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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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State relaxes liquor permit laws
SCHOOLS and other community groups will no longer have to apply for a liquor permit to serve booze at fundraising and social events after State Parliament passed changes to the Liquor and Gaming Act on Wednesday ...
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Four hours in cell for teen potty mouth
AN 18-year-old who swore at a magistrate and disrupted the packed public gallery in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday spent four hours in the police watch house after being threatened - but never charged - with ...
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Catholic students hurt by funding gap
THE number of students with a disability has almost doubled in Queensland Catholic schools over the past six years with many being disadvantaged because of a funding shortfall, a new report ...
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Most dangerous hospitals in Australia
A HIT LIST of the nation's hospital hot spots reveal more than 1700 patients caught killer superbug infections in public hospitals last ...
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Leonard Mogg found after reports he was missing since Monday when he left Prince Charles Hospital
A 75-year-old man reported missing from Chermside in Brisbane's inner north since Monday has been found safe and well. Police had earlier appealed to the public for information to help locate Leonard Mogg, who had not been seen since he left the Prince Charles Hospital just after ...
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State government relaxes Liquor and Gaming Act to allow alcohol to be served at fundraisers without permit
SCHOOLS and other community groups will no longer have to apply for a liquor permit to serve booze at fundraising and social events after State Parliament passed changes to the Liquor and Gaming Act on Wednesday night. Nursing homes and hospitals will also be able to serve two standard drinks a day to patients and residents without a liquor licence, and country shows deemed "low risk" ...
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Magistrate Stuart Shearer orders arrest of Emma-Leigh Rose Paasi for foul mouthed remark during mothers case
AN 18-year-old who swore at a magistrate and disrupted the packed public gallery in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday spent four hours in the police watch house after being threatened - but never charged - with contempt. Magistrate Stuart Shearer ordered the arrest of Emma-Leigh Rose Paasi on Wednesday morning after she allegedly refused to leave the public gallery when asked to by ...
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Gas leaks from shipping container
Authorities were alerted to a large 20-tonne container leaking argon gas at the berth of stevedoring company Patrick about 7pm on Wednesday.A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said although the gas has the potential to displace oxygen in a closed space, it was harmless under those conditions.The leak was left in the hands of Patrick's staff two hours later who were working to ...
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Disturbances on night of murder
A crying man, a person running, a woman yelling in a foreign language. Logan residents have told police investigating the murder of 29-year-old Joan Canino Ryther of a series of unusual disturbances in the street where the slain McDonald’s worker lived. Mrs Ryther stepped out into a crisp May night on Tuesday to walk the kilometre to work as she had done many times ...
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Teo case tests NRL unit
Te'o should 'be held accountable' Katie Lewis says she doesn't want to "ruin his career" but Ben Te'o should be held accountable after he "punched me in the face". Nine ...
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Teen survives three-storey shaft fall at Brisbane student apartment complex
Fortitude Valley 4006 A teenager is in hospital with pelvic injuries after a three-storey fall down a ventilation shaft in inner-city Brisbane.Emergency services were called to a student apartment complex in Fortitude Valley around 1:00am (AEST).It took firefighters an hour to free the 17-year-old who had become stuck in the shaft.Paramedic Brad Hardy says the man is lucky to be ...
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Teen falls 16m down rooftop shaft
A TEENAGER is in hospital after plunging two storeys through a skylight ventilation shaft at a Fortitude Valley apartment block in ...
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Man with medical condition missing
POLICE are appealing to the public for information about a 75-year-old man missing from Chermside in Brisbane's inner north since ...
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Locals shut out by miners FIFO deal
Under a deal struck with the Bligh government, BHP Billiton and its partner Mitsubishi, under the BMA Alliance, will be able to employ about 1000 workers on the controversial fly-in, fly-out rostering system.It will mean workers can live anywhere and fly into the site for periods often lasting two weeks.Under the deal the Caval Ridge and Daunia mines, near Moranbah, will be staffed with workers ...
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Bay turtles shell-shocked but recovering
The Environment Department's Dr Colin Limpus yesterday led an annual health check of the bay's turtles on the eve of World Turtle Day today.A small sample of the population were wrangled in the water and brought aboard a departmental barge to be weighed, measured and given a general health check to gauge how the 10,000-strong population was coping compared to last ...
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LNP privacy query looks at Driscoll
THE LNP is investigating a potential major privacy breach involving thousands of people receiving unsolicited phone calls in an exercise organised by outcast MP Scott ...
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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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