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Subscriber only Central Queensland is poised to cash in on a minerals and manufacturing boom set to deliver thousands of jobs and great economic prosperity to the region. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday unveiled the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing Roadmap, a 10-year plan to supply and manufacture for cutting-edge industries including batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. The plan opens up $1.3 billion in Federal Government funding to help manufacturers scale-up production, commercialise products and tap into global supply chains. Critical minerals used in batteries and solar panels will be mined, then used in manufacturing in Central Queensland, as part of the federal government’s $1.3 billion Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing Roadmap.
Box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) have been spotted near the Gladstone Marina, while their smaller, but just as deadly relatives the Irukandji jellyfish, are also known to inhabit local waters. The warning comes as cyclone Niran whips up seas along the Capricorn Coast, with the potential of transporting jellyfish closer to shore. Identified by their large, cube shaped body, box jellyfish have been involved in at least 70 deaths in Australia. Medical Services Director Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Dr Marlow Coates, warned against swimming in waters inhabited by the jellyfish. If you don t have a protective suit and you know there could be stingers or jellyfish in the water, just don t go in, he said.
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A common medical treatment undertaken by hundreds of Central Queenslanders annually can potentially have dire health consequences, new research has revealed.
Led by University of NSW academics, the research team studied 333 adult patients between 2015 and 2020 receiving paclitaxel and oxaliplatin chemotherapy in hospitals and cancer clinics in Sydney and Brisbane.
Chemotherapy is the use of powerful chemical drugs to kill fast growing cancer cells in the body.
The research aimed to discover pre-treatment clinical and blood based risk factors in patients who developed chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
Clinical and blood risk factors included age, weight and low red blood cell count.
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Four Central Queensland waste companies were “thrown on the scrap heap” by the Queensland Government after each being fined more than $32,000 and ordered to cease operations.
Department of Environment and Science DES inspectors conducted a statewide blitz of waste operators over three months, culminating in more than $100,000 in infringement notices being issued.
A DES spokeswoman said compliance officers visited a number of Central Queensland waste companies.
“The department issued four direction notices (which require activities to immediately cease) and four penalty infringement notices – totalling $32,028,” the spokeswoman said.
The names of the businesses could not be provided, the spokeswoman said, as they had 28 days to appeal the infringement notices.