Late next Tuesday, January 5 is when Queensland Rail hopes to re-open the Mount Isa rail line between Charters Towers and Townsville, following the derailment of a freight train transporting fertiliser east of Charters Towers.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences, including unlawful use of a motor vehicle and assault, after driving dangerously

The fault lies with neither, according to Monash University transport researcher Marilyn Johnson. Dr Johnson finds the fault in Australia, on Victorian roads, is in the infrastructure. This is a complex problem that could take generations to change but Dr Johnson said the new passing rule,

The change will come into effect from noon on Saturday, with non-ACT residents required to seek an exemption to enter the territory.

The change will come into effect from noon on Saturday, with non-ACT residents required to seek an exemption to enter the territory.

Passengers connecting through to Australia will have to remain in the aircraft on the ground in Singapore and will be segregated from other passengers on board.

Sutherland Shire has been chosen as one of the pilot sites to educate young people on the potentially lethal impacts of risky behaviour on trains, and to reduce the burden on Police resources in having to fine young people for travelling illegally on trains.

Police are appealing for public assistance over a head-on crash on Heathcote Road near Princes Highway a week before Christmas. The accident occurred at 2.27pm on Friday, December 18 about 325 metres from Forum Drive,

As we come to the end of another year it is time to reflect and check out the latest arrivals of 2020 to Mount Isa and the North West. The North West Star put a call out on our Facebook page for parents to post a photo of their babies …

Ten locally transmitted COVID-19 infections have been diagnosed in Victoria, among them two people who travelled to NSW.