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Subscriber only Representatives from Rockhampton Regional Council called more state and federally-funded upgrades to the Capricorn Highway an election issue on Thursday. A suite of additions to the highway already due in mid-2021 includes intersection upgrades, wider roads, and overtaking lanes, but acting mayor Neil Fisher said more could be done for the sake of all towns along the route. Capricorn Highway has to be one of the most strategic, important pieces of road infrastructure anywhere in Queensland, he said, and we know that the economic benefits not only for our part of the region, but also in growing the Galilee Basin, servicing the Bowen Basin, servicing our cattle industry, developing our tourist industry, particularly the drive tourism, but also there we need to actually have that connectivity that s still missing.
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Subscriber only An unsuspecting good Samaritan gave a recidivist offender, who he only knew through a friend, a lift to ATM, only to have the offender drive off in his car. Mitchell Lawrence Slade, 32, pleaded guilty on December 11 in Rockhampton District Court to one count of unlawful use of motor vehicle, disqualified driving, possess restricted drug (amtriptyline hydrochloride) and two counts of possess syringe and fail to safely dispose. Crown prosecutor Elise Sargent said the victim received a message from Slade, who he knew through a friend, on December 8 asking for the lift. She said once they arrived at the Blackwater ATM that evening, Slade wanted to wait, claiming he saw someone he knew and had taken some days off work so he did not want to be seen by the colleague.