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Major project status extended for Galilee Basin coal project
Rockhampton 4700 Waratah Coal says its proposed $8 billion coal development in central Queensland's Galilee Basin has reached an important milestone.Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese has extended 'major project status' until the end of 2016.Mr Albanese says Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer's company should have made significant progress in its development ...
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Fed-up angler makes snap decision to share bedroom with two-metre crocodile
Innisfail 4860 A far north Queensland fisherman has spent the night with a two-metre saltwater crocodile in his bedroom.Ashley Sala caught the reptile at Ninds Creek on Tuesday night while out barramundi fishing near Innisfail, south of Cairns.Fed up with the prevalence of crocs in the area, Mr Sala bundled the animal into his car boot and took it to the home of his local councillor to ...
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$25b wiped off share market
miners were hit hard by the release of sluggish economic data out of China . The performance of China's manufacturing sector, measured by HSBC's purchasing managers index, was shown to be worse than expected at 49.6 rather than forecasts of 50.4. Chinese manufacturers are among the biggest customers for Australia's miners, and the data instantly reflected in the share prices of ...
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We are at war killing sparks anger
'You are going to lose': mother tells attackers to drop weapons Far-right activists in balaclavas have clashed with riot police in London after the killing of a man believed to be a British soldier by alleged Islamic extremists. More than 100 supporters of the English Defence League, some in paramilitary dress, gathered at a train station in Woolwich near where the man was allegedly ...
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Seniors told to take groove elsewhere
Communities Minister Tracy Davis this morning paid homage to the contribution made by the state's seniors, but said the State Government could not afford to pick up the tab for one of the highlight dance events on the social calendar of seniors.Ms Davis was responding to a question in State Parliament by ALP member, and Queensland's eldest state MP, Desley Scott about why the Newman ...
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Dad charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly throwing five-week-old baby into her cot at a north Brisbane home
A FIVE-week-old baby has been left fighting for her life in hospital with serious injuries after her father allegedly threw her into her cot "as hard as he could". The North Lakes man, 39, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of his gravely ill daughter, was arrested by detectives from the Pine Rivers Child Protection Investigation Unit on Wednesday night and charged with ...
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Fewer turtle strandings recorded in north Qld
Townsville 4810 Staff at Townsville's turtle hospital say there has been a significant drop in the number of turtle strandings in north Queensland.Turtle populations have been under pressure over the past few years with recent floods and cyclones in Queensland destroying much of their food source.Fred Nucifora from Townsville's Reef HQ says while he is optimistic numbers will ...
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Migrants book place to boost literacy
Millmerran 4357 The State Government is rolling out a pilot program that aims to improve literacy among migrants and refugees in regional Queensland.The State Library will conduct literacy classes at libraries in Millmerran, Mackay and Toowoomba.Arts Minister Ian Walker says he believes libraries are the best place to deliver such a program."Firstly it's part of the library's ...
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Forum spotlights higher education reform
Maroochydore 4558 University of the Sunshine Coast vice-chancellor professor Greg Hill says there needs to be a rethink on how regional campuses are run compared to the city.Professor Hill will join other leading Queensland academics on a panel at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia forum.He says the panel will discuss reform and renewal of the higher education sector, ...
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Marine rescue group misses out on Torres Strait funds
Torres Strait Islands Volunteer Marine Rescue Queensland (VMRQ) says it does not know how it will fund infrastructure upgrades in the Torres Strait, in far north Queensland, after missing out on Regional Development Australia funding.The organisation had applied for $464,000 to build sheds to house boats and train rescuers on Yorke Island and St Pauls Island.VMRQ president Keith Williams says ...
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Cow killer avoids jail
Gympie 4570 A 28-year-old man who killed two pregnant cows near Gympie in south-east Queensland has been given a four-month suspended jail term.Matthew Robert Wakefield pleaded guilty in the Gympie Magistrates Court this week to killing the cows and taking their meat at a national park in March. Wakefield was also ordered to pay $4,000 restitution to the cattle owners and had to forfeit a bow ...
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Peter Slipper pleads not guilty to misusing Cabcharge vouchers to visit wineries
ACT Former federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has pleaded not guilty to dishonesty charges in the ACT Magistrates Court. Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege Slipper misused his Cabcharge allowance to visit Canberra wineries in 2010 and then tried to cover it up. The 63-year-old Queensland MP allegedly spent $1,194 on Cabcharge vouchers before he became speaker and while he was ...
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Thrill of discovery drives outback dinosaur dig
Winton 4735 Scientists and volunteers from across the globe are rolling up their sleeves to help dig for dinosaur bones in outback Queensland.The Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAD) at Winton, north-west of Longreach, is holding its annual two-week dig on a remote station 60 kilometres west of the town.AAD spokesman David Elliott says it has been running "public digs" for more than 10 ...
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Nurses union attacks plan to recover wage overpayments
Southport 4215 The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says a scheme to automatically recover wage overpayments from health staff is an attack on their industrial rights.Queensland Health will trial the scheme in July on the Gold and Sunshine coasts, and in the children's health service, before a state-wide roll-out.It will only apply to new overpayments to staff.QNU secretary Beth Mohle says ...
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Gulf community stunned over ghost net funds snub
Cairns 4870 Indigenous communities say their efforts to remove stray fishing nets from the Gulf of Carpentaria in north-west Queensland will stall once a federally funded project comes to a halt.The Ghost Nets Australia project, which supports Indigenous communities to collect the large fishing nets, failed to secure federal funding and will end on June 30.Jane Blackwood from Mapoon Aboriginal ...
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Ex-mayor facing drug trafficking charges
Cairns 4870 A former mayor from far north Queensland's Cape York has been charged with trafficking, supplying and possessing drugs.Charles Edward Hudson from Napranum, north-west of Cairns, was arrested last week after investigations into drug-related activities in the Weipa area.The 65-year-old has been remanded to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court in ...
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KAPs Hopper suspended from Qld Parliament
Brisbane 4000 The Queensland leader of Katter's Australia Party (KAP), Ray Hopper, has been suspended from Queensland Parliament for seven days.Mr Hopper, the Member for Condamine, refused to leave the chamber after arguing with acting Deputy Speaker Verity Barton about a point of order.Ms Barton had told Mr Hopper it was invalid.She was backed by Treasurer Tim Nicholls, who successfully ...
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Qld Health rejects baby syphilis death claims
Townsville 4810 Queensland Health has denied comments made by a MP that three babies in Townsville in the state's north have died of syphilis in the past 12 months.Gaven MP Dr Alex Douglas made the comments during question time earlier this week.The city's hospital says no babies have died in the last year because of syphilis. Dr Douglas says he stands by the comments he made in ...
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Ex-AMA president to head Rockhampton baby death inquiry
Rockhampton 4700 The State Government has named the obstetrician who will head an independent inquiry into the death of a full-term unborn baby in Rockhampton in central Queensland.Health Minister Lawrence Springborg ordered the investigation into claims that Emma Green's baby son died after she was turned away from the Rockhampton Hospital several times.Former Australian Medical ...
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Experts probe how horses contracted lyssavirus
Allora 4362 Biosecurity Queensland says it is still trying to determine how a bat transmitted the deadly lyssavirus to two horses at property on the state's Southern Downs. Authorities are waiting for test results to confirm if the horses died from the bat-borne virus at Allora, south of Toowoomba.Chief biosecurity officer Jim Thompson says microbats have been found on the property but it ...
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Vandals dump oil into Mackay sewerage network
Mackay 4740 The Mackay Regional Council says it is investigating the source of a major oil contamination at the north Queensland city's water recycling facility.Councillor Frank Gilbert says the contamination was detected late last week and means the facility is not operating to standard.It is believed the oil and diesel was tipped into the sewerage system in the Mackay Harbour area.Cr ...
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Ben Teo still in Queensland Origin frame Mal Meninga says
Brisbane 4000 South Sydney enforcer Ben Te'o will remain in contention for State of Origin selection until investigations into assault allegations against him are completed.A Brisbane woman has alleged Te'o punched her in the face, fracturing her eye socket last month, a claim Te'o has vehemently denied.The woman's version of the assault at Brisbane player Corey ...
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Queensland cricketer attacks Teo accuser on Twitter
Queensland cricketer Chris Lynn could be in hot water with Cricket Australia after using Twitter to launch a scathing attack against the woman who claims she was assaulted by South Sydney's Ben Te'o. Lynn's outburst came on the same evening that Australian opener David Warner was fined $5750 for a breach of the CA code of behaviour over a Twitter outburst against journalists. ...
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Brisbane hit by record low
Record low temperatures had southeast Queenslanders shivering through the night but the worst is yet to come forecasters say. The small town of Rolleston recorded the coolest May day in 124 years on Wednesday while day temperatures in Brisbane notched up the coolest day in May since 1980.But the cold snap reached all areas of the coast thanks to clear skies on Tuesday according to ...
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Drinks debate rages into night
Acting deputy speaker Verity Barton yelled for order so loudly her voice cracked. The Leader of the Queensland Katter's Australian Party, Ray Hopper, yelled so much he was suspended from parliament. Members talked so much, the debate raged from Wednesday night into Thursday morning - until a brisk 2am. But in the end, as each and every bill submitted by the government into this State ...
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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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