsville, Magnetic Island and Charters Towers with tourism operators Bungalow Bay Koala Village, the Red Baron, Reef HQ and Texas Longhorn Wagon Tours taking part.

COUNTRY music singer Katelyn O'Donaghue loves performing on stage, but it's the laid-back spirit of busking that has her hooked.

Rural firefighters say a review into the Rural Fire Service has suggested offices in Barcaldine and Charters Towers remain open and fully staffed.

The Premier has announced 30 000 dollars in state funding for a feasibility study into a new wild dog barrier fence.