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Drinksafe program flawed rushed auditor-general
Brisbane 4000 Queensland's auditor-general says the Drinksafe program to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence appears to have been a costly failure.Auditor-general Andrew Greaves examined Queensland's Drinksafe precincts pilot program, which aimed to improve safety in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Townsville and Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.The program, was introduced by the ...
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Central Qld measles outbreak triggers symptoms warning
Moranbah 4744 Queensland Health is trying to contact up to 400 people who may have been exposed to measles at Moranbah, south-west of Mackay in the state's Central Highlands.A nurse at the Moranbah Medical Centre is believed to have caught the disease after coming into contact with a patient who contracted it while visiting Thailand.The nurse was working at the clinic between Tuesday and ...
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Qlds national parks cattle grazing laws disastrous
Brisbane 4000 The National Parks Association of Queensland (NPAQ) says new laws will harm the state's parks and reserves.The State Government has passed legislation allowing graziers to agist drought-stricken cattle in five national parks and eight reserves.It says many of them were former cattle properties anyway and grazing will help manage invasive species like buffel grass.The plan ...
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Audit report reveals mistakes distributing gambling taxes
Cairns 4870 Queensland's auditor-general Andrew Greaves has released a damning assessment of the way gambling taxes are distributed to the state's community groups.Mr Greaves examined Queensland's four gambling community benefit funds, which distribute $50 million a year to not-for-profit organisations. He found the grant process was inefficient and ineffective and ...
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South-east Qld to get 10 new schools
Brisbane 4000 The Queensland Government says it will build 10 new schools in "growth hot spots" across the state's south-east, as nine others fight to stay open.The two new secondary and eight primary schools will be built in areas from the Gold Coast, through to Brisbane and Ipswich, and north to Caboolture. The Government says a Planning Commission was set up to identify where ...
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Woman bashed burned in alleged attack
Officers were called to a residence on Digger St, in Cairns North, around midnight on Tuesday after neighbours reported hearing noises.It is alleged a 25-year-old man stabbed, punched, headbutted and burned the woman with a piece of meat.The woman, who police said was known to the alleged offender, was taken to Cairns Base Hospital.The man was charged with unlawful wounding with intent to cause ...
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Raid uncovers drug lab in apartment
TWO men have been arrested on drug charges after police uncovered an amphetamine lab at an apartment in Woree, south of Cairns, on ...
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Pensioner shock at bank savings grab
Adrian Duffy emerged from a quintuple heart bypass only to find his wife's $20,000 Suncorp account empty because the bank gave it to the government. PIC: David ...
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Late-night sitting passes clearing laws
CONTROVERSIAL vegetation clearing laws which passed in parliament last night are bound to increase the rate of clearing, conservationists ...
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Monster stops chasers in their tracks
Hannah Wennell, from Perth, and Brayden and Melissa Marshall, originally from Victoria, along with New Zealander Neill Ellis, were on their last "storm chasing" day of a five-week trip to the US when they decided to head to central Oklahoma.Ms Wennell, 30, an amateur forecaster and hobbyist photographer who runs an online group called Renegade Chasers, had been tracking the enormous ...
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Pub safety project branded a failure
THE $10 million Drink Safe initiative designed to improve safety around pubs and clubs has been branded a failure by Queensland's Auditor ...
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State to announce 10 new school sites
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek will today announce the areas to receive 10 new state schools under a public-private partnership.They include high schools at Burpengary and Bellbird Park and primaries at Pimpama, Pallara, Ripley Valley, Springfield, Griffin, Bellbird Park, Caboolture and Redbank Plains.The Government has not ruled out co-locating them with independent and Catholic ...
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12 homes burgled in six hours
A 35-year-old man allegedly broke into 12 homes in Brisbane’s inner-city during a six-hour crime spree. Twelve homes were burgled in New Farm between 1am and 7am on Tuesday, police said. The man allegedly stole cash and personal items from properties on Oxlade Drive and Brunswick, Hazlewood, Sydney and Sergeant streets. The 35-year-old, from Acacia Ridge, has been charged with 14 ...
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Suspicious death Womans body found in Logan house
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body has been found at a house south of Brisbane. The woman’s body was found at a Leichhardt Street house in Logan Central about 7am on Wednesday. It is not clear how the woman died. But a police spokeswoman said initial investigations indicated the circumstances surrounding the death were ...
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Power of one is key for Maroons
Queensland's Origin hopefuls - Ben Te'o, Daly Cherry-Evans, Corey Parker, Jacob Lillyman, Matt Gillett and Chris McQueen One round to play, one spot to fill. Queensland selectors will keep an eagle eye on this weekend's NRL games before deciding on a key final addition to their State of Origin stocks. Queensland will reveal their game one squad on Monday night, 24 hours after ...
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Power of one key for Maroons
Queensland's Origin hopefuls - Ben Te'o, Daly Cherry-Evans, Corey Parker, Jacob Lillyman, Matt Gillett and Chris McQueen One round to play, one spot to fill. Queensland selectors will keep an eagle eye on this weekend's NRL games before deciding on a key final addition to their State of Origin stocks. Queensland will reveal their game one squad on Monday night, 24 hours after ...
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Last drinks for party precinct
The future of the state's Drink Safe Precinct program could rest with industry stakeholders. The Queensland Auditor-General has released a ...
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Man on assault charges after woman allegedly bashed stabbed burned in a Cairns unit
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman is in hospital after allegedly being stabbed, bashed and burned in a north Queensland unit. Officers were called to a residence on Digger St, in Cairns North, around midnight on Tuesday after neighbours reported hearing noises. It is alleged a 25-year-old man stabbed, punched, headbutted and burned the woman with a piece of meat. The woman, who police said was known to the ...
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Two men face drug charges after police uncover amphetamine lab in Woree apartment
TWO men have been arrested on drug charges after police uncovered an amphetamine lab at an apartment in Woree, south of Cairns, on Tuesday. In an operation dubbed Ice Incursion, police stormed the residence, off the Bruce Highway, about 6pm and three people were taken for questioning. Police were still at the scene Wednesday morning. A 48-year-old man from Laura has been charged with one count ...
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Two men report robbery and assault on Ipswich train at Bundamba
POLICE are questioning two men over an assault and robbery on an Ipswich train overnight. The commuter reported the incident to police after they were allegedly robbed and assaulted about 9.40pm on Tuesday at Bundamba. More details are yet to ...
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Conroy backs TV bookies
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy brokered a deal with the television industry to allow betting companies to continue spruiking live odds during sports broadcasts, despite the growing public backlash against the spread of gambling culture. Despite Mr Conroy repeatedly saying that sports fans are having live odds ''pushed down their throats'', Fairfax Media has learnt ...
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ABC you later OB van
host Tony Jones left Queensland, so too did the ABC’s Brisbane-based outside broadcasting van – but the national broadcaster insists there will be no change to how it covers live events in Queensland. The Community and Public Sector Union has questioned the ...
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Death Toll Revised Lower in Oklahoma Tornado
Earlier, 51 people were reported killed. Officials attributed the higher number to counting bodies twice in the chaos following the storm that struck late Monday. They said additional bodies could yet be recovered. At least 240 people were injured. The tornado with winds of 320 kilometers an hour demolished an elementary school and reduced homes to piles of splintered wood in the suburb of ...
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No nanny state despite LNPs gambling concerns
It is a fine line between nanny state and concerned. Encouraging Queensland's 17,000 problem gamblers to rethink their choices through targeted messages on ATMs in the state's pubs and clubs is an act of concern, according to Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie. Preventing a discussion about raising the bets allowed on pokie machines at those same venues, on the other hand, comes back to ...
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Councillors on the plonkism
The opposition called it "plonkism", but Brisbane's City Council's administration on Tuesday approved the Queensland government's 45-storey William Street development. The $653 million proposal for the building, to house 7600 public servants and other staff near the Parliamentary Annexe, will now go ahead and be finished by late 2016. "This will be the largest ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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