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Supplies of the essential liquid to all human life - blood - are low in Central Queensland with 5000 donors needed in the next fortnight.
Delivering nutrients and oxygen to cells and transporting metabolic waste products away from those cells, litres of the vital red fluid are consumed every day in the region.
To increase supplies, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is calling for new blood donors to step up in Gladstone and Rockhampton.
It only takes up to an hour of your time, but you could help save three lives.
Over the next two weeks Australian Red Cross Lifeblood needs to fill 400 appointments in CQ.
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A teenage girl reportedly suffered a head injury after allegedly being assaulted on Friday.
It is understood that after Friday’s incident, a teenage school student went home suffering a possible head injury.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics attended an address at Toolooa at 12.38pm and examined a female in her mid-teens.
The spokesman said paramedics examined the girl’s face and head for injuries but she did not require transport to hospital.
A Queensland Education Department spokesman said they had no assault on record at any Gladstone region high schools on Friday. alleged assault
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Subscriber only A video of an alleged incident between Gladstone MP Glenn Butcher s father Neville and a One Nation volunteer during early voting in the 2020 Queensland election cuts out right at a critical moment. On October 21, One Nation volunteer Ian Paterson said he was confronted by Neville Butcher at the Boyne Island Community Centre polling booth. Mr Paterson said the pair exchanged words, before he alleges Neville Butcher put his hand on his chest and pushed him, resulting in the One Nation volunteer falling over backwards. He reported the incident to Tannum Sands police, which resulted in an investigation being conducted by a Rockhampton Detective.
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Subscriber only The evolution of Gladstone as a renewable hydrogen powerhouse is exceeding benchmarks with the $4.2 million project s plant months ahead of schedule. Hydrogen Park Gladstone will be an Australian first, delivering up to 10 per cent renewable hydrogen into the gas network to feed about 770 customers. The Palaszczuk government has invested $1.7 million into the project, Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Minister Mick de Brenni said, to drive the hydrogen industry forward and create highly skilled jobs in regional Queensland. The Hydrogen Park Gladstone project will be the first in Australia to blend renewable hydrogen into an entire city gas network for residential, commercial and industrial customers, he said.