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Both were treated at the Mount Isa Hospital. Two males, a 47-year-old and a 41-year-old, both from Alpurrurulam, were charged with several offences including assaulting police officers on duty.
Irreplaceable mementos of a club with deep connections to the Mount Isa community are being mourned after fire ripped through its base.
Domino effect Mount Isa is home to one of only two copper smelters in Australia and is the only one that can process third-party product.
KAP leader Robbie Katter has blasted the state government, claiming it has lost control of Mount Isa’s spiralling crime crisis after residents recently endured a ‘hellish’ crime wave.
Mount Isa is looking to green energy and gravity storage in its disused mine shafts to secure a future for the city once its big mines close.
Shocking footage shows violent street brawl between two women while a mother with a baby steps in to break up the fight in the outback Queensland city of Mount Isa.
The community at Mount Isa are furious and devastated after Glencore announced its decision to close the town’s mines in 2025, leaving more than 1200 jobs up in the air.
Demolition has begun on a building purchased by the Mount Isa Hospital, with future plans for the soon-to-be vacant lot near the hospital for several years still to be decided.
Administrators for the cash-strapped Mount Isa Rodeo will lobby State and local government for a support package to ensure the survival of the iconic outback event.
Mount Isa has unveiled a bold $2 billion bid to herald a brand new era for the mining mecca in outback Queensland.
Mining giant Glencore said on Wednesday it was set to close its copper operations at Mount Isa mines in Queensland, Australia by the second half of 2025.
Controversial independent MP Bob Katter has called on the Queensland government to cancel Glencore’s mining leases in Mount Isa and find other owners.