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Axe-wielding men snatch handbag
It is alleged the 28-year-old woman was walking along Hellawell Rd, Sunnybank Hills, about 12.15am when she was approached by a red sedan. Two men, each armed with an axe, got out.They demanded her handbag before fleeing with it towards Pinelands Rd in the car.Witnesses told police women could be heard "egging on" the men from the vehicle."They were yelling 'get the ...
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Child abuse errors cost taxpayers $1.2m
TAXPAYERS have forked out $1.18 million in court costs and compo to 14 victims in the past three years after State Government bungling of children in care and child safety ...
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Best paws to fore for RSPCA fundraiser
THE fur will fly today as thousands of pooches from dachshunds to danes hit pavements, parks and beaches across the country to use their paws for a ...
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Best paws to fore for Million Paws Walk
THE fur will fly today as thousands of pooches from dachshunds to danes hit pavements, parks and beaches across the country to use their paws for a ...
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Owners caught out when mini pigs grow
THEY start as cute 'miniature' piglets but soon grow full boar. People are warned not to fall for the latest pet craze of so-called miniature or teacup pigs because "there's no such ...
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Contest for mini models a massive fail
The Ashmore State School Model Search will be held at a Family Fun Fair next month, with prizes including modelling courses worth hundreds of dollars and categories such as best catwalk model and most photogenic.Organisers insist the contest is ...
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Grovess ex-wife claims he was violent
These incidents were aired in a $33 million case against lenders Citi and BT by Dr Groves, who claims she never guaranteed her former husband's loans and he dominated her life.The couple got together in 1984 after Eddy split up with her sister and they married in 1986.They moved to a house in Aspley, where he was allegedly violent."I would just be punched or kicked," Dr Groves ...
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We were meant to be Lazarus and Clive
Count me in: A dinner meeting with Clive Palmer convinced rugby league hardman Glenn Lazarus to overcome his reservations about politics to line up for the Palmer United Party. Pic: Liam ...
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Woman robbed of handbag by two axe-wielding men in Hellawell Rd Sunnybank Hills
A WOMAN was allegedly robbed by two men wielding axes in Brisbane's south overnight. It is alleged the 28-year-old woman was walking along Hellawell Rd, Sunnybank Hills, about 12.15am when she was approached by a red sedan. Two men, each armed with an axe, got out. They demanded her handbag before fleeing with it towards Pinelands Rd in the car. Witnesses told police women could be heard ...
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No bats found on property where horse died from lyssavirus
Allora 4362 No bats have been found on a southern Queensland property where a horse died from the bat-borne lyssavirus.The yearling died at Highborne Farm near Allora last weekend.It is the first confirmed case of lyssavirus in a horse, however another horse died from similar symptoms on the property a fortnight ...
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Half a billion dollars stashed for poll spend
The Gillard government has stashed away a ''war chest'' of nearly half a billion dollars in secret projects to be announced before the election. In Tuesday's budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan listed a line item of $463.9 million as "decisions taken but not yet announced". Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson said Australians should expect to see the ...
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Cheetahs scratch Reds with Van Zyl double
South Africa Cheetahs scrum half Piet van Zyl scored two tries in the opening 20 minutes to lay the platform for a 27-13 win over the Reds in their Super Rugby match in Bloemfontein on Sunday ...
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Gillards $500m election war chest
The Gillard government has stashed away a ''war chest'' of nearly half a billion dollars in secret projects to be announced before the election. In Tuesday's budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan listed a line item of $463.9 million as "decisions taken but not yet announced". Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson said Australians should expect to see the ...
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Bandidos bikie murder suspect vanishes
slaying of Jack Lee at an Eight Mile Plains shopping centre in April last year. But Mr Cuic told The Sunday Mail he had no knowledge of where Bogdan was now.Police have identified Bogdan Cuic, a member of the Brisbane Centro chapter of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle club, as a person of interest in the killing of Lee, who was shot once in the head at point-blank range while allegedly trying to ...
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Cops in revolt on new rules for offices
OFFICERS at police communications centres have been ordered to keep their feet off the furniture and use spill-safe coffee cups in new workplace ...
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Terror as sex attacker goes free
One of the women attacked in December last year on Hedges Ave, Mermaid Beach, is now living in terror as her attacker, Ryan Cross, was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence. Picture: Grahame ...
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Drovers Rest manager Joan Hartley bans sex workers from motel at Moranbah
THE owner of a country motel who won an appeal against a sex worker who took a discrimination case against her says she is "ecstatic" that her business reputation has been restored. Drovers Rest Motel manager Joan Hartley, who in 2008 told the sex worker she could not come back and rent a room for prostitution, said the motel had become known as "the whorehouse of ...
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Newman Government signs off on tougher learner licence tests to combat rising road fatalities among young drivers
LEARNER drivers will be faced with a tougher driving licence test from next year under the first major overhaul in 15 years. The dreaded reverse park will be shifted down the priority list in the new driving test, while more weight will be placed on demonstrating high-risk manoeuvres, such as merging at high speeds and turning across oncoming traffic. The changes have been signed off by Newman ...
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Taxpayers bear cost of states $1.2m child abuse blunder
TAXPAYERS have forked out $1.18 million in court costs and compo to 14 victims in the past three years after State Government bungling of children in care and child safety issues. A Treasury document obtained under Right to Information laws reveal the payments after 13 incidents involving the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services. The Courier-Mail revealed yesterday ...
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Le Neve Groves tells court ex-husband Eddy was violent towards her
NOT long after moving into a new Brisbane mansion, Le Neve Groves alleges husband Eddy dragged her face along a bench to show it was dirty. An emotional Dr Groves told a court last week that she had not cleaned the kitchen when Mr Groves came home that night in 1998. "I was in an enormous amount of trouble," she told Queensland's Supreme Court. She said Mr Groves called her ...
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Contest for mini models on Gold Coast blasted compared to Toddlers and Tiaras
A GOLD Coast primary school has come under fire for launching a model search for children as young as two years old. The Ashmore State School Model Search will be held at a Family Fun Fair next month, with prizes including modelling courses worth hundreds of dollars and categories such as best catwalk model and most photogenic. Organisers insist the contest is no Toddlers and Tiaras, but parents ...
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Glenn Lazarus was seduced to join Palmers United Party by one blind dinner date with Clive Palmer
IT ONLY took one blind dinner date to convince Glenn Lazarus his future lay with Clive Palmer and not rugby league. About a fortnight ago, the former Kangaroo, Bronco and NSW Origin hardman known affectionately by rugby league fans as the "The Brick with Eyes" received an out-of-the-blue call from the billionaire-turned-wannabe prime minister. It was league legend Ron Coote who told Mr ...
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City2South jogs memories of Deeks
With the Brisbane Times City2South presented by Westpac bringing runners back to Coronation Drive, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Rob De Castella recalls his famous sprint down Brisbane's iconic riverside road. By Phil ...
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Greeks join everyone else at Paniyiri
Thirty-seven years ago, a young Chris Kanozis attended his very first Paniyiri Festival. ‘‘It was a picnic and there wouldn’t have even been 1000 people there,'; he said. ';The intention initially was to promote the Greek Club and it started off as something small in Musgrave Park and it’s just grown from there.'; Paniyiri has grown from that ...
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Boat incinerated off Moreton coast
Fire-fighters were called to The Esplanade at Toorbul Point shortly before 5.30pm to find the boat ablaze approximately 100 metres off-shore.QFRS Brisbane duty manager of operations Steven Holland said two fire-fighters in breathing apparatus leapt into a volunteer marine vessel, using a portable pump to put out the flames.He said it was unknown what sparked the blaze and the incinerated boat ...
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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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