The short term future of Gladstoneâs Liquefied Natural Gas industry has been secured after Prime Minister Scott Morrison signed agreements with local industry heavyweights.
The agreements, signed between the Australian government and operators of Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas exporters, secure both domestic gas and exports.
Independent energy market analyst Energy Quest detailed the agreement, plus more relating to the Gladstone LNG industry in a recent report.
âPrime Minister Scott Morrison has signed a new Heads of Agreement with the operators of the three LNG exporters in Gladstone to ensure adequate domestic gas supply for the next two years as part of the JobMaker plan,â Energy Quest stated.
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A toddler has been taken to hospital after reportedly being knocked unconscious at a Gladstone water park on Monday.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to a water park on Flinders Parade at 12.53pm after reports an infant had been injured.
The 18-month-old girl reportedly had a fall in the water park and hit her head and back.
Her eyes reportedly rolled back in her head and she was unconscious for a short period of time.
While paramedics were on their way to the scene, the girl reportedly regained consciousness and was sitting up.
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Lightning-fast internet speeds of more than 10,000 terabits per second will be available to Central Queensland residents once tech-entrepreneur Bevan Slatteryâs proposed $1.5 billion âHyperoneâ network comes online.
The former North Rockhampton State High School student and now Brisbane-based businessman has unveiled plans for his 20,000km plus âfibre backboneâ which promises to employ more than 10,000 Australians during construction.
âHyperOne will be a new generation of hyperscaled network, capable of carrying over 10,000 terabits per second â more traffic than every other national backbone built in Australiaâs history combined,â Mr Slattery said. Bevan Slattery founder, chairman and ceo of Superloop, with his cherished pinball machines in his office for staff to use, in the cbd, Brisbane. Bevan paid for the swimmers to have a dedicated jet plane to fly to the Rio Olympics. Lyndon Mechielsen
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Central Queensland patients transported by the Queensland Royal Flying Doctor Service will experience new levels of comfort following the acquisition of four new Beechcraft King Air 360CHW turboprop aircraft.
The RFDS Queensland existing fleet of 20 King Air aircraft travelled more than 7.4 million kilometres, landing at 224 locations and amassing more than 21,500 flight hours in 2020.
The new B360 planes will land at the RFDS Rockhampton and Bundaberg bases, Gladstone airport and other smaller airstrips in the region for urgent medical transfers.
RFDS QLD head of flying operations Shane Lawrey said the updated turboprop aircraft featured technological advancements in the cockpit, as well as enhancements to patient comfort.