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Premium Content Planned burns will take place this weekend across the Gladstone region. Gladstone Regional Council advised the Rural Fire Service would conduct burns on the weekends of May 15-16 and May 22-23. Smoke may be seen in the Mount Biondello area next to Tondoon Botanic Gardens and areas near Benaraby this weekend. Further planned burns will take place on May 22-23 within council controlled reserves located on Marrawing Road and Jono Porter Drive at Benaraby, with nearby landholders already notified. Planned burns will only go ahead pending favourable weather conditions. Motorists driving near these areas are asked to proceed with caution, while residents and visitors are advised to close windows and doors and keep medications close by if they suffer from respiratory conditions. ....
Howson stated she had not checked recently whether the payments were still going out of her account. Further questioning identified Howson had not checked her mailbox for some time and had changed her email address and phone number recently and failed to notify SPER of the changes. Howson stated she was driving to a friend’s house and could offer no emergent reason for driving on a suspended licence that day. She was issued a notice to appear in the Gladstone Magistrates Court in relation to this offence. Howson told the court she was a single parent who was new to the area and had no one to help get her son to school if she was suspended from driving. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only A woman with a shocking drug-driving history was lucky to avoid a jail sentence on Tuesday when she appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court. Ebony Carmel Williamson, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug-driving before Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead. Prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of Williamson’s case, which commenced on January 8. At 12pm on the Dawson Hwy, police intercepted a white Mitsubishi sedan and identified Williamson as the driver and sole occupant. The test returned a positive result and Williamson was taken to the police car for further testing. When questioned Williamson made admissions to consuming a relevant drug the night before. ....
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