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 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:31 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:31 -0500 30 Batsman Luke Pomersbach made an unbeaten 73 as Western Australia fought back against Queensland on the opening day of their Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba. The bottom-placed Warriors were 6 for ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32971188&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:19:44 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32971188&cat=eb6df49795f04561 MORE than 40 pink balloons were released outside a Bundaberg church just after 11.20am today as the city farewelled murder victim Trinity Bates. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32973003&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07:25 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32973003&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Two of the workers have been taken to Nambour Hospital, the Department of Community Safety said. Their condition was not known.The men sustained head and hand injuries after the crane came off its hin... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32973004&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07:23 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32973004&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Property values in the Australian capitals over the last decade. A humble abode in a leafy Sydney suburb was once considered completely unattainable by those living north of the border. Now, howeve... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32973002&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:14 -0500 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32973002&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Gold Coast Mayor says the Queensland Government is making a significant profit from the sale of desalinated water produced at Tugun. Councillor Ron Clarke says it is appropriate the desalination ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32970518&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:29 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32970518&cat=eb6df49795f04561 State MP Vicky Darling has defended the anti-bullying policies at St Patrick's College on Brisbane's bayside but says there is always room for improvement. Elliott Fletcher, 12, died last month after... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32969016&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:25 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32969016&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SEX-starved man was so frustrated when his de facto partner refused to sleep with him that he began secretly filming her in the shower to fulfil his sexual urges, a court heard today. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32970520&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:30:02 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32970520&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The chopper went down in a rural area at Tally Ho, about 60km south of Emerald, just before 11am (AEST) on Wednesday, the Department of Community Safety said. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32970519&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:29:18 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32970519&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland's mine safety commissioner says a new computer program will help reduce the number of collisions and fatalities at mine sites. Work has started on the COLLISIONgate project, which compiles... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968446&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:58 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968446&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Western Australia is 3 for 108 at lunch after losing the toss and being sent in to bat on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at the 'Gabba. Mitchell Swart is unbeaten on... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966859&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:45 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966859&cat=eb6df49795f04561 An action group against violence in schools will meet for the first time today amid claims a school on Brisbane's bayside is ignoring bullying. The father of a former student at St Patrick's College ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966860&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:42 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966860&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Brisbane Catholic boys' school where a 12-year-old was stabbed to death is turning a blind eye to bullying, according to a father whose four boys all attended the school. Schoolboy Elliott Fletcher... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966861&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:40 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966861&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is expected to testify today at the corruption trial of a Brisbane businessman. 58-year-old Harold Warner Shand has pleaded not guilty in the District Court to paying a ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966862&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:39 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966862&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FLOOD-HIT Queensland residents have been warned to beware of dodgy handymen and charity collectors trying to make a quick buck during the clean-up. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968452&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:34 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968452&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE mother of a 12-year-old boy bashed at a police-run disco is demanding new laws to ensure young bullies pay for their actions. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968451&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:32 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968451&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Crime and Misconduct Commission has cleared Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland of any wrongdoing following allegations of corruption. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968448&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:50 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968448&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A campaign by residents of a Northgate street to convince council to ban trucks from rat-running there has been a victory for people power. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968449&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:47 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968449&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE investigating the suspicious death of a woman at Wellington Point apprehended a man fleeing in a tinnie, it is understood. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968450&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:44 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32968450&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland has won the toss and sent Western Australia in to bat in the Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba. Ladder leader Victoria - playing Tasmania in the last round of the regular season - and Qu... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964098&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:34 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964098&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A seventh person has been charged over the death of a man on the New South Wales north coast 15 months ago. Saaid Zaiter was last seen at Chinderah in December of 2008, and his remains were found in ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966188&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:33 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966188&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A public meeting has heard that victims of youth gang violence in the Tweed are often too scared to report it. The Save the Communities Alliance is circulating a petition and organising a rally to hi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966189&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:31 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966189&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The State Government will go ahead with ignition locks for repeat drink drivers - three years after announcing the plan. The Government says it did not follow through with the plan initially because ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964100&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:30 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964100&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The report by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority found there was a seven day delay in getting wildlife cleaning supplies to the island. (ABC News: Stephanie Smail) http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964101&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:27 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964101&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Question time in the Brisbane City Council meeting last night was dominated by fierce debate about a suspended LNP councillor. Councillor for Tennyson Ward, Nicole Johnston, was last week suspended f... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964102&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:25 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32964102&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A FATHER says a Catholic school did nothing to punish a bully who bashed his son, days before another student was stabbed to death in the schoolyard. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966194&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:16:37 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966194&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police say the man latched onto the exterior of his car after the 16-year-old boy jumped in and took off across the car park in Rockhampton last night.The car owner, 48, was dragged several metres. He... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966195&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:16:35 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966195&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A FATHER says a Catholic school did nothing to punish a bully who bashed his son, days before another student was stabbed to death in the schoolyard. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966192&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:15:50 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966192&cat=eb6df49795f04561 HUNDREDS are expected to gather at a Bundaberg church this morning for the funeral of Bundaberg schoolgirl Trinity 'Trinny' Bates. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966193&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:15:48 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32966193&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A senior State Government official says a new system of land valuations should have little impact on residential property owners. The Government has agreed to start using "site valuations" from next ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32960519&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:41:40 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32960519&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Rivers at Narran, Hebel and Hungerford are expected to peak soon, possibly today, as the deluge that fell over Queensland flows into NSW.The Bureau of Meteorology says storage dams that service large ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962866&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:10 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962866&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A private service will be held for the eight-year-old at 10.30am AEST at the Citicoast Church on Elliott Heads Road in the Queensland city.Her family has asked mourners to attend the service dressed i... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962867&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:08 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962867&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Council plans for the redevelopment of the heritage-listed wharves, situated below the Story Bridge, include parklands, and a proposed hotel and commercial development on the site.Tenders for the whar... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962859&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:36 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962859&cat=eb6df49795f04561 In the latest appalling episode of bullying in Queensland, the teen was bashed by two others in a planned attack at a Buderim basketball stadium last Friday night.The boy received a concussion after n... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962860&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:33 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962860&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A TRUCK driver has revealed he gained access to the Cairns airport airside daily for five years without an authorised ­security pass. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962861&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:29 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962861&cat=eb6df49795f04561 LNP Brisbane City councillors have been accused of bullying fellow councillor Nicole Johnston, who was suspended from the party last week on charges of gross disloyalty. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962862&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:25 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962862&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police said the 37-year-old man from Burleigh Heads had been drinking with his alleged attacker all afternoon at the house in Pisa Court.About 7pm an argument broke out and the victim was seriously as... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962863&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:22 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962863&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Reserve Bank has warned that difficulties in building new homes threaten to drive Australian house prices higher. RBA assistant governor Phillip Lowe said if the nation's population growth remain... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962864&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:56 -0500 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962864&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Their work helped inspire The Hurt Locker (inset), but for Australian explosives experts such as Tony Gilchrist (above, on one of his 102 missions in Iraq), it seems Oscars come easier than bravery a... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962865&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:53 -0500 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32962865&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Unions say the State Government has caved in to the property sector on land tax changes. The Queensland Council of Unions says the Government will not budge on asset sales but has given in to the "bi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32957230&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:47:12 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32957230&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND is donating half a million dollars to Chile, following last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 450 people. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959468&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:32:26 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959468&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The 48-year-old tried to stop the teenage thief driving off and grabbed hold of the ute, until he fell off on to the road suffering leg injuries and chest pain. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959465&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:31:45 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959465&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Streakers ... backpackers Esben Hansen, Senda Prieto and Luke McRae outside Roma Street Police HQ where they stripped their clothes off and ran around "to get some funny pictures". Picture: Annette ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959466&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:31:43 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959466&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The State Government has restricted its first-home owners grant to those buying property worth less than $750,000. Since January market entrants buying property worth up to $1 million in the Sunshine... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959467&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:24:40 -0500 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32959467&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A BOY who was teased about his musical tastes held a kitchen knife to a classmate's neck and told him: "Three strikes and you're out." http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32949355&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:15:30 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32949355&cat=eb6df49795f04561 He's played the pipes in Russia, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom and lives for their music."My great-grandfather started the Lismore pipe band and I found his old bagpipes under a bed in t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32949354&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:14:51 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32949354&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SURFERS Paradise high-rises have been cut from the track to stop balcony flashers as organisers of the Gold Coast's new-look motor race, SuperCarnivale, move to make the event more family-friendl... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945746&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:15:08 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945746&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The senior student from Brisbane Boys' College was allegedly "king hit" by a Nudgee College boy, outside the Chandler Aquatic Centre about 9pm on Friday.The students were among a larger grou... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945748&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:15:05 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945748&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE increasing number of children being home schooled in Queensland is being fuelled by frustrated parents fed up with the amount of bullying in schools. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:15:02 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A FEDERAL Government report into the response to the Pacific Adventurer oil spill disaster has found an environmentally sensitive wetland on Moreton Island was put at risk by bureaucratic red tape. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945749&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:14:57 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32945749&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FORMER Palm Island police officers are expected to give evidence as the third inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee moves to Townsville today. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32939190&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:10:43 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32939190&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Former Melbourne Storm flyer Joseph Tomane's impressive trial form has won the boom teenager a centres spot for Gold Coast's NRL season-opener against New Zealand Warriors on Sunday. Tomane, 19, was ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32937018&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:54:09 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32937018&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MILLIONAIRE mining magnate and associate of a prominent businessman accused of making a corrupt $60,000 payment to former Queensland Cabinet minister Gordon Nuttall has today denied any involvement ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32937019&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:41:18 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32937019&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The administrators of Cubbie Station, McGrath Nicol, say recent rain in Queensland's southern inland will not drive up the property's sale price. Drought was the main reason administrators were calle... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934785&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:25:30 -0500 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934785&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FEDERAL Human Services Minister Chris Bowen has warned that any individual double-dipping on flood relief payments would face penalties on behalf of government agencies. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934786&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:12:16 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934786&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The woman lost control of the motorcycle while riding along the Yandina-Coolum Rd, Maroochy River.Emergency Services attended but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Meanwhile , there is a mul... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934787&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:12:13 -0500 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934787&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The shocking vandalism of tribute Facebook pages for slain Australian children could have been avoided if only users, not Facebook, put more effort into policing the site, the internet industry says. ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934788&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:06:24 -0500 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934788&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Quade Cooper It looks like he's about to don a cape and leap tall buildings in a single bound. Reds fly-half Quade Cooper's new "superhero" pose before shots at goal is raising eyebrows but there's... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934789&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:06:20 -0500 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=32934789&cat=eb6df49795f04561