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Dunk Island bounces back after Cyclone Yasi destruction
Dunk Island 4816 The Cassowary Coast Regional Council says disaster recovery work in the public areas of Dunk Island off far north Queensland has been completed.A new jetty has been built after it was destroyed during Cyclone Yasi in February 2011.Councillor Alistair Pike says the spit area is now in a better condition than it was before the disaster."The national QPWS [Queensland Parks ...
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Sugar exporter says more Bundaberg Port dredging needed
Bundaberg 4670 One of Queensland's biggest sugar exporters says it will take months longer than usual to export sugar out of the Bundaberg Port.The first commercial ship was loaded yesterday after January's floods suspended operations for more than five months.About 180,000 tonnes of sugar from last season's crush has been sitting in storage.Damien Ziebath from Queensland Sugar ...
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Gladstone council says ratepayers subsidising SEQ water bills
Gladstone 4680 Gladstone's Deputy Mayor Matt Burnett has confirmed water rates will rise in next month's council budget, but will not say by how much.Councillor Burnett says the central Queensland council had planned to absorb rising water rates through the multi-million-dollar dividends it once received from the Gladstone Area Water Board.However, from next month the State ...
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Gold Coast Marathon to get Chinese tourism boost
Southport 4215 Beijing Television (BTV) will introduce millions of Chinese viewers to next month's Gold Coast Marathon in south-east Queensland.Several BTV reporters will cover the race, along with Chinese bloggers, photographers and newspaper journalists. The marathon's general manager, Cameron Hart, says it is a major coup for local tourism operators."We've also got a ...
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Surf club pumped over Maroochydore Beach erosion fix
Maroochydore 4558 Sand pumping has started to replenish the badly eroded Maroochydore Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.Council will spend $2 million over four years to pump more than 100,000 tonnes of sand onto Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland beaches.Local surf club president Tim Ryan says it is money well spent."People at Cotton Tree and Alex and Mooloolaba are huge areas ...
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Qld Government dismisses Greenpeace-commissioned report over Alpha Coal Project
Alpha 4724 The State Government has rejected the findings of a report into the finances of central Queensland's Alpha Coal Project, saying it is not credible.Greenpeace commissioned the report from the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.The institute has found GVK Hancock's Alpha Coal Project in the Galilee Basin will not be financially viable, due to ...
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State of Origin Mal Meninga claims he was not intoxicated when asked to leave Brisbane bar
Brisbane 4000 Queensland coach Mal Meninga maintains he was not intoxicated and was acting responsibly when he was asked to leave a Brisbane bar on Wednesday morning.Meninga was celebrating skipper Cameron Smith and full-back Billy Slater's 30th birthdays when asked by the bar's security staff to leave.Staff intervened after Meninga allegedly stepped behind a service area asking for ...
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Mans body found in the street
Police were called to Goodwin Street about 2.30am where the body of a 53-year-old local man was found.Police have urged anyone who saw anything suspicious between 6pm Wednesday night and 3am this morning to contact the Bundaberg CIB on 4153 9066 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.A Queensland Police spokesperson said there were no further details at this stage and the investigation was ...
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Truck carrying wood catches fire
The truck was travelling on the Burnett Highway, about 3km south of Ban Ban Springs, when it caught fire about 6am.Three fire crews were attempting to bring the blaze under control which had engulfed both of the truck's trailers.An emergency services spokesman said an ambulance was at the scene but it was unclear whether anyone was ...
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CMC called on to probe Flegg tapes
Premier dismisses derogatory talk as tearoom gossip as Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk calls on CMC to investigate Bruce Flegg ...
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Dollar dives on US moves
The Australian dollar has fallen to 33-month-low after the US Federal Reserve tipped an end to its stimulus program, which had been pumping $US85 billion into the US economy each month. The Australian currency slipped from 95.5 US cents before the start of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's comments, before plunging more than 2.5 US cents to 92.9 US cents. It was trading at 92.74 US cents ...
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Australians name squad for first Test against Lions in Brisbane
Australia have picked James O'Connor at fly-half for Saturday's opening Test against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane, with Kurtley Beale included on the bench.The starting XV picked by the coach, Robbie Deans, features three debutants in full-back Israel Folau, flanker Ben Mowen and inside centre Christian Lealiifano.Folau is competing in his first season in ...
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35 jobs go as Monto mine put on hold
Monto 4630 The community of Monto in south-east Queensland's North Burnett region is bracing for the closure of its biggest mining operations.More than 35 workers will loss their jobs when Belridge Enterprises suspends operations at the Goondicum ilmenite mine next week.Managing director Mark McCauley says the company will review the mine's viability at the end of the ...
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Police investigate mans suspicious death in Bundaberg
Bundaberg 4670 Police have set up a crime scene after the death of an 53-year-old man in Bundaberg in southern QueenslandThe man was found unconscious just after 2:00am (AEST) in the middle of Goodwin Street near the city's CBD. He was taken to Bundaberg Hospital but died a short time laterSenior Sergeant Joe Hildred says police are treating the death as suspicious."Investigations ...
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Ex-girlfriend not guilty of torching Mackay house
Mackay 4740 A north Queensland woman has been found not guilty of setting her ex-boyfriend's house on fire.Natasha Larina Evans stood accused in the District Court in Mackay of one count of arson.Police alleged she set fire to Adon Dinsmore's Eimeo home in September 2011.At the time, Mr Dinsmore was in Brisbane attending his sister's 40th birthday party.Mr Dinsmore says while he ...
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Qld Indigenous legal service disappointed with High Court ruling
Cairns 4870 Queensland's Indigenous legal service says it is disappointed to have lost a High Court appeal against sly-grogging charges on Palm Island off the state's north. Palm Island woman Joan Maloney was challenging a fine she received after being found with rum and bourbon on the island in 2010. The appeal was run by Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Legal ...
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QUT Australias best uni under 50
Queensland's ';university for the real world'; has been ranked as the nation's top university under 50 years old. The Queensland University of Technology has ranked equal 26 in ...
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Health authorities admit 2011 legionnaires death at Wesley kept quiet
Brisbane 4000 Management at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital say it was a mistake not to tell the public about a man's death from legionnaires' disease in 2011.Queensland's chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young has ordered a review into the 2011 death.It is part of a broader investigation into a deadly outbreak of the disease at the site in recent weeks.The man's death was ...
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Nine to help pick cricket team
Less than three weeks have passed since Channel Nine and Cricket Australia sealed a new $450 million alliance and already they are at each other's throats. The long-time cricket broadcaster made headlines last summer when it protested the rotation of players in the Australian team for one-day internationals. Now, there is fresh tension after a leading Nine executive told a business lunch ...
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Medical help costs too much for Queenslanders
Three of the state's Medicare Local regions, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and West Moreton-Oxley, took out the report's top spots with 14 per cent of residents in each area admitting they avoided treatment from a medical specialist because of the associated cost.The National Health Performance Authority on Australia's experiences with access to healthcare further showed five of ...
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Virgins Whitsundays direct approach
Tickets yesterday went on sale for Virgin Australia flights from Melbourne to Hamilton Island, with four flights a week starting in August.With Melbourne already offering five flights a week on Jetstar, the southern city could become Hamilton Island's second biggest market after Sydney, moving past Brisbane.Cairns is the only other major centre with direct flights to Hamilton Island.While ...
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Airport Virgin strike runway deal
A BREAKTHROUGH deal between Brisbane Airport Corporation and Virgin Australia has brought plans for a desperately needed new runway closer to ...
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Cuban dancers wow Brisbane crowds
BRISBANE grooved to the rhythms of Old Havana last night at the opening performance of visiting Cuban dance troupe Ballet Revolucion. Twenty of the world's finest dancers performed their fusion of ballet, contemporary dance and modern hip-hop to appreciative crowds at QPAC's Lyric ...
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Palm Island sly-grog appeal lost
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs, Glen Elmes, speaks to the media about the High Court decision on the appeal by Palm Island woman, Joan ...
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Blood brothers pact in slayings
FOUR men stood near a bush clearing after the vicious rape and murder of Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson, 20, and Wendy Evans, 18, almost 40 years ago and swore a pact of secrecy in blood, a witness has ...
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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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