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JANUARY 13, 2026 | Edition 40-35
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CONNECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF GLASSHOUSE COUNTRY AND THE BLACKALL RANGE
Eco park gets the go ahead
NEWS
By Sonia Isaacs A CONTROVERSIAL $35 million eco tourist park has been given the green light after the State Government stepped in to approve the development using ministerial call-in powers overriding council assessment and fierce environmental opposition. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, Jarrod Bleijie, said his decision to approve the Comiskey Group’s Coochin Creek project at a former strawberry farm on Roys Road signalled that “Queensland is open
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for business”. The tourist park will feature 150 sites including 75 villas and 75 camping that can accommodate more than 600 visitors at peak capacity. The 45-hectare waterfront site on the Pumicestone Passage will include pools, recreation areas and nature-based tourism infrastructure. Mr Crisafulli said the project was set to be a “world-class” eco-tourism destination and major regional jobs driver. But a coalition of community and environmental groups labelled the decision “outrageous”. Full story p3
From Landsborough to LA THE Twinnies have taken their local fame all the way to Hollywood, after a surprise appearance on US latenight program Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Landsborough sisters were secretly
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invited to Los Angeles last month following the unexpected global interest of a news clip filmed after a serious Easter traffic incident near their home last year. The segment, featuring the Twinnies speaking
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with TV crews about the incident, went viral, with around 26 million views. Flown from Brisbane to LA by the US producers, the pair were chauffeured to the iconic Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. Full story p10
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