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Charges over Kyhesha-Lees death
Police have charged a 28-year-old man with the manslaughter death of a three-year-old girl. Kyhesha-Lee Joughin's body was found at the Petrie unit she shared with her father on March 30. The Hillcrest man will face charges of manslaughter and cruelty to children under 16 at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on ...
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From captivity to karmic bliss
The emphasis on cleansing turned out to be good for his soul. "It's reinvigorated my belief and passion in photography, and how it's an amazing medium that doesn't get the respect and acknowledgement in Australia that it does in places like Europe or America.'; Brennan's family purchased his freedom in 2009 at a cost Brennan says will take him at least another ...
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Disabled living in Queensland hospitals
DISABLED Queenslanders are being left to live in public hospitals for up to a year as the Newman Government struggles to clear an almost 2000-long waiting list for supported accommodation. Disability groups say the problem of hospital beds being "blocked" by patients on the waiting list is costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in funding hospital beds, whereas ...
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Logan residents rue inability to prevent vile murder of Joan Ryther
RESIDENTS of Leichhardt St at Logan Central are battling guilt and confusion at being unable to save the life of mum-to-be Joan Ryther. Three flatmates who live in the home where Ms Ryther's body was discovered have revealed they went out twice around the time she was due to walk past on her way to work. Alistair Nua told The Courier-Mail yesterday he is struggling to accept the brutal crime ...
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Dont just stand there and watch bullies in action
BYSTANDERS to bullying are being targeted in new campaigns to stop the potentially deadly scourge. The initiatives come amid revelations that at least 13 Queensland children have been bullied to death in the past three years. A national anti-bullying conference on the Gold Coast this week heard children were committing suicide in record numbers after being bullied in the playground or ...
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Ben Barba guides the Bulldogs to victory over the Brisbane Broncos
RESURGENT Ben Barba last night submitted an 11th-hour claim for an Origin baptism by spearheading Canterbury's 24-14 defeat of the Broncos. Languishing in fourth-last place, last year's grand finalists surged back into top-eight contention as Barba conjured magic in attack and defence in wet conditions at ANZ Stadium. In the process, Barba made an ominous statement to Queensland ...
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Queensland councils put it on the plastic what else would you do with a taxpayer-funded credit card than buy tickets to watch a Bee Gee in Florida
DEBT-LADEN councils are racking up millions on publicly funded credit cards, leaving ratepayers to pick up the tab on goods such as Bee Gees concert tickets and fancy dress costumes. Documents obtained by The Courier-Mail, under right to information laws, reveal staff from seven southeast Queensland councils have put almost $3 million worth of goods on the plastic - including overseas trips, ...
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Father Matthew Williamson charged with manslaughter and child cruelty over death of Kyhesha-Lee Joughin
A FATHER who had his daughter's name tattooed on his arm and called her his little girl has been charged over the three-year-old's death. Matthew Williamson is due to appear in court today on charges of child cruelty and manslaughter of Kyhesha-Lee Joughin. The 28-year-old, who was the sole carer of the toddler when she died in their Petrie unit in March, was interviewed by detectives ...
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Authorities embarrassed after asylum seekers escape Scherger detention go 815km on run to casino and pub in Cairns
INVESTIGATORS are looking at how seven Vietnamese asylum seekers escaped a high-security immigration centre on Cape York, flew 810km south, visited a casino and checked into a backpacker hostel in Cairns. In a hugely embarrassing "organised" mass break-out, the seven scaled the razor wire at the heavily-guarded Scherger detention centre on Thursday when an outside group was allegedly ...
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Campbell Newman boosts LNP popularity ahead of Queensland Budget pain
CAMPBELL Newman has arrested the Liberal-National's steady decline, buoying the Government ahead of next month's tough State Budget. A new Galaxy Poll has revealed support for the Government - and the Premier personally - has improved slightly after last year's cuts caused widespread anger among voters. However, the results come ahead of next month's battered Budget where the ...
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Buses to shift travellers as work halts trains on Brisbanes southside
TRAIN services on Brisbane's southside will be limited this weekend with track work scheduled on every line and passengers advised to allow an extra hour for any travel. Buses will replace trains between Roma Street and Richlands, Murarrie, Corinda and Yeerongpilly from today until late tomorrow. However, travellers will still be expected to attend train stations to touch on and touch off ...
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NRL player-manager quizzed after mans death
ONE of the NRL's leading player managers is at the centre of a Queensland police investigation following the shock death of a man Friday morning. News Ltd has learned the man is set to be quizzed by police after a man was found dead in a park in Kingaroy, 200km north-west of Brisbane. An NRL spokesman said the governing body is aware of the incident and is monitoring the situation. It is ...
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Mans body found at Kingaroy
A SHOCKING new survey shows Australia's worst obesity problems are not found in the fast-food suburbs of our cities, but out in our country ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs defeat Brisbane Broncos by 10 points
Homebush 2140 Canterbury edged closer to a place inside the top eight after posting a hard-fought 24-14 win over Brisbane at the Olympic stadium on Friday night.Across town at Leichhardt Oval, a David Nofoaluma try in the shadows of full-time gave the Wests Tigers a 22-20 win over North Queensland.The Bulldogs are now just outside the top half of the ladder with their fifth victory of the ...
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Aboriginal deaths in custody numbers rise sharply over past five years
Australia A major review of deaths in custody has found a substantial increase in the number of Aboriginal people dying in custody over the past five years. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) study found the overall rate of deaths in state and territory prisons has remained relatively steady over the past 20 years. But there has been a spike in the number Indigenous deaths in ...
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Bulldogs v Broncos at ANZ Stadium
THE Canterbury held a 6-4 lead over Brisbane at halftime in their round 11 NRL clash at ANZ Stadium. The Bulldogs enjoyed the better of field position for much of the half but couldn't capitalise on the scoreboard. Ben Barba was the hero for the home side, the fullback scoring the Bulldogs only try and saving two others. Barba regather his own grubber kick close to the Broncos line in the ...
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Carlee Beattie focused on winning long jump gold at IPC world championships
Brisbane 4000 Long jumper Carlee Beattie says her outstanding domestic season has provided her with the ideal platform to challenge for gold at July's IPC world championships in Lyon.Beattie twice broke the F46 world record during the National Athletics Series (NAS), first jumping 5.93 metres in Adelaide in February before leaping 6.01m at the Sydney Track Classic the following ...
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Abundance of kangaroos spark concern on Queensland farm
Widgeegoara 4490 The secret of comedy is timing.We set out from Sydneyfor five-hour flight to Cunnamulla to do a drought story.But even before we crossed the Blue Mountains, rain was streaming across the windshield of the ABC chopper and if anything it only got heavier as we flew north by north-west.Plan B might need to include drought-affected graziers celebrating the first decent drink their ...
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Brisbane city timelapse video a wonder
Italian videographer Dario Calì has created a beautiful "hyperlapse" of Brisbane City. facebook.com/Daduxioproductions http://www.daduxio.it Music Credit: "The Funeral" by Band of Horses (Soun Remedy ...
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Girls legs crushed by ride-on mower
The mower was being ridden during a race in an arena at the Maryborough Show Ground as the 9-year-old girl watched from behind a fence. Paramedics said the driver lost control of the mower and it speared through the fence and hit the girl about 3.30pm.Both of her legs were injured and are suspected to have been broken. She was taken to the Hervey Bay hospital in a stable condition and was ...
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Police investigate league referees death
Mr McGrath, president of the Brisbane Rugby League's Referee Association, had been appointed to the role only two months ago.The body of Mr McGrath, 58, was found last night at his Maynard Street home in Woolloongabba by a family friend.Police said they were yet to determine whether the death was suspicious but said Mr McGrath appeared to have died from a head injury.Police are appealing ...
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Teen charged over deliberate car crash
Police will allege the teen deliberately drove into the other car.A 52-year-old male driver was killed and his female passenger seriously injured in the collision on the Cooroy-Noosa Road at Tinbeerwah in August.The force of the collision was so great one of the vehicles was propelled into a third car and then a tree before it came to rest.An 18-year-old Ipswich man had been charged with ...
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Mans body found in Brisbane home
Investigations are continuing into the circumstances of the man's death after he was found in a property on Maynard Street at Woolloongabba.Police said they were yet to determine whether the death was suspicious but said the man appeared to have died from a head injury.A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said an ambulance crew was called to a private residence in Woolloongabba ...
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Hunker down for windy weekend
It's going to be a good weekend to stay in the city and spend time with a hot drink. ';Damaging'; wind gusts will hit south east coastal areas on Friday night and persist into Saturday, bringing with them rough seas and a few showers. It's from a low which Bureau of Metrology senior forecaster Michelle Berry said was sitting just off the New South Wales coast and deepening ...
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Brisbane man charged over his daughters death
Brisbane 4000 Police have a charged a man over the death of his three-year-old daughter in northern Brisbane earlier this year.Officers found the girl's body after they were called to a house at Petrie on March 30.A 28-year-old Hillcrest man has been charged with manslaughter and child cruelty.He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court ...
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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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