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Townsville backpacker lodge damaged by fire
Townsville 4810 Fire has damaged a Townsville backpackers hostel in north Queensland.Emergency crews managed to contain the blaze to one room of the Sturt Lodge this afternoon. No-one was injured, but detectives have been called in to ...
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Motorists in for a good run home from work with only minor traffic delays across the city
MOTORISTS are in for a good run home from work this evening with only the minor delays across the major arterials. The Australian Traffic Network said most of the majors are pretty clear except for the usual congestion on the M1 southbound which is at its usual crawl from Eight Mile Plains to Springwood. The Gateway is slow northbound from Nudgee to Deagon and Sandgate Road is sluggish heading ...
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Oil well leaking 47000l a day
AN EXCLUSION zone has been set up around an oil well in southern Queensland, which has been leaking about 50,000 litres a day for almost a ...
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Case building on mall gunman
Police are still looking through CCTV footage and gathering witness statements as they prepare a case against the accused Queen Street Mall gunman, a court has heard. Lee Matthew Hillier, from Caboolture, was allegedly involved in a 90-minute standoff with police which forced the evacuation of thousands of people from the busy shopping mall in Brisbane's CBD on March 8. Hillier allegedly ...
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Unions and MBA speak out against IR changes
Brisbane 4000 Queensland union members have rallied outside State Parliament in Brisbane to protest against proposed new industrial laws.A parliamentary inquiry is today hearing submissions on the bill, which includes a requirement for unions and employer groups to hold a referendum of members before spending more than $10,000 on political campaigns.LNP committee member Verity Barton ...
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Jury out to consider hot water assault
A JURY has retired to consider its verdict after a four day trial over whether a maximum security prisoner threw scalding water on a prison guard's ...
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State acting on school zones
Transport minister Scott Emerson has defended the government against suggestions the state has taken too long to deliver an election promise to make school zones ...
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Boy who stood up to the church
The teacher who molested John Saunders made him feel ''special and wanted'', so this abuse was not the main cause of the emotional distress that shattered his later life. This is the conclusion of a clinical psychologist's report that the Catholic Church did not want Saunders or his lawyers to see. After a 13-year battle, it has finally handed over the report. Rick ...
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Santos confirms uncontrolled leak at oil and gas well in Queenslands remote southwest
AN EXCLUSION zone has been set up around an oil well in southern Queensland, which has been leaking about 50,000 litres a day for almost a week. Santos today confirmed it discovered the leak, near Jackson, and brought in international experts to bring it under control late yesterday. The well, in the company's Zeus field, may have been leaking earlier but it was only detected mid last ...
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From high school drop-out to billionaire
It's a mind-boggling amount of money for anyone, let alone a once socially awkward teenager who dropped out of high school at the age of 15. Remarkably it was Karp's mother, teacher Barbara Ackerman, who suggested her son drop out of high school at the age of 15 so he could be home-schooled and continue an internship at an animation production company, Frederator ...
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Memorial to teen crash victims vandalised
Ipswich City Council is now offering a $5000 reward to anybody with information which leads to the capture of those responsible for fire-bombing the small monument dedicated to Matt Prior, 18, Brittany Bramwell, 17 and Nicholas Saxby, 16.The group was killed in April 2011 after an unlicensed driver ploughed in to their car near the intersection of Brisbane Rd and Bertha St. The teens, along with ...
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Decision looming on reef mega-port
A DECISION on a "mega port" for the Great Barrier Reef will be made within 40 days, the Australian Marine Conservation Society ...
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Melbourne Heart signs Massimo Murdocca from Brisbane Roar
MELBOURNE Heart has confirmed the signing of midfield workhorse Massimo Murdocca from Brisbane Roar. As revealed by the Sunday-Mail last month, Melbourne-born Murdocca has been released from the final year of his Roar contract to join the Heart for the next two seasons. "Massimo has a well-deserved reputation as an outstanding professional and he has proven he has a winner’s ...
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Youth flees hospital in wake of fatal crash
A 19-year-old who allegedly killed a loved Regents Park husband and father in an horrific crash at Beenleigh on Saturday was out on bail has discharged himself from Logan ...
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School zone safety lights rolling out on time Emerson
Transport minister Scott Emerson has defended the government against suggestions the state has taken too long to deliver an election promise to make school zones ...
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More cash needed for remote area doctors
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has blamed the federal government for a shortage of doctors in remote areas, saying they are not stumping up enough cash to lure doctors to where they are needed most. The bonuses doctors get for working in very remote areas are too similar to the bonuses for working in coastal regional cities such as Townsville, according to Anita Hansen, RFDS deputy general ...
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Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to decide on mega-port for Great Barrier Reef within 40 days
A DECISION on a "mega port" for the Great Barrier Reef will be made within 40 days, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says. The proposal by North Queensland Bulk Ports to dredge three million tonnes of seabed at Abbot Point, near Bowen, is now in the hands of Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke. The society's Felicity Wishart says the minister has until early July to ...
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Parker scoffs at Broncos NRL rumours
Representative forward Corey Parker has scoffed at weekend speculation linking Brisbane to dumped rugby union star Quade Cooper, declaring the NRL club already had enough talent to win a premiership. Parker also lampooned media reports halfback Peter Wallace wanted a release from his contract next season to return home to Penrith because he was upset at the club's decision to recruit ...
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Rudd slams arrogant Abbott
KEVIN Rudd has slammed Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's "emerging arrogance", saying the Coalition has been "measuring the carpet" ...
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Unions in silent protest at Parliament
ANGRY union members wearing gags and waving blank placards rallied silently outside Parliament House this morning to protest what they see as an attempt by the LNP Government to muzzle free ...
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Woman knew alleged rapist
A man has been charged with the rape of an 18-year-old woman on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The woman knew her alleged attacker, police said. The incident occurred at a Buderim house on May 14. The 44-year-old, also from the Sunshine Coast, has been charged with one count of ...
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Waterhouse NRL deal dies
Tom Waterhouse's bid to become an official sponsor to the National Rugby League competition is dead in the water, with both parties walking away from negotiations on a deal that was set to cost the bookmaker $50 million over five years. The NRL's general manager for strategy Shane Mattiske has told the ABC's Four Corners the parties had "failed to reach agreement around ...
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Study looks to faster emergency room recovery
Bundaberg 4670 The Bundaberg Hospital in southern Queensland is undertaking a major study to improve recovery times for patients undergoing emergency room procedures.Funded by the Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation, the study will see if patients given a combination of sedatives have a quicker recovery time than current methods used.Dr Greg Treston says the aim is to find safer ...
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Drought not expected to deter outback tourists
Bedourie 4829 A south-west Queensland mayor says he would not expect the drought to turn tourists away from the outback.More than a third of the state has been officially drought declared but there are many other regions suffering well below average rainfall.Diamantina Mayor Geoff Morton says in recent years grey nomads have flocked to inland regions, after big floods and rain, to see the ...
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Police probe far north fatal road crash
Mount Carbine 4871 Police are investigating a fatal crash near Mount Carbine in far north Queensland.A four-wheel drive left the Mulligan Highway yesterday afternoon and crashed 15 kilometres south of the Palmer River Roadhouse.A 40-year-old man from Cairns died at the scene.The 36-year-old driver from Cairns was flown to the Cairns Base Hospital in a stable condition.The Mulligan Highway ...
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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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