The regional centre’s population has slumped by almost 20 per cent over the past two decades. Without taxpayer help, that ...

The ground usually shakes twice a day in Mount Isa — it has done so for seven decades.But today, the underground blasts won't ...

In Mount Isa, where the looming closure of the mine that serves as the region’s largest employer hangs like a cloud as grey as the smoke stack emissions, the rodeo had remained one of the town ...

Residents of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland are facing an unexpected financial strain after an intense summer heatwave pushed power consumption to new heights. The scorching temperatures have ...

The Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery directly employ 550 people, with 500 jobs also threatened at Dyno Nobel’s Phosphate Hill operations, but lobby group Townsville ...