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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brisbane News.net http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/cat/eb6df49795f04561/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:51:16 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:51:16 -0400 30 Cairns 4870 South Sydney Rabbitohs prop George Burgess has been stood down by his club after being charged with two counts of wilful damage to a car.The Rabbitohs confirmed that the 21-year-old has admitted the charges and is co-operating with police over the incident, which took place at 2:45am on Monday in the suburb of Redlynch near Cairns.It is understood that Burgess threw a street sign ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215263174/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:11 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215263174/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Winton 4735 The State Government is finalising possible management options after a review of Queensland's extensive stock route network.With drought continuing to impact across much of the interior, stock routes have been busy over recent months.Local councils have the task of managing the routes, some of which have not seen drovers for decades.The Department of Natural Resources says the ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215263173/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:11 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215263173/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A FATHER-of-three who inflicted horrific injuries during a vigilante-style attack on a man who allegedly threatened his daughter with a gun has been jailed for five ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215263175/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:03:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215263175/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Australia Former Queensland Labor premier Peter Beattie says it is time Bob Hawke was called in to sort out what he has described as the party's federal leadership "saga".Leadership tensions are continuing to haunt Labor in the final fortnight of this Parliament and they were fuelled yesterday by the release of a Nielsen poll showing the party's position would be vastly ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262255/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:11:46 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262255/scat/eb6df49795f04561 But Mr Newman today brushed off the allegations as "ancient history" and floated the idea of tougher penalties to prevent the contents of private conversations being passed on to other parties.The recordings, made by Moggill MP Bruce Flegg, include a lengthy conversation in which Dr Flegg repeatedly discusses a resignation proposal for him to step aside for Mr Newman, and an offer of a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262256/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:32 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262256/scat/eb6df49795f04561 IF the assessment by Kevin Rudd's backers that there is a majority of federal Labor MPs backing a leadership change is right - and it probably is - it's only half the ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262257/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:30 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262257/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Queensland coach Mal Meninga has initiated a generational change within the Maroons with veterans David Shillington and Ashley Harrison dropped for game two in Brisbane. The Queenslanders will give first starts to Canberra back-rower Josh Papalii and Manly's classy No. 7 Daly Cherry-Evans as part of a revamped bench for State of Origin two in Brisbane that also includes Ben Te'o and ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262258/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:05 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262258/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Pulse Live: Stephanie Peatling blogs live from Parliament Labor Party statesman Peter Beattie has called on Bob Hawke to break the leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The former Queensland premier, Mr Beattie, told Sky News that Labor's crisis would continue unless the former prime minister acted as a "circuit breaker". ''You've got to ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262259/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:03 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262259/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Phil Lutton: Stay tuned to Brisbane Live for the announcement of the game two Queensland State of Origin team. The Maroons press conference will be held at ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262260/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:01 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215262260/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Wallabies coach Robbie Deans received some welcome news on Tuesday with bustling winger Digby Ioane declaring himself fit for the first Test against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane on Saturday.The powerfully-built Ioane, who had knee surgery late last month to clean up damaged cartilage, said his rehabilitation had gone well enough for him to feel he was ready to play, if ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215261462/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:35 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215261462/scat/eb6df49795f04561 IF YOU work in the service sector or are a high income earner chances are you work more hours than you get paid for. But why do you do ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215261463/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:56:50 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215261463/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Old enough to go to war, old enough to drink. That's the view of Premier Campbell Newman, who has rejected arguments to raise the legal drinking age to 21. A national forum on the subject has begun in Canberra, where stakeholders will discuss age-specific strategies to tackle alcohol-related violence. Queensland maxillofacial surgeon Anthony Lynham, who will speak at the event, is in ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215261464/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:52:20 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215261464/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Booval 4304 A police officer has been charged with obstructing and assaulting police after allegedly starting an altercation with colleagues during a random breath test.The 42-year-old Senior Constable was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over by police at Booval in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, on Saturday.He is due to face the Ipswich Magistrates Court on July 1.In a separate incident, a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260660/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:03:29 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260660/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Milton 4064 Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt will make his State of Origin debut after being named on the wing as the replacement for Blake Ferguson for the second game in Brisbane next week.Ferguson ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260661/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:03:28 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260661/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Target has all but run up the white flag and offered to settle its court battle with US cosmetics giant Estee Lauder over its sale last year of allegedly counterfeit MAC make-up. In the Federal Court on Tuesday Target made an offer to Make-Up Art Cosmetics, a subsidiary owned by Estee Lauder, to settle the case brought against it when it was discovered that Target was selling what was claimed to ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260444/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:19 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260444/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A random breath-testing operation under way at the southbound Caboolture BP this morning, where hundreds of vehicles were being stopped as they entered. Picture: Peter ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215259984/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:51:51 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215259984/scat/eb6df49795f04561 It is 30 years this month since NSW enforcer Les Boyd ruined Darryl Brohman's State of Origin debut by breaking his jaw with a viciously cocked right elbow, unleashed with merciless intent.Brohman's shattered jaw healed in a few months, but the fractured relationship between the two rivals remains colder than a mother-in-law's kiss."At the end of the day he doesn't like ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260662/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:51:26 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260662/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Four Finks bikies have handed themselves in to police over this month’s brawl at a Gold Coast vintage car festival. The brawl between Finks and Nomads bikies occurred outside Bellakai Restaurant on Marine Parade, Coolangatta, during the annual Cooly Rocks On festival. A 61-year-old man was hospitalised after he was allegedly punched in the head for trying to video the fracas on his mobile ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260663/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:19 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260663/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Two senior Queensland police officers have been charged over separate alcohol-related incidents. Police said a 42-year-old male officer was a passenger in a car which was stopped for a random breath test on Saturday at Booval, west of Brisbane. It is alleged the Senior Constable became involved in an altercation with other officers at the scene. He has been charged with obstructing police and ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260664/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:18 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215260664/scat/eb6df49795f04561 South Sydney Rabbitohs player George Burgess has been stood down from the club after he was charged with damaging a vehicle in Cairns on Monday. The Rabbitohs said in a statement that the 21-year-old ‘‘has admitted guilt to the charges and is co-operating with police" following the incident in the Cairns suburb of Redlynch early on Monday morning. Queensland Police confirmed a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215259798/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:03 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215259798/scat/eb6df49795f04561  in the series two finale. There were pyrotechnics, and there was glitter. There was song, dance, hyperbole, tears and celebrity guests. But finally, on Monday night, there was also a winner. Harrison Craig, 18, from Chelsea was the clear favourite from the outset, and with three number one singles on the iTunes charts, he coasted easily to victory on Monday night. The other finalists ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215259797/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:02 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215259797/scat/eb6df49795f04561 George Burgess has been charged by police with two counts of wilful damage of a car, 2UE has reported. Queensland Police say a NSW man used a sign he found in the street to smash the rear window of a car. The incident allegedly happened ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258919/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:45:39 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258919/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A 36-year-old man was shot in the arm while the in the car on Hickory Street in Marsden, south of Brisbane.A female was also in the car at the time but was not hurt.She has been interviewed by police.Investigations are continuing.Officers were alerted about 4.30am on Tuesday and the injured man was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.More to come ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258920/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:45:37 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258920/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Labor Party statesman Peter Beattie has called on Bob Hawke to break the leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The former Queensland premier, Mr Beattie, told Sky News that Labor's crisis would continue unless the former prime minister acted as a "circuit breaker". ''You've got to get someone like Bob Hawke to bring it together,'' Mr ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258921/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:14 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258921/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A truck has jack-knifed and collided with three cars on the northbound lanes of the Gateway Motorway causing major traffic delays. The crash happened near Old Cleveland Road at Belmont about 7.45am. One person has been taken to hospital by ambulance with injuries to their ribs and sternum. Only one northbound lane of the gateway remains open with traffic delays from Beenleigh Road at ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258922/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:13 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258922/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mining magnate Clive Palmer's Mineralogy budgeted to burn through more than $40 million in cash in the first half of last year, financial accounts seen by Fairfax Media show. The internal management accounts show a significant part of the forecast cash drain was due to the repayment to Mr Palmer of a $20 million loan. They also show that in seven months Mineralogy, Mr Palmer's ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258923/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:12 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258923/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The government’s proposed power reforms could lead to a less reliable electricity network, an interdepartmental report suggests. The report, looking at the electricity sector found the prescriptive security and reliability standards which apply to the power network, were key factors driving cost increases. The report recommended replacing those standards ';that drive network ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258924/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:11 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215258924/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mackay 4740 The Mackay Regional Council in north Queensland says clear guidelines for the use of State Emergency Service (SES) facilities need to be developed, after claims of misuse by a councillor.A senior council officer has been reprimanded following an investigation into the use of the Grasstree Beach shed for a private function.Cr Paul Steindl held a party for his daughter at the shed ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257913/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:57 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257913/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Longreach 4730 An historian who has studied the fate of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt says he has found some evidence of more trees marked 'L' in Queensland's west. Darrell Lewis has released a book into what happened to Leichhardt and his party, who set out from Queensland in 1848 heading for Swan River in Western Australia but disappeared.Mr Lewis say Leichhardt marked trees ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257915/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:56 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257915/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Rockhampton 4700 Police in central Queensland are appealing to anyone with information about a Rockhampton baby's murder to come forward.They say the 11-week-old boy died from horrific injuries last month. Detectives have been following several leads but so far no charges have been ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257914/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:56 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257914/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Agnes Water 4677 Police are waiting to interview a 40-year-old man who was shot in the stomach in central Queensland yesterday. The man was shot in the stomach while walking in bushland at Agnes Water, south of Gladstone, about 4:00pm (AEST). The bullet went straight through his body.He is in a stable condition at the Bundaberg Base ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257918/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257918/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Torres Strait Islands Health authorities are screening all children on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait, off far north Queensland, to try and contain a highly infectious skin disease outbreak.The director of Tropical Public Health Services in Cairns, Dr Richard Gair, says four residents have been treated for acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, which can affect the kidneys.Symptoms ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257916/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257916/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Moura 4718 Health Minister Lawrence Springborg is today attending a public meeting at Moura, south-west of Rockhampton in central Queensland, to discuss the future of the local hospital. In April, the region's health board announced a new hospital would be built by expanding the local medical centre but beds will be cut from 10 to four.Debbie Elliot from the community's health ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257917/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257917/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Surfers Paradise 4217 Police are searching for a man after a double stabbing on Queensland's Gold Coast.A man limped into a kebab shop in central Surfers Paradise about 5:15pm (AEST) yesterday with a life-threatening leg wound.A doctor from a nearby medical practice applied a tourniquet.Another man had been stabbed in the stomach.Both were taken to hospital and police searched for a third ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257920/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257920/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mount Isa 4825 Queensland's chief health officer Jeannette Young says new strategies will be rolled out over coming months to get more children tested for lead levels in Mount Isa in the state's north-west.Research published yesterday in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Pollution found lead levels in dust from Xstrata's operations "form a significant pathway" for ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257919/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:54 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257919/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Police said few details were available, but the victim is not believed to have life-threatening injuries.Officers were alerted about 4.30am (AEST) and found the injured man in the Logan suburb of Marsden.Police said a woman who'd been with the man was helping with ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257921/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:42:41 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257921/scat/eb6df49795f04561 REPORTS have emerged of another NRL player in off-field strife with a South Sydney star allegedly involved in an incident in ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257922/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:42:30 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257922/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Talks are underway for a new live theatre venue in Fortitude Valley, the chair of Fortitude Valley’s Economic Development Board, John Cotter has confirmed. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk on Monday unveiled Brisbane City Council’s $4 million vision for ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257923/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:12 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257923/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Talks are underway for a new live theatre venue in Fortitude Valley, the chair of Fortitude Valley’s Economic Development Board, John Cotter has confirmed. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk on Monday unveiled Brisbane City Council’s $4 million vision for ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257924/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:11 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257924/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Federal Court action against a company it has accused of ripping off people in Indigenous communities, including Queensland's Cape York. The ACCC says Titan Marketing representatives engaged in misleading and unconscionable conduct when making door-to-door sales of first aid kits and water filters in Queensland, New ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257056/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:35:41 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215257056/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Temperatures were expected to dip to 7C in Brisbane early this morning and 7C tomorrow.A cold westerly buffeted city workers, with Brisbane Airport yesterday making a top of just 13.2C with a wind chill factored in. Brisbane dropped to 8.9C overnight, while the coldest place in the state was Applethorpe on the Granite Belt, with -3C.It will be colder still tomorrow and Wednesday when the ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256900/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:39:08 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256900/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Police said the victim, a man aged in his thirties, is not believed to have life-threatening injuries.Officers were alerted about 4.30am (AEST) on Tuesday, and found the injured man in a street in the Logan suburb of Marsden.He has been taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.More to come ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256899/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:39:08 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256899/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Tax Office has declared war on the top end of town accountants and lawyers who have helped Australians avoid tax by setting up secretive offshore companies and trusts. ''I am going to target the facilitators,'' warned the deputy commissioner of serious non-compliance, Greg Williams. ''I am a pretty simple bloke but I don't wake up in the morning and say, ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256901/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:01 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256901/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A merger between Brisbane State High School and Coorparoo Secondary College would likely see separate junior and senior campuses established, though the lack of firm detail from the state government has left parents reeling. Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek defended the absence of a definite proposal for the new super-school, which he said remained the subject of community consultation. ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256902/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:00 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256902/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane Airport could have a new terminal for low-cost airlines, more public transport facilities and a passenger lounge for resource sector workers by 2033 if a new master plan wins approval. The developments are contained in a draft 20-year strategy document the airport corporation is currently finalising with key stakeholders including state and local governments. BAC CEO and managing ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256903/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:34:59 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215256903/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Singing from the same songbook, members of the LNP have had one thing to say about the Flegg tapes: Nothing at all. Since News Limited began transcribing a series of conversations, allegedly recorded by the member for Moggill Bruce Flegg, ranging from alleged inducements for Dr Flegg to vacate his seat for premier Campbell Newman to commentary on other LNP MPs, including treasurer Tim Nicholls, ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215255715/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:34 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215255715/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A HEATED argument between three men, believed to be friends, led to a brutal double stabbing in Surfers Paradise last night with one blood-soaked victim dragging himself into a nearby kebab shop, begging shocked witnesses for help.Police were called to the Sahara kebab restaurant on Surfers Paradise Boulevard about 5.15pm following reports a 38-year-old man had been stabbed in the leg and a man ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215250461/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:41:26 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215250461/scat/eb6df49795f04561 CONSTITUENTS in Treasurer Wayne Swan’s north Brisbane electorate will be given a new opportunity to complain to their local ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249889/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:44 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249889/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE Bundaberg flood bill has risen to at least $1 billion and hundreds of houses in the city remain at risk of future ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249892/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:43 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249892/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti says obesity was "a big issue" for the airline because of the care taken to carry just the right amount of fuel for the ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249891/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:41 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249891/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The full bench of the High Court will hand down its decision in Maloney V The Queen, a case brought on by a Palm Island woman Joan Monica Maloney, 59, who has argued that AMPs are a breach of the Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act.If the measure is found to be discriminatory, and full strength beer and spirits are allowed back into many of the north Queensland indigenous communities, the ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249890/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:41 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249890/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Police Commissioner Ian Stewart talks tough on how the Police Service plans to reverse a losing battle on the state's road toll. Photo Adam ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249893/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:39 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249893/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mr Beattie last night said the former prime minister and Labor legend was the ideal candidate to help settle the differences between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the man she toppled for the top job in 2010, Kevin Rudd.Mr Beattie told Sky News it was clear Ms Gillard was not planning to go anywhere, and that Mr Rudd ``clearly had leadership ambitions'' - and that without such ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249894/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:37 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249894/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The 16-year-old sent texts to his supervisor for four months in a practice slammed by a judge as unacceptable.Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie last night vowed to end the practice after being informed of the case by The Courier-Mail.In the Children's Court, Judge Tony Rafter, SC, said the teenager was put on four months' probation for entering a takeaway with intent to commit an ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249895/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:35 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249895/scat/eb6df49795f04561 ORC International is conducting the survey of 230,000 government workers, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in Queensland.Under the terms of the contract, the company will be paid a fixed amount of $369,288 plus an extra $30,000 if at least 5000 surveys are returned.A Public Service Commission spokeswoman said the survey ``explored various aspects of workplace climate including employee ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249896/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:34 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249896/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Experts concede convincing people to follow the recommendations will be a great challenge.The study, Housing Shadow Prices in an Inundation-prone Suburb, looks at 4000 sales in an unnamed inner-Brisbane suburb.The location is described as close to the river but not riverfront and within 5km of the CBD. It contains properties worth up to $5 million.The research modelled buyers’ willingness ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249897/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:32 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215249897/scat/eb6df49795f04561 It is understood the 40-year-old man was hiking alone at Agnes Waters when he was shot about 4pm.The man continued walking until he reached a Bills Road address about 6pm where he was able to raise the alarm.Ambulance crews were called to treat the man for a gunshot wound to his abdomen.The man was taken to the Bundaberg Base Hospital in a stable condition.Police are continuing their ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248682/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:23:29 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248682/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The government’s proposed power reforms could lead to a less reliable electricity network, an interdepartmental report suggests. The report, looking at the electricity sector found the prescriptive security and reliability standards which apply to the power network, were one of the key factors driving cost increases. The report recommended replacing those standards ';that drive ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248683/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:35 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248683/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane Airport could have a new terminal for low-cost airlines, more public transport facilities and a passenger lounge for resource sector workers by 2033 if a new master plan wins approval. The developments are contained in a draft 20-year strategy document the airport corporation is currently finalising with key stakeholders including state and local governments. BAC CEO and Managing ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248684/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:32 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248684/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Josh Papalii passes the ball during a Queensland Maroons State of Origin training session at Palmer Resort Coolum on May 29, 2013 in Brisbane, ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248687/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:31 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248687/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Broncos too good, Tigers their own worst enemy. Without sounding like a sook can I get some clarification, is the shoulder charge still policed. If so, how can McGUIRE do one on Tim Simola, ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248686/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:29 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248686/scat/eb6df49795f04561 It will come as a surprise to few that this year's The Voice goes to the crooning Harrison Craig. For Seal this means two wins out of ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248685/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:27 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215248685/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 The pressure may be on Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin but it at least eased somewhat after Brisbane turned around a horror run with a 32-12 NRL win over fellow battlers Wests Tigers at Lang Park on Monday ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215245425/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:37:09 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215245425/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Singing from the same songbook, members of the LNP have had one thing to say about the Flegg tapes: Nothing at all. Since News Limited began transcribing a series of conversations, allegedly recorded by the member for Moggill Bruce Flegg, ranging from alleged inducements for Dr Flegg to vacate his seat for premier Campbell Newman to commentary on other LNP MPs, including treasurer Tim Nicholls, ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215245427/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:22:34 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215245427/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane return to some sort of form tonight against the Tigers but you'd have to ask serious questions about the opposition at Suncorp Stadium. Josh Hoffman gets a double, Corey Parker was superb and the big guns of Hodges, Gillett and Thaiday all stand up. Benji Marshall had three or four horrible misses in defence, two of which led directly to Brisbane tries. He'll want to forget ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215245426/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:22:33 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215245426/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says he is not offended that some LNP power brokers thought there was a "shallow pool" of talent in council when he took over the mayoralty from Campbell Newman.The Courier Mail newspaper today released details of a secret recording, which included talk of parachuting state MP Bruce Flegg into the position in exchange for Campbell Newman ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215243543/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:44:00 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215243543/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Emergency services were called to a Gold Coast Highway address at Surfers Paradise about 5.15pm.A spokesman for the Department of Community Safety said ambulance crews were called to treat two male patients at Hanlan Street in central Surfers Paradise.They are treating one 25-year-old man for a serious stab wound to his abdomen.Another man, whose age is unknown, suffered a stab wound to the thigh ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215243544/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:33:56 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215243544/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Gatton 4343 An 85-year-old Brisbane woman believes she has solved the infamous Gatton murders - one of Australia's most long-standing unsolved crimes.Stephanie Bennett, who has spent the past three decades researching historical crimes, says she knows who was behind the vicious killings.Michael, Ellen and Norah Murphy were returning home from a cancelled dance outside Gatton, in south-east ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242516/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:49:36 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242516/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The NRL is investigating claims that spectators racially abused the wife of Canterbury forward Frank Pritchard during last Friday’s controversial match between Manly and the Bulldogs at Brookvale Oval. The fresh allegations add to the ugly aftermath to the grudge match on the northern beaches, with Bulldogs players Ben Barba and Dene Halatau spat on in the face and neck respectively as ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242718/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:41:20 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242718/scat/eb6df49795f04561 When you hear the words ';cutting-edge technology';, Brisbane is not often the first city that comes to mind. But Mobile Monday is the driving force behind changing that perception. Founded in Finland in 2000 by a group of developers focused on mobile technology, Mobile Monday is a monthly event held in more than 130 cities, including London, New York, Sydney and Brisbane. Mobile ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242850/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:36:00 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242850/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Key minister Bill Shorten's wife has agreed to lead the Women for Gillard group - as Mr Shorten faces pressure to defect to the Kevin Rudd camp. Chloe Bryce's leadership of the new group, set up to campaign for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, would put Mr Shorten in a precarious position if he bowed to public calls for him to support a return to the former prime minister. Ms Bryce, also ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242851/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:35:58 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242851/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Logan City Dc 4114 The Logan City Council, south of Brisbane, has released its budget, revealing that rates are to rise by 2.5 per cent.There will be an extra $6 million for road maintenance.And $1 million will be used to install more security cameras across the ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242184/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:56:38 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242184/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Cairns 4870 The Supreme Court in Cairns has heard details of the events leading up to the death of an eight-year-old girl in November 2011.In a pre-trial hearing today, the court was told the girl's mother repeatedly beat her with a steel pole from a vacuum cleaner after she asked to live with her father in New Zealand. The prosecutor told the court the girl died less than a week later ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242183/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:56:38 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242183/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Agnes Water 4677 The coastal town of Agnes Water in central Queensland has been isolated by a large sinkhole that has opened up on a flood-damaged road.Gladstone Mayor Gail Sellers says the only road leading to the town collapsed earlier this morning.It means about 2,000 local residents and tourists are stuck there until a detour is built.Councillor Sellers says that could happen as early as ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242182/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:56:38 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242182/scat/eb6df49795f04561 POLICE have released CCTV footage of two men involved in a terrifying armed robbery of a Belmont tavern in Brisbane’s southeast ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242185/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:47:16 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242185/scat/eb6df49795f04561 An accident at Newmarket Road at Wilston is slowing traffic in the area.Meanwhile, accidents at Wembley Road at Logan Central and Chermside Road at Raceview are yet to be cleared.Congestion is building along the usual hot spots on the Gateway Motorway at Boondall and Sandgate Road at Virginia.The Pacific Motorway is built up at Eight Mile Plains.There are minor disruptions to the Beenleigh and ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242186/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:47:14 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242186/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A BRISBANE judge has abruptly ended the trial of a man accused of murdering his best mate, cementing the corpse in a barrel and dumping it in a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242187/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:47:12 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242187/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Logan City Council Governance and Finance Committee chairman Cr Luke Smith, Mayor Pam Parker and CEO Chris Rose at the 2013-2014 budget ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242188/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:47:11 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242188/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Who should go? The Voice coaches Seal, Joel Madden, Delta Goodrem and Ricky Martin. Sure, it's not new any more, so the gimmicks that marked it as an evolution – if not a revolution – in reality television haven't carried the same weight this ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242189/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:43:46 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215242189/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Townsville 4810 The Defence Force says it is investigating allegations that members of the Army have posted derogatory comments on social media about women in the north Queensland city of Townsville.On one Facebook page, a Townsville man who appears to be in the Army has referred to women in the city as "sluts". He has also used other derogatory descriptions of women in the city.The ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215241497/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215241497/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Cairns 4870 A Bandidos associate charged over an armed robbery in far north Queensland has been denied bail in a Cairns court. Benjamin Christopher Wright is accused of stealing $8,000 cash and a quantity of cannabis during a home invasion in the Cairns suburb of Bungalow in February last year. Police allege the 22-year-old used a sawn-off shotgun to hit a man in the face and threaten his ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215241496/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215241496/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Education Minister Peter Garrett embrace after the passing of the Australian Education Bill earlier this ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215241348/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:56:12 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215241348/scat/eb6df49795f04561 QLD Clive Palmer's office has denied the Queensland mining magnate is short of cash, despite a written request for funds from a Chinese business partner being made public.In a letter leaked to News Limited, Mr Palmer asked his Chinese partner for a $200 million cash injection to help pay about 1,000 Australian staff. Mr Palmer wrote that if the request was not met, there would be be ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240804/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:12:03 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240804/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Former Gold Coast civilian prosecutor and Miss Indy model Rosanna Doolan has been charged with misconduct and corruption after seeking a reduction in the sentence of her former boyfriend, Dax ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240805/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:02:49 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240805/scat/eb6df49795f04561 British and Irish Lions team doctor James Robson has delivered mixed news about the fitness of Wales back duo Jamie Roberts and George North. It seems Roberts will miss the first Test against Australia in Brisbane due to suffering a hamstring strain against the Waratahs over the weekend.However, North could feature on Saturday after making good progress on his own hamstring complaint that he ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239888/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:29:13 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239888/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A treasure trove of massive dinosaur fossils has been unearthed in outback Queensland. The discovery comes as a study of ancient kangaroo teeth from south-eastern Queensland suggests that between two and a half and five million years ago, the region was not arid as previously thought. A two-week dinosaur dig near Winton, north-east of Longreach, uncovered giant limbs, vertebrae and ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240315/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:07:24 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240315/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The police bomb squad has detonated a suspicious device found strapped to a car's fuel tank on the Gold Coast. Police cordoned off a 100 metre exclusion zone around the Burleigh Heads warehouse on Central Drive after the device was discovered on Monday morning. A factory worker from the business said staff noticed the device and alerted authorities about 8.30am. ‘‘There was a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240314/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:07:23 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240314/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Queensland energy minister Mark McArdle cannot guarantee the government's proposed power sector reforms will mean lower electricity prices. The government hopes to merge power retailers Energex and Ergon as one of a raft of reforms, which will save it $580 million. Under the plan, the retailers will remain separate but will operate under the same holding company before eventually having ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240313/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:07:22 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215240313/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Boulia 4829 Western Queensland mayors say they need an injection of $20 million to help keep jobs in outback communities.The mayors are in Canberra for a meeting of local government leaders and are seeking meetings with federal and Coalition MPs on road funding. Boulia Mayor Rick Britton says his council runs out of state-funded roadwork jobs in October and other councils will face the same ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239046/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239046/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Southport 4215 A former police prosecutor on Queensland's Gold Coast has been granted bail after appearing in a Brisbane court on corruption charges.It is alleged Rosanna Felicity Doolan interfered in her former partner's road rage sentence in May last year. She has pleaded not guilty to misconduct in relation to public office and corruptly receiving a benefit as a public employee.Ms ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239045/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239045/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Cairns 4870 Researchers from James Cook University in north Queensland and the Australian National University are hoping to prove mature fish can develop to cope with climate change.They are measuring how damsel fish respond when placed in calm and turbulent tanks at the Lizard Island Research Station off far north Queensland.PhD student Sandra Binning says the adult fish will be tested after ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239048/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:54 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239048/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Maroochydore 4558 The Australian Macadamia Society (AMS) says many Queensland growers are facing their fourth successive year without making a profit. AMS chief executive officer Jolyon Burnett says some growers are expecting up to a 20 per cent drop in production after severe weather earlier this year devastated their crops.He says while the market is strong, many farmers are struggling to ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239047/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:54 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239047/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE bomb squad will detonate a bomb strapped to the petrol tank of a car outside a West Burleigh business within the next half an hour ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239051/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:21:38 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239051/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE bomb squad will detonate a bomb strapped to the petrol tank of a car outside a West Burleigh business within the next half an hour ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239050/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:21:37 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239050/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Are you a Don Draper or David Brent? New research shows the top traits Australian workers look for in a leader, and if working from home is all it’s cracked up to ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239049/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:21:35 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239049/scat/eb6df49795f04561 At 9.30am the temperature was 16.3C in the city but with a wind chill factored in, this was a nippy 13.8C and well below the June average of 20.9C.Brisbane dropped to 8.9C overnight while the coldest in the state was Applethorpe on the Granite Belt, with -3C.It will be colder still tomorrow and Wednesday when the city’s overnight temperature is expected to drop to 7C.Weather Bureau ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239052/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:21:32 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239052/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Queensland energy minister Mark McArdle cannot guarantee the government's proposed power sector reforms will mean lower electricity prices. The government hopes to merge power retailers Energex and Ergon as one of a raft of reforms, which will save it $580 million. Under the plan, the retailers will remain separate but will operate under the same holding company before eventually having ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239054/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:17:41 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239054/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The police bomb squad has detonated a suspicious device found strapped to a car's fuel tank on the Gold Coast. Police cordoned off a 100 metre exclusion zone around the Burleigh Heads warehouse on Central Drive after the device was discovered on Monday morning. A factory worker from the business said staff noticed the device and alerted authorities about 8.30am. ‘‘There was a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239053/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:17:41 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239053/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Poll backs change A new Nielsen poll suggests Labor could reign in the Coalition's lead by dumping Prime Minister Gillard, but pollster John Stirton warns a Rudd return might not be so ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239055/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:17:39 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239055/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane’s lord mayor Graham Quirk will this morning unveil plans for a $4 million revamp of the Fortitude Valley mall in Brunswick Street. The pressure to reshape the mall has come largely from 23 commercial developments worth $1 billion within one kilometre of this iconic, but struggling Valley feature. Plans show an ‘‘opening out’’ of the mall - new lights, ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239056/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:17:37 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215239056/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Maroochydore 4558 Rural lobby group Growcom says a warm, wet start to winter is wreaking havoc for some Queensland vegetable growers.Tomatoes, zucchini and broccoli are in abundant supply and the prices farmers are getting have dropped sharply.Other farmers are struggling to save rotting produce spoiled by wet weather and humid conditions.Growcom chief executive officer Alex Livingstone says ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238561/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:37:32 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238561/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Burleigh Heads 4220 A warehouse on Queensland's Gold Coast has been evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious device.It was found strapped to a car, parked inside the canopy business at Burleigh about 8:30am (AEST).The police bomb squad and firefighters are at the scene. Production manager Darryl Frankhan says staff alerted the authorities immediately."There was a plastic ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238562/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:37:31 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238562/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Longreach 4730 A western Queensland drover says history will be made when 18,000 cattle are walked from Queensland to New South Wales over the next three months.Nine drovers will move the northern Australian cattle in groups of between 2,000 and 4,000 from drop-off points in the Longreach district in central-west Queensland to Uardry Station near Hay in New South Wales.Much of western ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238563/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:37:30 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238563/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Ballandean 4382 A man who survived a suspected grappa poisoning incident that killed three men on Queensland's Granite Belt has been released from hospital.Joel Lynam, 21, Bryan Wilmot, 30, and Vincent Summers, 21, died in hospital from suspected poisoning, after drinking the grappa on a Ballandean property over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.Joel's brother, 26-year-old Joshua ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238101/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:44:55 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238101/scat/eb6df49795f04561 AFTER watching one son die an excruciating death from methanol poisoning, a southern Queensland father says he’s thankful his other son has pulled ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238102/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:35:42 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238102/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Premier Campbell Newman said it was the best course he'd ever run in Brisbane, Kevin Rudd said he'd prefer fewer hills. But it was a raging success under blue Brisbane skies. About 7000 people donned colourful outfits Sunday to make their way from the Botanic Gardens, along Coronation Drive, through the University of Queensland and back through Highgate Hill for the inaugural Brisbane ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238104/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:31:25 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238104/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Gillard's poll woes Another disastrous opinion poll for Labor and Julia Gillard - but not for Kevin Rudd - places more pressure on her ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238103/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:31:25 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215238103/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A fire service spokeswoman confirmed crews were called to attend an office at Wynnum Rd Morningside just after 9am.``The fire alarm is activating. It’s not positive there is a fire, it is just an alarm at this stage,’’ the spokeswoman said.The electorate office phone diverted to message bank when contacted by The Courier-Mail.But it seems likely the incident is a false alarm; a ... http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215237591/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:43:00 -0400 http://www.brisbanenews.net/index.php/sid/215237591/scat/eb6df49795f04561