Townsville City Council is leading calls for Canberra to abandon a “disaster of a deal” that could see an open-ended tax slapped on North Queenslanders.

Artists ready to vie for four major prizes can now enter into the renowned biennial public art festival Strand Ephemera.

Stage 1 of a critical link to open the Northern Beaches and unlock future housing supply has kicked off at Svensson Road thanks to funding in Round 1 of the Queensland Government’s Residential Activation Fund (RAF).

Townsvillians are invited to uncover their family stories, explore their heritage and preserve treasured memories as Townsville Citylibraries celebrates Family History Month this August.

Townsville City Council will undertake maintenance at The Strand’s Rockpool this week, with the popular facility closed from Wednesday through to Friday (29-31 July).

Branch out and plant new community roots at this Sunday’s Mount Louisa National Tree Day event.

More than 1,100 locally grown native plants have been shared with schools across Townsville as part of this year’s Schools Tree Day celebrations, helping students learn about environmental stewardship while creating greener school communities.

Townsville City Council is calling on all singers to put their pipes on the big stage by auditioning for this year’s Carols by Candlelight.

Townsville City Council has resolved to write to the Electoral Commissioner of Queensland requesting a postal vote be used as the method for the upcoming Division 1 by-election.

New national warning system AusAlert will roll out its national testing to all compatible mobile devices across Townsville next week ahead of its Australia-wide adoption in October.