Townsville, Australia News

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service Board says the north Queensland hospital has been able to meet its budget for the first time in several decades.

TOWNSVILLE City Council could receive a multimillion-dollar pay day if it proceeds with plans to redevelop the North Yards former rail workshops in the CBD.

A HORROR weed that has rendered entire farms in the Caribbean useless has been found in Townsville, the first location in Australia.

RENTAL vacancies across Townsville are rapidly climbing for the first time in years as some agents experience their biggest lull in two decades.

TOWNSVILLE'S number of confirmed dengue cases has climbed to 16 with fears a different mosquito-borne virus found in Papua New Guinea will soon reach North Queensland.

PROMINENT North Queensland cane farming families have secured the remainder of the former Burdekin Agricultural College properties from the State Government for $12 million.

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

HEADING NORTH: Alan Jackson will play his only regional show in Townsville after the city secured the CMC Rocks North Queensland event ONE of the world's most successful country singers is headed to the North in a major coup for the city's entertainment scene.

Community Recovery and Resilience Minister David Crisafulli's controversial proposal to introduce a levy to help fund flood-proofing projects throughout the state has been greet- ed with caution by business groups and residents.

Thuringowa MP Sam Cox has spoken to the Attorney-General's office about how a man charged with the attempted rape of a four-year-old-child in Townsville in north Queensland was released on bail.

THE Queensland Police Service has lodged an appeal over an 'inadequate' sentence given to a man who urinated on a female police officer after pushing her down two steps.

A hunting shop in Queensland has received over 200,000 responses to a social media post in relation to an alleged case of animal cruelty.

FIVE more Townsville public sector workers are jobless after the Newman Government decided to close down the North Queensland Government Accommodation Office.

Police have reassured residents in Cobram and surrounding districts there is little danger to them in the hunt for wanted fugitive Graham Gene Potter.

After a great rest day in Townsville we headed west to central Queensland. The first night was in Richmond which turned out to be very interesting as it had been the day of a Beef Crisis meeting.

Farmers suffering any kind of financial hardship may be able to apply for a welfare payment, under changes outlined in the Federal Budget.

A mysterious disease that's causing sugar cane crops in north Queensland to turn yellow has now been found further south.

White Pages and Yellow Pages publisher Sensis has restored the size of its new phone books for Townsville and other regional areas across the country after a disastrous downsizing attempt last year.

TOWNSVILLE'S hopes of receiving federal funds for a new entertainment and convention centre in the CBD have been dashed, with the money likely to be spent on other projects in the region.

INCREASED bird-hides, more walking and cycle tracks and a new environmental management centre are some of the ideas put forward in a plan to revitalise the Town Common.