Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspaper. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

No UFO but strange light in Queensland's north-west explained

Derek Barry
23 Jul 2019, 7:47 a.m.

David Attenborough declares Queensland fossils 'extraordinary'

Derek Barry
22 Jul 2019, 2 p.m.

40+ photos from the 2019 Big Red Bash

Derek Barry
19 Jul 2019, 12:30 p.m.

Missing Queensland toddler now presumed dead by police

Derek Barry
7 Jun 2019, 1 p.m.

Tobermorey Station under water as deluge continues

Derek Barry
28 Mar 2019, noon

Experts leave night parrot research in tatters

Derek Barry
22 Mar 2019, 11:30 a.m.

Heard of a Smiley Shield Shrimp? You have now

Derek Barry
21 Feb 2019, 7 a.m.

95-million-year-old dinosaur tracks found in Qld

Derek Barry
19 Feb 2019, 5:30 p.m.

Fodder drop photos, from onboard an army chopper

Derek Barry
18 Feb 2019, 3:30 p.m.

RAAF unload jet fuel at Mount Isa for flood emergency

Derek Barry
10 Feb 2019, 6:21 p.m.

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