Provides the latest RSS feeds for Brisbane News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brisbane News.Net http://www.brisbanenews.net/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 30 RESCUERS today called off an air and sea search for a deckhand missing from a fishing trawler that ran aground in foul weather on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Mark Wray, 32, disappeared from the whe... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16401147&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:21:42 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16401147&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FIVE children received minor injuries when a school bus crashed on the Gold Coast late today. The bus crashed into a ditch at the intersection of Banyula Drive and Arjuna Way at Gaven around 3.30pm t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16400431&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:37:17 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16400431&cat=eb6df49795f04561 AN investigation has been launched into the alleged assault of two junior rugby league players by adults during a scuffle at a match in Brisbane. The allegations centre around a game between the Burp... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16400430&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:37:12 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16400430&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A man accused of murdering his 18-month-old twins has been granted bail by a Supreme Court judge in Brisbane. The 28-year-old man, who cannot be named, is accused of two counts of murder, two of tort... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16402287&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:31:02 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16402287&cat=eb6df49795f04561 AUSTRALIA'S most notorious pedophile Dennis Ferguson's shot at being portrayed as a hapless and helpless victim in court today has been "adminstratively" foiled. Lawyers for Ferguson were this mornin... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396352&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:15 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396352&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE first of three major motorway upgrades on the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane is ready to take traffic, with the other two proceeding well. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh today commissioned the $... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396351&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:23 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396351&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Master Builders Association says it is disappointed an audit into 40 construction sites at the Gold Coast found 80 safety breaches. The audit was conducted after two Gold Coast men were killed in... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396837&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:33 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396837&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FIREFIGHTERS have found the body of a man in the charred ruins of a north Queensland house. Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) said neighbours rang triple zero about 8.15am (AEST) today after a b... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396999&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:20:09 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396999&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has resisted the urge to drop players but his assistant coach says the team is on notice. Regular starters Justin Hodges and Tonie Carroll, returning from suspens... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397783&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:33 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397783&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The last of about 500 Papua New Guinea pilgrims who attended World Youth Day will arrive home in Port Moresby today after being stranded in Sydney. The enthusiasm of the young Papua New Guineans who ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397784&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:36 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397784&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Boats are likely to remain in port today because of the gale and strong wind warning for much of the Queensland coast. Wind warnings are current for coastal waters between Cooktown in the state's far... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396836&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:32 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396836&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN has died in a house fire at a property near Mingela, west of Townsville in north Queensland. No one else was in the house at the time. A neighbour called 000 after hearing a loud explosion at t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396350&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:25 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16396350&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Good rain on the Darling Downs has farmers shaking their heads, saying it is unusual for this time of year. There have been widespread falls and it is still raining steadily at many places on the Dow... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397791&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:32 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397791&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mr Springborg says he would have been happy for Mr Brough to stand against other candidates on an open vote. (ABC News (File photo): Tom MacLean) http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397781&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:31 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397781&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Biosecurity Queensland chief veterinarian Ron Glanville says there is no evidence to prove new strains of the potentially deadly Hendra virus could be transmitted from human to human. The journal New... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397782&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:30 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16397782&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Hanover silence angers investors The number of people hoping to take legal action against troubled financial advice firm Vestar is growing but one lawyer says disgruntled investors should wait for the... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16389837&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:35:21 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16389837&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A BELGIAN tourist is in hospital after being bashed and robbed south of Brisbane. Police said the 27-year-old man separated from his tour group at Mount Warren Park about 3.30pm (AEST) yesterday to ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16392085&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:20:04 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16392085&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND'S coastline is continuing to experience harsh winds and unseasonal rain. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a coastal weather warning stretching from Cooktown in the state's far north t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16392084&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:20:03 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16392084&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN is missing today after a trawler ran aground on a Sunshine Coast beach. Police say the missing man, aged in his 30s, was on watch on the prawn trawler when it ran aground at Mooloolaba around ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16392083&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:20:01 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16392083&cat=eb6df49795f04561 TWELVE people have been charged with drug and weapons offences in the second stage of a police operation targeting motorcycle gangs in Queensland. Officers involved in operation Golf Cyclone II toda... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16374511&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:45:18 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16374511&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN has walked free from a Brisbane court after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl on a bus while on bail for another sex offence. The Brisbane District Court today heard Nich... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16373733&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:02 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16373733&cat=eb6df49795f04561 TWELVE people have been charged with drug and weapons offences in the second stage of a police operation targeting motorcycle gangs in Queensland. Officers involved in operation Golf Cyclone II today... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16373732&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:59:59 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16373732&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Transport Minister John Mickel says he is prepared to work with truck drivers who are frustrated by high fuel prices and changes to fatigue management rules. Truck drivers staged a "go-slo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375706&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:54:29 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375706&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Melbourne, July 23 : A Brisbane school's plan to charge students 50 dollars to have their photo taken with Australian cricketer Michael Clarke and wearing his baggy green cap has been roundly criticis... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16372464&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:44:11 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16372464&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Brisbane businesswoman has been jailed for forging her son's signature to obtain a $630,000 mortgage over an inner-city residence. The District Court heard 57-year-old Jeanie Tong bought a house at... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375709&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:54:26 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375709&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Premier has ordered a review of the state's wild dog management strategy. Anna Bligh says AgForce president Peter Kenny will lead the review. She says wild dogs cost Queensland about ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375705&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:54:30 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375705&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SIX teenagers have been charged with breaking into a Brisbane bus depot and vandalising 20 buses. Police allege four men aged 17 and 18 and two males aged 16 broke into the Logan City Bus Service de... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16374513&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:45:21 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16374513&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland police have charged 12 people with drug and weapons offences as part of an ongoing operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs. Cannabis, methylamphetamines and batons were seized during r... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375713&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:54:25 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375713&cat=eb6df49795f04561 BHP Billiton says flooding in central Queensland earlier this year contributed to an 8 per cent drop in its production of metallurgical coal over the past year. The company says the wet weather in Ja... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375724&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:54:21 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16375724&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The deputy head of electrical engineering at the University of Southern Queensland says one of the goals of a newly funded project is securing stored energy from renewable energy sources. A new three... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370561&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:55:21 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370561&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Gold Coast aged care complex that has been in lockdown for 10 days hopes to open its doors by the end of the week. A palliative care patient from the Lady Small Haven aged care complex at Benowa wa... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16369260&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:54:59 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16369260&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Health has sacked a senior bureaucrat whose expenses are being investigated. Paul Summergreene was employed as the Department's chief information officer in November last year, but his con... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370554&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:54:54 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370554&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Opposition says the State Government has tried to censor information about overseas travel expenses for Department of Transport staff. Opposition MP Tim Nicholls was sent an answer to ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370553&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:54:49 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370553&cat=eb6df49795f04561 There is an important deadline today ahead of the proposed merger of the Queensland Liberals and Nationals parties. Last week the federal president of the Liberals, Alan Stockdale, set a mid-week dea... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370552&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:54:42 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16370552&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IT was Starsky and Hutch revisited at Wynnum yesterday with two police officers pulling off a couple of arrests in scenes worthy of an American cop show. The tactical crime squad officers were patrol... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16363472&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:54:41 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16363472&cat=eb6df49795f04561 REPLACING the $5000 baby bonus on Cape York with "baby packs" of food and care items has drawn support from politicians and indigenous leaders. Support for the proposal came from Federal Indigenous A... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16363471&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:54:37 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16363471&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane Broncos forward Greg Eastwood says the threat of being dropped will make the whole team lift for Friday night's NRL match against Cronulla. Broncos coach Wayne Bennett criticised his players... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16365559&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:49:12 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16365559&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Former Bundaberg surgeon Jayant Patel has been released from the Brisbane watch-house on conditional bail. Patel and his Brisbane lawyer Arun Raniga were swamped by the media when they stepped outsid... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16365560&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:49:10 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16365560&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IDENTICAL twins accused of taking part in an all-girl gang bashing and robbery have won bail despite allegations they tried to intimidate witnesses. Amelia and Courtney Prentice, 17, appeared in Sout... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352025&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:10 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352025&cat=eb6df49795f04561 "If I came along and said to you 'What I want you to do tonight is go and get this drug and take it and die', then that's advising, counselling or assisting and I wouldn't last, but to talk in a ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352024&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:08 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352024&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE latest victim of Brisbane's notorious bikeway sex assaults has revealed how her accused attacker was finally brought undone by a cry for help. At least two men have long eluded police despite a b... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352026&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:06 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352026&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A representative from the St Columba's Parents and Friends Association, Di Hempenstall, confirmed the arrangement yesterday, saying it had been given the green light by Clarke's manager. "This i... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352021&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:14 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352021&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A DAMNING report has revealed exhausted students work gruelling 8 1/2-hour days under Education Minister Rod Welford's ''flexible timetable' plan. Several state schools have been holding lessons outs... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352023&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:11 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352023&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle will attend school fete A photo with Clarke and his baggy green will cost $50 All money will go to new school shelter A BRISBANE Catholic school has some of its flock in... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16353082&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:35:26 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16353082&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE say they will continue to investigate a spate of sex attacks on Brisbane bikeways despite today's arrest of a man accused of nine of the assaults. A 31-year-old Arana Hills man, who cannot be... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16353081&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:35:24 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16353081&cat=eb6df49795f04561 COMMITTED . . . Giuliano Perez co-ordinates a school garden project at Ashgrove State School, fertile ground for his green message of sustainable living. Picture: Rob Maccoll http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352028&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:49:03 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16352028&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A 31-year-old man charged with a series of sex offences in south-east Queensland has been remanded in custody after appearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court. The man is allegedly linked to assault... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16354572&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:42:43 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16354572&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police and emergency services crews are fighting a "large" bushfire at a Sunnybank Hills park on Brisbane's southside. A spokesman for Emergency Management Queensland said two fire crews were calle... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16346218&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:27:58 -0400 Brsibane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16346218&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THREE Gold Coast council officers received almost $70,000 in cash and holidays from major council contractors, a court has heard. The officers and the contractors had a 'questionable relationship', p... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16347009&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:12:32 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16347009&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A BUSHFIRE in Sunnybank Hills could cause delays to peak-hour traffic heading south from Brisbane's CBD this afternoon. Firefighters say drivers should be careful around Les Atkinson Park, off Beenle... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16347008&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:12:29 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16347008&cat=eb6df49795f04561 BRISBANE City Council ignored advice dating back to 2003 that could have prevented a bus explosion which injured two people, a State Government report says. A preliminary investigation into the explo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16347007&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:12:27 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16347007&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts is hoping to enlist the help of top celebrity chefs to spread awareness about fire safety in the kitchen. Mr Roberts says 46 per cent of all househ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16348748&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:05:03 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16348748&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Queensland Government investigation into a gas explosion at a Brisbane City Council bus depot has raised concerns about staff training. Sixty-three buses were taken off the road after a gas cylinde... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16348747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:05:00 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16348747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Ms Bligh says it is an extradition requirement the Qld Govt provide Patel with accommodation, food and access to medical care until his trial is over. (ABC News) http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16348749&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:04:59 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16348749&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A POLICE officer drew his gun during the arrest of 17-year-old twin sisters in their home because he feared for his safety, a court has been told. Acting detective sergeant Jason Ricardo went to arr... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16343668&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:13:50 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16343668&cat=eb6df49795f04561 He said he would ask Australian television networks to include fire safety tips during cooking programs, and ask them to urge the makers of overseas programs to do the same. "With hundreds of th... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16343076&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:32:28 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16343076&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Gold Coast Blaze has included American basketball import Luke Whitehead in their 10-man line-up for the 2008-2009 playing season. The 27-year-old replaced fellow countryman Juaquin Hawkins last s... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16343487&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:27:24 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16343487&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Emergency Services Minister says up to 20 jobs will be cut from the Fire and Rescue Service, but there will be no forced redundancies. Neil Roberts says belt-tightening throughout the ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16344399&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:27:25 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16344399&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Somerset Regional Council has successfully appealed against the increase in its bulk water costs and will pass the savings onto residents. The council last month advised residents of a substantial in... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16344434&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:27:22 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16344434&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Three fire crews have attended a fire at a grain silo in Toowoomba. The crews were first notified of smoke in the silo on Anzac Avenue at Harristown just after 10:00am AEST. Queensland Fire says som... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16344433&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:27:21 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16344433&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A TEENAGER has been charged with rape after a woman was allegedly assaulted at a party south of Brisbane in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 17-year-old Loganlea man has been charged with two... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339128&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:43:21 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339128&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Questions are being raised about how Queensland Police deal with the homeless, in the light of new video footage showing officers kneeing and punching a homeless man. The surveillance camera footage ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340546&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:52 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340546&cat=eb6df49795f04561 RAIN is predicted for southeast Queensland's dams this week but it's too early to tell whether it will be enough to ease level 6 restrictions. The combined storage level of Wivenhoe, Somerset and Nor... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339127&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:43:16 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339127&cat=eb6df49795f04561 I'm a woman and after completing half my education degree and teaching English abroad I decided to go into the finance industry. The university education department was discouragingly beauracratic, mo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339124&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:43:08 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339124&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Dental records may be used to identify human remains found in the Gold Coast hinterland, south of Brisbane, over the weekend. Police suspect they may be those of missing 59-year-old Brisbane woman Ka... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339531&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:51 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339531&cat=eb6df49795f04561 NINETEEN buses parked at a Loganlea depot have been damaged in an overnight spree. Police said windows on three buses were smashed along with the hydraulic fluid containers on another 16 buses. All ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339125&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:43:12 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339125&cat=eb6df49795f04561 TAXPAYERS should be incensed at having to foot the bill for Jayant Patel's living costs while he is on bail, Queensland Liberal Leader Mark McArdle says. Dr Patel was yesterday granted conditional b... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339688&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:22:42 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339688&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE Queensland Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in an appeal against a district court judge's decision to drop child sex charges against convicted pedophile Dennis Ferguson. Ferguson, 60, w... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339687&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:22:44 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16339687&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Rising fuel costs appear to be delaying Australia's largest independent regional airline from resuming flights in Queensland. Regional Express (REX) began flights from Brisbane to Maryborough in Octo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340545&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:50 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340545&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Court of Appeal in Brisbane will today hear an appeal against a permanent stay of charges against the convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson. The 60-year-old was released from jail three weeks ago ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340544&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:49 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340544&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A south-west Queensland mayor says she will be urging the Federal Government not to be too hasty in changing drought assistance. The Productivity Commission will hold meetings in Cunnamulla and Roma ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340562&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:49 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16340562&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Daily Telegraph . Motorists are in the midst of a burdensome season of record pump prices, thanks to global oil prices reaching an unprecedented level of $US147 a barrel. But with prices falling... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16334409&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:50:31 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16334409&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FOLLOWING a successful first legal BASE jumping event in NSW at the weekend, organisers hope the Gold Coast will be the backdrop to high-flyers soon. Australian BASE Association president Gary Cunnin... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16334410&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:50:25 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16334410&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The former mayor of the Burnett Shire, in southern Queensland, will face court in Brisbane today over charges relating to his time as head of the local council. Ray Duffy will appear before a magistr... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16336417&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:45:20 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16336417&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THEY have terrorised Brisbane women for more than two years, but one of the bikeway sex attackers may finally be in police custody. Three months ago, detectives from the Echo Shine taskforce scaled ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16330214&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:47:19 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16330214&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A PROMOTIONAL gift by a medical company resulted in a full-scale emergency at a Queensland hospital, when a "ticking" kitchen timer was mistaken for a bomb. When a package in the mailroom started be... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16330215&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:47:16 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16330215&cat=eb6df49795f04561 PREMIER Anna Bligh has will finally declare her free family holiday at a mansion owned by a director of a prominent developer. In an embarrassing backdown, Ms Bligh last night wrote to the Clerk of S... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324277&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:40:30 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324277&cat=eb6df49795f04561 PEDOPHILE Dennis Raymond Ferguson is expected to remain under police guard at a secret Brisbane location while his child sex case is being heard. Police removed him from Carbrook, in Redland City, fo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324278&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:40:28 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324278&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IDENTICAL twin teenagers accused of taking part in an all-girl gang bashing on the Gold Coast have been hit with new charges. Amelia and Courtney Prentice, 17, appeared in Southport Magistrate's Cour... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324279&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:40:27 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324279&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IT'S a masochist's dream - a 96km, 24-hour-plus, non-stop trek through near-freezing temperatures and some of Queensland's harshest terrain. But for dozens, the dream of conquering the annual Kokoda ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324281&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:40:22 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324281&cat=eb6df49795f04561 GRANDMOTHER Terri has taken out the eighth and final series of Big Brother. The 52-year-old retail worker from NSW edged out bricklayer Rory and law student Ben to win the competition and $250,000 c... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16325042&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:22:49 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16325042&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Records show the number of repossessed residential and commercial properties hit a record 1019 last year and continued at the same rate – about 85 a month – until May. But a Courier-Mail ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324280&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:40:24 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324280&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IT MAY be at least 12 months before Dr Jayant Patel's case goes to trial which is one of the reasons the former Bundaberg surgeon was granted bail. It was one of the many reasons that culminated in m... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324283&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:40:14 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16324283&cat=eb6df49795f04561 An inquiry has heard claims of poor record-keeping, inconsistent decision-making, and an absence of an official policy by the Department of Veterans Affairs in determining payments for those affected ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16326182&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:34:06 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16326182&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Police Commissioner says he expects convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson will stay at a new undisclosed location in Brisbane until after a court appeal has been finalised. Bob Atkinson... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16326181&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:34:04 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16326181&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has bowed to public pressure and declared to Parliament a holiday she took in the home of a director of a development company. It was revealed last week that Ms Bligh a... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16320451&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:50:18 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16320451&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland's combined electricity unions are stepping up industrial action, with more strikes scheduled for this week. The Queensland Government and the unions representing the state's electricity wo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321417&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:02:01 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321417&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has formally informed the Parliament about her controversial Christmas holiday in Sydney. Premier Bligh initially did not declare the three-week stay at the home of Thie... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321413&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:01:59 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321413&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The federal president of the Liberal Party says this weekend's planned merger with the Nationals in Queensland may be postponed if a dispute about the constitution cannot be settled. Alan Stockdale w... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321416&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:01:58 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321416&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Government will give the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) another $17 million over the next four years. Extra money had already been announced in the June budget. A... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321415&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:01:57 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16321415&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A COMPANY that painted its campervans with slogans found to be demeaning to women has now urged complainants to call Queensland Premier Anna Bligh at her office. Wicked Campers, whose campervans are... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316307&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:50 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316307&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FORMER surgeon Jayant Patel has appeared in a Brisbane court this afternoon after being extradited from the United States. Dr Patel, 58, was brought into the Brisbane Magistrates Court at 2.20pm (AE... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316304&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:42 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316304&cat=eb6df49795f04561 CONVICTED pedophile Dennis Ferguson has been moved from a Queensland property to a secret location in Brisbane ahead of a court hearing tomorrow. A Brisbane District Court judge dismissed child sexu... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316303&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:40 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316303&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A QUEENSLAND man has been charged after he allegedly inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl. The 39-year-old man from Carbrook, southwest of Brisbane, was charged with indecent treatment of a ch... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316305&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:44 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316305&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SOUTHEAST Queensland motorists can expect to pay less than $1.50 a litre at the bowser tomorrow, says the RACQ. The motoring body is forecasting some "modest relief'' in petrol prices, followin... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316306&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:47 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316306&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A CAMPERVAN company has agreed to ditch sexist slogans aimed at the backpacker market. The Advertising Standards Board has upheld complaints over slogans painted on Wicked Campers' vehicle's that cl... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316308&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:38 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16316308&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Government says parts of Brisbane's new northern busway will be elevated to allow access to the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Workers on the weekend installed bridge beams for the $198 mill... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317298&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:19:34 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317298&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Leading Queensland jockey Stathi Katsidis has been fined $500 after pleading guilty in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court to possessing the diuretic drug clenbuterol without a prescription. The 31-year-... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317305&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:19:33 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317305&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Ipswich City Council is preparing to reopen four streets that were closed after subsidence earlier this year. Homes in Collingwood Park were damaged by ground movement caused by old mines in Apri... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317299&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:19:33 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317299&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Premier Anna Bligh hopes the public can suggest a better name for Brisbane's new Tank Street bridge. Ms Bligh says the $63 million pedestrian-and-cycle bridge from North Quay to the Galler... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317300&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:19:32 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16317300&cat=eb6df49795f04561