Saturday 19th May, 2012
Gillard farewells Townsville troops
Ms Gillard made the flying visit to Australia's largest army base, Lavarack Barracks, before jetting off to NATO talks in the US.Thousands of people are also expected to line The Strand in ...
Shots fired into home, injuring boy
Queensland police say they were alerted to the shooting at a home in Avocado St, Elanora, about 10.40pm on Friday.They were told several shots were fired into glass windows."A 14-year-old boy ...
Huge drug bust: 55 arrested, 230 charges
MORE than 200 charges have been laid in a police crackdown on drug trafficking in Queensland, after a massive bust on the Sunshine Coast closed an 11-month ...
Tour bus accident injures three
News.com.auMowbray near Port Douglas . Three people with minor injuries were taken to Cairns Base Hospital while a further 21 people were transported by bus to Mossman Hospital as a precaution. They were on ...
EQ alert to porn threat on school laptops
News.com.auSOME schools are not alerted via email to student violations on government-owned computers because each school is responsible for configuring its own monitoring ...
Pair charged with newborn baby's murder
ABC AustraliaBrisbane 4000 A Brisbane couple will face court this morning charged with the murder of a newborn baby earlier this year. The body of a newborn baby girl was found in a washing machine at a home ...
Cattle baron finally ready to pass muster
News.com.auVeteran grazier Sir Graham McCamley remained philosophical yesterday, after his renowned 46,000ha cattle station was passed in at auction for a second time.Glenprairie Station, near Marlborough, ...
All hail Prince's Purple reign
Brisbane TimesThe ageless and inimatable Prince long may his reign continue. The criticisms of the tour so far didn’t seem to apply. The set’s pacing was perfect - dodging from early eighties ...
Needle and damage done
Brisbane TimesDaniel Smith, 28, the night before he died of an accidental heroin overdose. What they did not know was that their 22-year-old son had been using heroin for three years, often in the family's ...
Stoner may hit Surfers Paradise roads
Gold Coast BulletinTWO-TIME MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has lost his lovin' feeling for motorcycle racing but may yet be seen tearing around the streets of Surfers Paradise on four wheels.A father for only ...
School laptop porn slips through net
News.com.auSOME schools are not alerted via email to student violations on government-owned computers because each school is responsible for configuring its own monitoring ...
Can they wear it? Yes they can
News.com.au"If you go out to a club at night the guy at the door is not going to let you in unless you're wearing a pair of skinny coloured jeans and pointed-toe shoes," he said.The trend for ...
She's a nude surfer with a cause
News.com.auAlthough scantily clad beachgoers are common in the tourist haven, boardriders and walkers have been left blushing by the sight of a woman taking to the ocean in her bare essentials.Word of the bold ...
Qld sports face cash cutbacks
News.com.auQUEENSLAND sports have been warned to brace for funding and grant cutbacks under a new State Government that says it must deal with reality after being lumbered with huge ...
Coffee Club has tea with bikies
News.com.auTHE Hells Angels in Brisbane have secured "sponsorship" from a franchise of The Coffee Club and a range of other mainstream ...
Court bid to bar 'death doctor'
News.com.auTHE State Government will seek a Supreme Court injunction preventing a Gold Coast doctor from practising anywhere in Queensland while police investigate allegations he hastened the deaths of three ...
State set to throw out Gillard ... and Rudd
News.com.auGillard visits flood-ravaged Queensland, and is criticised by some commentators for lack of warmth. Her one-off flood levy to help Queenslanders recover is highly ...
Deck death family sues builder, inspectors
News.com.auTHE family of a woman who died in a Brisbane balcony collapse are among the growing list of parties seeking damages worth millions of ...
Former prisoner goes public to condemn funding cut
ABC AustraliaTownsville 4810 Questions are being raised about the Queensland Government's decision not to renew funding to a charity that helps female prisoners break the cycle of crime and ...
Bus overturns with 35 on board
News.com.auThe bus was travelling on Mowbray River Rd, 10km south of Port Douglas, when it crashed just before 7pm.Police said there were multiple injuries but none was believed to be life-threatening.No one ...
$200 deposit for killing of wife's lover
News.com.auA JEALOUSLY "evil" husband paid a $200 deposit to secure the contract killing of his estranged wife's new lover in the hope it would reunite them once he was out of the picture, a ...
No more Black-Ban as fairytale ends
News.com.auTHE fairytale marriage of former Logan City Council glamour couple Sean and Hajnal Black appears to be headed to the courts - this time for a ...
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