The Latest Breaking News from Townsville

Townsville's $232m port expansion begins, dive operator worries about dredging impacts

The Woomera arrives in Townsville marking the beginning of a two-year dredging phase as part of a project to widen the port's shipping channel.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2022

Townsville family hear Tongan volcano erupting during video call

As Luluwai Wallace Hunter waits to hear from family in Tonga, she says she'll never forget the "thundering noise" of the volcanic eruption that cut short a video call with them.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022