Melissa Mills believes there's no stronger bond than that between a mother and child – and she wants to capture it visually, forever. She is photographing women and their children at "matriarchal" sites in Queensland's Carnarvon Gorge.
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Subscriber only Capricorn District Scouts is modernising its record-keeping and progression structure to benefit its 200 young members and become more inclusive. Instead of marking progression in physical books, the youth organisation will use an online portal to keep track of its members successes, which will be transferable to Scouts groups across the country. Forty Scouts leaders from Rockhampton, Gracemere, Yeppoon, Mackay, Gladstone, and Port Curis met at Seeonee Park last weekend to learn about the new system. Capricorn District Commissioner Scott Neil started in Scouts when he was six years old, 27 years ago. He said the traditional Scouts program was about 40 years old, but the new one was less prescribed .
UPDATE, SUNDAY 10AM: Tony Williams remains in the lead as almost 80 per cent of votes have been counted in the Rockhampton Regional Council mayoral vacancy by-election.
The latest data from the Electoral Commission of Queensland shows 44,649 votes have been counted out of 55,885.
Mr Williams now has 24.88 per cent of the votes with 10,810.
Holding second position is Russell Claus with 15.53 per cent of the votes with 6,748 votes.
Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper is in third with 12.30 per cent of the votes with 5,346 votes.
In fourth is Cherie Rutherford, gaining 10.19 per cent of the votes with 4,428 votes.
Donna Kirkland is in fifth position with 9.15 per cent of the votes with 3,977 votes.