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Driver jailed for giving cop a wild ride
A DISQUALIFIED driver who took off after Rockhampton police tried to pull over his car, dragging an officer whose arm was caught inside the vehicle, has been jailed for four months for dangerous ...
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Drama of the real kind at Cannes
The cinematic excitements of the Cannes Film Festival were overtaken by real crime on Friday, with a jewellery heist and a fake shooting stealing the limelight from on-screen dramas. Actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil, who are both in Cannes to serve on the festival's competition jury, were being interviewed on stage on the beach opposite the five-star Martinez Hotel when shots rang ...
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Qld property under quarantine after lyssavirus discovery
QLD A property in southern Queensland remains under quarantine after the first ever breakout of lyssavirus in horses.Biosecurity Queensland is now running tests on the health of 20 horses at Highbourne Farm, west of Allora, in the Darling Downs.Authorities have confirmed the presence of lyssavirus, a deadly bat-born virus similar to rabies, in a horse that was put down on the property last ...
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Man critical after Brisbane stabbing
Police found the 30-year-old man with stab wounds at a house in the northern suburb of Windsor about 7.40pm (AEST) on Friday.He is in a critical condition at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.In a separate incident, a man is also in a critical condition after being knocked to the ground during a fight about 15km inland from the Gold Coast.It is believed the 22-year-old hit his head on concrete outside ...
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Man dies in crash with four in stolen car
FOUR people involved in a fatal car accident this morning in Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, were driving a stolen vehicle - but it is a man in the other car that has paid the ...
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Labor will not increase GST
Bill Shorten has vowed that Labor will keep its hands off the goods and service tax, following revelations that Tony Abbott could include the GST in a review of the tax system if the Coalition is elected. The issue is looming as a major battleground in the lead up to September’s election. Mr Shorten, the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, said on Saturday that Labor will ...
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New leads in missing toddler case
British police say they have more than 20 suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a family holiday in Portugal six years ago. According to ...
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Why Queensland loves its populists
A few of examples of where Queensland populist politics takes over. They are the mavericks. Those of the big hats, big words and big dinosaurs, they storm into Queensland politics with their bluster and sheer physicality and force you to listen. And much like telling a lion to ignore a parading gazelle, journalists rush forward to gleefully absorb and pass on their every word. Joh: ...
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Troy James Nielson 34 jailed over dangerous driving in Rockhampton on May 27 2012
A DISQUALIFIED driver who took off after Rockhampton police tried to pull over his car, dragging an officer whose arm was caught inside the vehicle, has been jailed for four months for dangerous driving. Troy James Nielson, 34, today pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, disqualified driving and failing to stop for police in Rockhampton on May 27 last year. Police prosecutor Sergeant Shane Turner ...
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Warner serves up Twitter tongue lashing
Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia after it appears he launched a blistering and lengthy tirade on Twitter against two of the Australian media's longest-serving cricket writers. Warner, who is playing in India's IPL, began his rant on his official Twitter ...
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Authorities unable to test whether second horse had lyssavirus
QLD Biosecurity Queensland says it is unable to confirm if a second horse euthanised on a southern Darling Downs property almost a fortnight ago also had lyssavirus.Authorities have confirmed the presence of lyssavirus in a horse that was put down on the property last Saturday. Biosecurity Queensland says a sample has been sent to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong to get ...
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Warner launches Twitter tirade
Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia after he launched a blistering and lengthy tirade on Twitter against two of the Australian media's longest-serving cricket writers. Warner, who is playing in India's IPL, began his rant on his official Twitter ...
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Tragedy strikes four friends as car rolls
ONE person is feared dead and another is trapped after a car loaded with four young people in their 20s crashed at Beenleigh this ...
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Rudd and Swans awkward moment
"Welcome to my electorate," smiled former prime minister Kevin Rudd to Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan - the man who famously accused Mr Rudd of "putting his own self-interest ahead of the interests of the broader Labor movement and the country as a whole" following his unsuccessful February 2012 leadership spill.It was then left to Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese - who ...
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Expert puts cancer gene in test sights
ONE of Australia's top breast cancer experts has called for a national genetic testing program in the wake of Angelina Jolie's shock ...
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Abbotts super freeze to hit savings
MORE than 1.4 million Queenslanders would take a hit to their retirement savings from Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to freeze superannuation ...
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Aussie students bio fuel takes off
HERE'S a conundrum of considerable proportions with political and socio-economic ramifications - not to mention the health of the planet and its inhabitants: the level of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is climbing, our world is warming and the cost of high-emission Jet A fuel is cruelling airlines' ...
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Budget plays pivotal role in election
WAYNE Swan laid out his sixth Budget as a choice for the nation but, when it came to putting the economic and political strategy behind it, the Government had no sustainable ...
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Gun crime on the rise despite amnesty
Illegal firearms surrendered during the gun amnesty being destroyed by Senior Constable Tony Fishburn, at Loganholme Police Station. They are cut up and ground down before the bits are taken to Sims Metal for ...
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Kids sent back to place of abuse
HUNDREDS of children in state care are being harmed each year and one in five are kept at the place of their abuse despite Department of Child Safety staff determining the risk was ...
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BYO school laptop in digital dark age
Parents could also be slugged more to use school laptops as the Federal Government scraps its Digital Education Revolution (DER).Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek yesterday accused the Federal Government of plunging students into the "digital dark age" by ceasing funding for the $264 million scheme."What we can't guarantee is that we will be able to maintain a ...
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Staff strike at high security prison
More than 100 staff from a southeast Queensland high security prison are set to walk off the job for 48 hours. The Southern Queensland Correctional Centre in Gatton, west of Brisbane, is full with 330 prisoners. Private operator, Serco, is offering its staff a 2.2 per cent wage increase, which is below the 2.3 per cent being offered to Queensland's public servants. Uniting Voice union ...
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Why Queenslanders fall for populist pollies
A few of examples of where Queensland populist politics takes over. They are the mavericks. Those of the big hats, big words and big dinosaurs, they storm into Queensland politics with their bluster and sheer physicality and force you to listen. And much like telling a lion to ignore a parading gazelle, journalists rush forward to gleefully absorb and pass on their every word. Joh: ...
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Fears on Stagg after old-school smash-up
Stagg, 32, screamed in agony after an innocuous incident in the 57th minute. Tryscorer Reed was taken to an eye specialist late last night. ';Staggy's in a bit of trouble; it's certainly a medial but they're worried about ACL,'; Griffin said. ';Jack is going to an eye specialist as we speak. He's got something similar, potentially, to what [Josh] McGuire had, ...
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Danger from horse lyssavirus unclear
It's too early to tell whether the deadly Australian bat lyssavirus could be transferred from horses to humans, health authorities say. On Friday a horse in southwest Queensland was confirmed as the first to contract the rare bat-borne lyssavirus. The infected animal was euthanased on May 11 after displaying symptoms similar to those related to the Hendra virus, which is known to affect ...
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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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