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Queensland woman dies after being crushed by horse
Ocean View 4521 A woman in her 30s has died after being crushed under a horse in south-east Queensland this morning.The accident happened at a trail riding property at Ocean View, north-west of Brisbane. It is believed the woman and horse fell down a ditch.The woman's riding companion called emergency services.The EMQ helicopter was used to winch a paramedic to the woman, but she died at ...
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Pedestrian run down on Gold Coast road
A MAN is in a serious condition after being hit by a car on the Gold Coast this afternoon. He was struck on the Gold Coast Highway at Surfers Paradise around 12.40pm and rushed to Gold Coast Hospital with head injuries. The accident has caused heavy congestion in the area and police are urging motorists are urged to avoid it. They remain on scene and investigations are ...
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One dead as car goes under water near Bundaberg
ONE person is dead after a car ran off the road into a "body of water" leaving one person trapped. Police have confirmed one person died in the single vehicle accident at about 10.30am on the Bundaberg-Gin Gin road, near the small town of Sharon, near Bundaberg. Details are sketchy at this stage. Paramedics said three people were in the car which became "inundated' with water. ...
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Kyhesha-Lee suffered in final two weeks
Three-year-old Kyhesha-Lee Joughin was found dead at her Petrie home over the Easter long weekend. Her father has been charged with manslaughter and child ...
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Trapped in hospital bound to their beds
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 supported accommodation would cost a fraction of the price.Hospitals have no choice but to continue housing patients long after their treatment has ended as they wait on the Disability Services ...
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Dont just stand there
WHY do window shutters have to be open and seats upright upon landing? Is diet cola harder to pour in the skies? Here are 10 things you just have to know about air ...
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Trackwork halts trains on 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 ...
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Residents struggle with Joans death
RESIDENTS of Leichhardt St at Logan Central are battling guilt and confusion at being unable to save the life of mum-to-be Joan ...
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Councils in $1.5m credit card splurge
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 ...
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Girls opting out of science
Australia needs to do more to engage its girls in the hard sciences, according to a CSIRO chief. “As soon as you take your foot off the accelerator trying to create initiatives and excitement, things just go back down again,” said Cathy Foley, the head of CSIRO's Materials Science and Engineering division. A passionate advocate for women in science, Dr Foley says it was ...
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Brisbane father bailed over girls death
A BRISBANE man charged with causing the death of his three-year-old daughter has been granted bail. The 28-year-old man appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday, a day after he was charged with manslaughter and cruelty to children under 16. The girl's body was found at the home she shared with her father in suburban Petrie on March 30, over the Easter weekend. The matter will ...
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Australian Muslims warned of possible backlash after Woolwich attacks
QLD Australian Muslims are being urged to be aware of the possibility of a local backlash after the deadly terrorist attack in London this week.British soldier Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old Afghan war veteran, was killed near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, on ...
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ASIC appeals against fairness of Storm Financial settlement
QLD Australia's corporate regulator is appealing against the fairness of a financial settlement between former Storm Financial clients and the Macquarie Bank.The settlement follows a class action against the Macquarie Bank by Sydney law firm Levitt Robinson. The bank was ordered to pay $82.5 million to more than 1,000 Storm clients who took out margin loans. Under the settlement, around ...
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Kyhesha-Lees dad charged bailed
A Hillcrest man accused of killing his daughter walked from court after he being granted bail. Michael Lee Williamson, 28, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday morning, charged with the manslaughter of his daughter Kyhesha-Lee Joughin. He also faces a charge of cruelty to children under 16. After a bail hearing that lasted about 15 minutes, Magistrate ...
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Candidates seek preselection for Joyces Senate seat
QLD A field of 12 candidates is seeking Liberal-National Party preselection today to fill Barnaby Joyce's Senate seat in Queensland. Senator Joyce is giving up his Senate position to take on independent Tony Windsor in his Lower House seat of New England at the September election. The LNP State Council will meet in Mackay today to decide on Senator Joyce's replacement. Senator Joyce ...
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From captivity to karmic spectacle
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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Rail freight route in plan
LIBS PLAN: The proposed route would save inner city suburbs including Tennyson, Fairfield, Coorparoo and Norman Park from noise and coal dust ...
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Pupils skip core skills test
"PLEASE explain" letters were sent to 21 high schools last year after more than one in five of their OP-eligible Year 12 students chose not to sit the Queensland Core Skills ...
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Govt red-faced by immigration breakout
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 ...
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Civvies get grounding in flying
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft carrying more than 300 people which was flying from Pakistan to ...
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Female students opting out of science
Australia needs to do more to engage its girls in the hard sciences, according to a CSIRO chief. “As soon as you take your foot off the accelerator trying to create initiatives and excitement, things just go back down again,” said Cathy Foley, the head of CSIRO's Materials Science and Engineering division. A passionate advocate for women in science, Dr Foley says it was ...
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Valleys venues flew too close to the sun
Back in early 2001, when I was in the first stages of researching a book about Brisbane's colourful music history as part of a master's degree at QUT, I played a small role in a study commissioned by the Brisbane City Council. It was about the state of the city's live music scene, assessing the extent of its contribution to the city's creative economy as well as its cultural ...
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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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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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