Why I volunteer
Why would you volunteer? After seven hours out at sea Paula Meredith was happy to tick the box to say she would help out Volunteer Marine Rescue
View ArticleBlind daughter inspires charity group
After years of learning from their blind and intellectually disabled daughter, Denis and Helen started a charity group - Where To Go For Help.
View ArticleVolunteers watch for coral bleaching
Volunteers from across north Queensland are helping to detect early signs of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.
View ArticleNew memorial to be ready for Anzac Day
The Moranbah Returned Services League (RSL), south of Mackay, says it is very happy with the town's new cenotaph, which should be completed before this year's Anzac Day services.
View ArticleNorthern clean-up nets 60 per cent more garbage
More than 4,500 volunteers across north Queensland took part in the weekend's Great Northern Clean-Up.
View ArticleBusinesses registering to help others hurt by floods
Queensland business owners should be able to register details from today about how they can help other businesses affected by floods.
View ArticleFirefighters volunteering on own time
The United Firefighters Union (UFU) says some members are volunteering to help with the flood recovery effort on their days off.
View ArticleVolunteers wanted for weekend flood clean-up
Volunteers involved in the flood recovery around Brisbane are being encouraged to focus their attention this weekend on the city's parks.
View ArticleSearch for victims goes on as Queensland mops up
There has been no let-up in the effort to find the people missing from the devastating floods in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.
View ArticleBligh slings mud in flood clean-up
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has joined the thousands of volunteers out today cleaning up Brisbane and Ipswich.
View ArticleA Wild Mob gets into iconic Australian landscapes
Popping on a pair of gloves and hat and helping pull a few weeds might not be your idea of a holiday.
View ArticleCall goes out for cyclone, flood clean-up volunteers
Blaze Aid has called on volunteers to help Queensland's flood and cyclone affected farmers to rebuild their fences.
View ArticleVolunteering to protect our environment
For two decades Christine Carlisle volunteered to conserve the environment around Mackay. As a Mackay Conservation Volunteer she has dug, planted, door knocked, argued, fought and surveyed all for the...
View ArticleSurf club pleads for volunteers lifeline
The Mackay Surf Life Saving Club says shift work and the introduction of seven-day trading has made it hard to get enough volunteers.
View ArticleYour 2011 rainfall records
2011 rainfall records for the tropical north - as reported by our army of volunteer weather watchers.
View ArticleBligh promises $35m for volunteer emergency services
Premier Anna Bligh's latest election campaign pledge is a $35 million funding boost for volunteer emergency services.
View Article'No fat' to cut in Queensland rural fire services
Queensland's Rural Fire Brigades Association says it welcomes any review into the operation of the support bodies, but argues that while efficiencies can be made, job cuts aren't the way to do it.
View ArticleFitzroy nears peak in Rockhampton
The Fitzroy River is slowly nearing an expected flood peak in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton.
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