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Alcohol restrictions the communities
Aurukun Kowanyama Lockhart River Mornington Island (two licensed venues with restrictions) Napranum Pormpuraaw (One licensed venue with restrictions) Woorabinda Wujal Wujal Restricted communities (Limitations vary, but can include no full-strength beer, spirits or fortified ...
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Alcohol ban challenge fails in High Court
The High Court has accepted an indigenous woman's argument that alcohol restrictions on a Queensland island targeted indigenous people, but has rejected her bid to have the restrictions removed. Joan Maloney, an indigenous resident of Palm Island, was convicted of possessing a bottle of rum and a bottle of bourbon in a public place, in breach of the island's alcohol restrictions. The ...
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High Court rejects challenge to alcohol restriction laws over smuggling conviction
Canberra 2600 A Palm Island woman has lost her High Court appeal against her conviction for smuggling alcohol into a restricted area.Joan Maloney was fined $150 after she was caught with bottles of rum and bourbon into a north Queensland indigenous community in 2010.The community has strict limits on importing alcohol.Ms Maloney unsuccessfully appealed against the conviction to ...
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Tinkler gets $300m in sell-off
Nathan Tinkler will be out of Whitehaven by the end of today, after selling his stake to other investors. Mr Tinkler sold about half his stake in Whitehaven Coal to US investment firm Farallon Funds for about $300 million, Whitehaven said in a statement to the ASX this morning. A spokesman for the Tinkler Group said other investors, including hedge fund Noonday, had picked up or were picking ...
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Grog ban survives court appeal
Joan Maloney loses appeal to the High Court seeking to overturn alcohol ban at Palm Island, an aboriginal community in north ...
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Virgin deal brings new runway closer
Virgin Australia's facilities at Brisbane Airport are set to be "significantly upgraded". A new runway at Brisbane Airport is a step closer after management inked a deal with Virgin Australia Airlines on Wednesday. The airline's facilities at the airport will be ';significantly upgraded'; through the deal, which also supports the development of ';critical ...
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Savage Bailey jailed for life
The man who raped and murdered Jill Meagher has today been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum jail term of 35 years. Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Nettle said Adrian Ernest Bayley's offending was particularly heinous and made even worse because he had tried to conceal Ms Meagher's body and raped and murdered the former ABC employee while on parole. Justice Nettle said he ...
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Meagher killer gets 35 years
Adrian Ernest Bayley, the man guilty of the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, will be kept locked behind bars until he's at least 76 years ...
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Abominable PM under attack
Senator Cameron chose especially sharp words, describing the Prime Minister's treatment of Senator Crossin as ''abominable'' and lacking in common decency and ...
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Slice of Big Apple in Vegas
First it was a Paris-style shared bicycle scheme, now Brisbane City Council is taking its cue from the Big Apple with the launch of shared garden furniture. About $14,000 will be spent to install and maintain more than 40 outdoor tables, chairs and deckchairs in Post Office Square over the next six months, brisbanetimes.com.au can reveal. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the Chairs2Share trial ...
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Mum takes on mining giant
THE mother of a young Townsville girl, believed to have lead toxicity after living in Mount Isa, has been diagnosed with renal tumours which she believes are linked to her own exposure in the mining ...
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Frazzled parents gain some relief
"I have a very supportive family but having one on one in the hospital with nurses, you can be consistent with helping your baby sleep," she said.The babies stay in the hospital for five days, with centre staff teaching parents and giving them physical, emotional and social adjustment advice.Clinical co-ordinator Lorraine Evans said the centre ran morning and afternoon sessions for ...
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Fatwa on cattle stun guns
NORTH Queensland's crippled live-export market has suffered another blow, with a Queensland Government mission to Indonesia being told that fatwas were being issued, decreeing that pre-slaughter cattle stunning not be ...
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Health extends legionnaires investigation
QUEENSLAND Health says its investigation into the handling of the fatal legionnaire's outbreak at the Wesley Hospital has been extended, with a final report not expected until the end of ...
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Key Gillard backer warns Its all over
A RESPECTED Labor elder who previously backed Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned she cannot win the election and urged her to hand over to Kevin ...
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LNP eyes move against Flegg
EMBATTLED MP Bruce Flegg could face being forced off the LNP ticket at the next state election after being caught out covertly recording his ...
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Kennedy to get share of spoils
The Queenslander is today expected to sign a lucrative contract with Universal Music.While the show's winner Harrison Craig will be locked into management contracts and encouraged to put out a record the label wants to hear, Kennedy can take his time with how he handles his career.Today, he will go meet with Universal Music executives, the same company who signed Craig as part of his ...
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Driscolls wife offers legal advice
Current and former staff of the disgraced MP's Redcliffe-based electorate office have been personally approached by Emma Driscoll and told it is their legal right to choose not to participate in an interview if contacted by police or Crime and Misconduct Commission officers.Mrs Driscoll provided staff with the contact details of a criminal law firm she recommended they contact should they ...
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Obese mums put babies at risk
OBESE and overweight mums-to-be are costing Queensland taxpayers an extra $6.5 million a year in hospital costs, as doctors warn they are putting their babies' lives at ...
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How to get a World Cup ticket
Australia celebrate World Cup qualification A shower of green and gold tickertape greeted the Australia squad as a packed ANZ Stadium celebrated ...
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Inquest into 1974 Lockyer Valley nurse murders to wrap up
Toowoomba 4350 An inquest into the murder of two nurses in Queensland's Lockyer Valley nearly 40 years ago will hear from a final witness today.Sydney nurses Wendy Evans and Lorraine Wilson were trying to hitchhike from Brisbane in 1974 when they disappeared on the Toowoomba range. Their bodies were found two years later in bushland at nearby Murphy's Creek. An inquest and a Crime ...
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Wesley Hospital prepares for first new patients after legionella scare
Brisbane 4000 The Wesley Hospital is preparing to admit new patients after part of its water system was cleared of legionella bacteria.One man died and a woman became critically ill after contracting legionnaires' disease from the private hospital's water system.New patients can now be admitted to private hospital's east wing.The Moorlands wing and another general area will ...
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Police investigate death in Queenslands Central Highlands
Clermont 4721 Police are investigating the death of a New Zealand man in Queensland's Central Highlands.Police say the 40-year-old man told his housemates he was sleeping on the patio outside their Clermont home last night.The housemates told officers that they put a blanket over the man before going to bed, but found him dead when they went to work early this morning.Wellington Police ...
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Switch would risk constitutional crisis
A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider options such as a sudden recall of Parliament to test Labor's majority or even the appointment of Tony Abbott as prime minister. Another option would be the commencement of an immediate caretaker period before an early election. With pressure building within ...
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Mission accomplished ... just
View all 32 photos But, in these circumstances, that would be churlish and an inquiry for a later day. Suffice to say that it is mission accomplished, but only just. German Holger Osieck might not be as much of a gambler as his Dutch predecessor but one, Guus Hiddink, nor might he have the inherent fortune of ''Lucky Guus". But the Gods smiled on him in this starred arena for ...
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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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