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Protesters clash with gas workers at Tara
TARA residents have clashed with QGC's coal seam gas employees outside a work camp, with claims that car tyres were slashed and punches thrown. The so-called 'Tara blockies' - people who live on rural residential blocks with few services - had blockaded gas workers from leaving their camp near Chinchilla, north west of Brisbane. About 300 workers lost about three hours of work ...
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Fire damages factory plant in Brisbane
Emergency services were called to the Cobalt St, Carole Park, plant about 10.30pm and the blaze was contained a short time later.No-one was hurt and it is believed the factory had recently changed hands and was closed at the time of the fire.However, one shed was extensively damaged.Police are guarding the scene and scientific officers will attend later this ...
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Payment backed by phantom member
SCOTT Driscoll's retail lobby group paid his family company $60,000 on the basis of a motion "seconded" by a board member who swears he never attended a single meeting of the ...
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Newman wants kids to study state plan
SCHOOL students will be asked to learn about Campbell Newman's Queensland Plan in a move the union says squeezes an already crowded ...
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Mooted flood levy sparks poll
Queenslanders have been quizzed about the state government’s plans to introduce a flood levy in June’s state budget. A "private client" commissioned national market research firm ...
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Springborgs office defends Gladstone Hospital resourcing
Gladstone 4680 The office of the Health Minister has downplayed concerns about resources at Gladstone Hospital in central Queensland.The ABC has heard from senior clinicians at Gladstone Hospital, concerned at what they say are dangerously low levels of resourcing.They say the hospital is mostly staffed by GPs and relies on locum doctors.Concerns have been raised about patient safety at the ...
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Wiped out tornado levels Oklahoma City
A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...
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Valley property sells for $124m
The temperature in Fortitude Valley's real estate market is close to boiling point, with a property setting a new sale price record for the financial year. A commercial office tower on Ann Street has been sold for $124.67 million, as part of a massive deal set to re-shape the bottom end of the street. The sale was a record for a "near-city" land sale in Brisbane in the past 12 ...
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Ride fall boy 5 breathes again
Police to find out why boy fell Police will be "taking further statements" from witnesses to find out why five-year-old Patrick O'Sullivan fell from a carnival ride. Nine ...
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Mining town faces measles outbreak
Moranbah 4744 Queensland Health has declared a local measles outbreak in the Central Highlands' mining town of Moranbah.Dr Stephen Donohue says a nurse at the Moranbah Medical Centre caught the virus from a mine worker who contracted the illness while overseas.Queensland Health says it is worried more cases will emerge in the coming weeks.Dr Donohue says it is urgently trying to contact ...
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Workmate jailed over drunken stabbing
Mackay 4740 A north Queensland man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing a co-worker outside a Mackay motel.In the Supreme Court in Mackay, Dale Francis Owens pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.The 23 year old was drinking with workmates in July 2011 when he was headbutted by co-worker James Linden Ross Costello.Owens returned to ...
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Awards recognise brothers brave sea rescue
Agnes Water 4677 Queensland's Governor will present bravery awards to two brothers, including one who drowned in a rescue attempt in central Queensland.Alan and Stewart Dundas will be among 16 people recognised at Government House today.The brothers were fishing at Agnes Water in November 2010 when they saw a boy lose his footing and get swept 40 metres offshore.The men swam to his aid ...
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A-G dumps far north youth boot camp operator
Kuranda 4872 The Queensland Attorney-General has called for expressions of interest to run a trial boot camp for juvenile offenders in the far north.The previous operator, Safe Pathways, has been dumped after two teenagers escaped from its Kuranda facility last month and allegedly broke into a nearby resident's house.Jarrod Bleijie says the organisation failed to show why its contract ...
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Clean run as afternoon commute begins
CAMPAIGN begins to free a teen cheerleader charged with child sex abuse and facing jail over a gay relationship with a younger ...
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Show kids school revival
For some kids, going back to school is a nightmare. But for 60 travelling show children, it's a dream come true. "My daughter yelled 'You got our school back Mum, I'm so excited!' when I told her," travelling show operator Jade Evans ...
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Homes watched tagged by dog thieves
THIEVES are using coloured tags to mark Brisbane homes with dogs they want to steal for selling on or for suspected dog-fighting ...
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Man in cop bash video suing state
A MAN allegedly bashed by police under the Surfers Paradise police station has launched legal action against the state of ...
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Rudd endorses gay marriage
Kevin Rudd has endorsed gay marriage, changing his position on the issue. "The secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage," Mr ...
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Sportsmans ex-wife wins property dispute as toxic text messages seal case
A JILTED wife tried to "choke" her sporting husband's pregnant lover and warned she would "have her" in front of a crowd of onlookers after a series of provocative text messages in 2011. An unnamed Australian sportsman and his lover were both referred to the Office of Legal Services Commissioner in NSW over their allegedly "disingenuous" financial testimony in the ...
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Investigation into school fete incident continues as Patrick OSullivan fights for his life
Highfields 4352 Investigations are continuing into an accident at a school fete in south-east Queensland that has left a five-year-old boy fighting for his life. Patrick O'Sullivan remains in a coma in a Brisbane hospital after being thrown from a ride at the fete north of Toowoomba yesterday. He is believed to have sustained serious head injuries and suspected fractures in the ...
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Cops defend fatal crash drivers free walk
POLICE have defended how an alleged driver of a stolen car involved in a fatal crash could walk free from hospital despite being wanted for other ...
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Thousands of dodgy tenants on rental blacklist
MORE than 3000 dodgy tenants have been black-listed by real estate agents in Townsville, with about 360 listed this year alone. Figures from TICA, a national tenancy database, showed thousands of people in the region had been black-listed for rent arrears, property damage or as a result of tribunal orders with some "repeat ...
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Water reserves topped up
Queensland University of Technology researcher Matthias Raiber has found the Lockyer Valley, often referred to as Brisbane's food bowl, has benefited enormously with water supplies having recovered by an average 70 per cent. Dr Raiber, from the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, said water quality had improved markedly on pre-flood conditions which had seen such a grim ...
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Ricky seals Lukes spot on The Voice
SOME of the best artists on the first live final of The Voice have missed out on a free pass to the next round, with the stand-out performers left ...
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Who takes the cake
And now, a Toowoomba history professor has spent 12 months researching the Australian icon and has again raised questions about where, and by whom, the chocolate-coconut treat was invented.Professor Maurice French, who has self-published a definitive guide to the lamington, said the urban legend was fascinating."There's a lot of urban mythology about the lamington and the various ...
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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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