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, 08 Sep 2010 07:08:32 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:08:32 -0400 30 A truck driver in Australia will have to pay thousands in legal costs after he challenged a speeding ticket and appealed his case in three different courts. http://www.brisbanenews.net/story/681952 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:20:07 -0400 ANI http://www.brisbanenews.net/story/681952 The six Queensland policemen involved in a drunken, naked run on Brisbane's bayside last September have returned to operational duties. The officers who had attended a bucks party stripped off and ra... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38469314&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:14:35 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38469314&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SUCCESSFUL Gold Coast businesswoman who neglected her dog for up to eight years in a ''mean, callous and indecent way'' has been hit with more than $6000 in fines and vet bills. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471008&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:46:22 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471008&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE world is littered with failed utopian dreams. Is the State Government's new transport plan for southeast Queensland destined to be one of them? http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471009&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:46:19 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471009&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SUCCESSFUL Gold Coast businesswoman who neglected her dog for up to eight years in a ''mean, callous and indecent way'' has been hit with more than $6000 in fines and vet bills. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471006&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:45:11 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471006&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE in north Queensland say they have no leads in their attempts to find the perpetrator of a sexual assault on a German tourist. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471007&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:45:07 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38471007&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Greg Bird is determined to do whatever it takes to help guide the Titans to NRL finals glory - even if that means tormenting his close friend Brett Seymour. The Gold Coast utility reckons he will say... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468163&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:03:02 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468163&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane hotels are sure to be crammed full of lovers of soulful music towards the start of October, as Simply Red come to town to play one of their final gigs. The band are touring the world for o... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465900&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:45:49 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465900&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE in north Queensland say they have no leads in their attempts to find the perpetrator of a sexual assault on a German tourist. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468167&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:33:25 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468167&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A 63-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed at Sheldon, in Brisbane's outer south, early on Wednesday morning after he tried to stop a would-be car thief. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468168&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:33:00 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468168&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The recall to check support brackets is for 116,507 petrol and turbo-diesel HiLux vehicles produced between January 2005 and February 2010.Hilux two-wheel-drive vehicles are not affected, Toyota Austr... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468166&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:31:51 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38468166&cat=eb6df49795f04561 As Sam Stosur caps off her best US Open campaign, a blast from the past may help her make a final push to reach world number one. A time capsule at the tennis star's primary school has just been unea... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465250&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:48:30 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465250&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The jury in a Brisbane Supreme Court murder trial has heard a recording of a police interview in which the accused man admits to driving his car at a woman because he was angry. Lui Ponita, 43, has p... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38463270&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:48:29 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38463270&cat=eb6df49795f04561 New figures show a two-per cent drop in the number of international visitors to Queensland in the year to June. The biggest fall was in Japanese holidaymakers. Queensland Tourism Minister Peter Lawl... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38463269&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:48:27 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38463269&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The independent Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, says he thinks he will still be able to influence government policy in the new Federal Parliament. Mr Katter yesterday threw his support behind the Coa... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38463268&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:48:24 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38463268&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A BRISBANE judge has warned a convicted pedophile he faced a "pessimistic'' future and a indefinite period languishing in jail despite having already fully served a prison term for chil... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465254&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:19:46 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465254&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A POLICE sergeant involved in an off-duty nudie run through traffic at Capalaba last September has been demoted to senior-constable in a move that will cost him about $30,000 a year. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465255&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:19:44 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465255&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SEVERAL inner-city roads and pedestrian thorough-fares in Townsville have been cordoned off after an excavator ruptured a gas main in Flinders Street Mall. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465256&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:19:40 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465256&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A POLICE sergeant involved in an off-duty nudie run through traffic at Capalaba last September has been demoted to senior-constable in a move that will cost him about $30,000 a year. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465252&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:18:47 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465252&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SEVERAL inner-city roads and pedestrian thorough-fares in Townsville have been cordoned off after an excavator ruptured a gas main in Flinders Street Mall. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465253&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:18:44 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38465253&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Cougar Energy says it has reached an agreement with the State Government over the company's underground coal gasification (UCG) project in the South Burnett region of south-east Queensland. The compa... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38462380&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:41:14 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38462380&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Brisbane Magistrates Court has heard that a large pool of blood was cleaned up at a strip club where a murder is alleged to have occurred. The prosecution is alleging that Kevin Stanley Brack was... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460720&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:41:00 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460720&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she will be holding Prime Minister Julia Gillard to a promise to help build the Redcliffe rail line, north of Brisbane Ms Bligh says regional Queenslanders will ben... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460721&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:40:57 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460721&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Public Sector Union (QPSU) says more child safety workers are quitting their jobs due to growing workloads and too much stress. Recent figures show the Child Safety Department is strug... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460724&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:40:51 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460724&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Information Technology Minister Robert Schwarten says Premier Anna Bligh's "Walk a Day in my Shoes" program is not about winning favour with voters. Ms Bligh wants all Labor MP's to spend ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460723&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:40:48 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38460723&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A FEW harsh words outside an end of school term party escalated into a night of mayhem in which a drunken teenager assaulted four people using a machete and trolley handle, a court heard today. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38462387&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:11:33 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38462387&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Alastair Lynch, pictured with Mal Michael after Brisbane's 2003 grand final win, says he sees huge similarities between the Lions finals series of that year and the challenge that Geelong faces after ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38462384&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:57:50 -0400 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38462384&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A southern Queensland mayor says he will not let coal seam gas (CSG) companies dump salt waste on the western Darling Downs. There are several options open to CSG companies to dump salt brine from th... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459901&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:01 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459901&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A day after losing Michael Rischitelli, the Brisbane Lions have re-signed vice-captain Jed Adcock and rising youngsters Todd Banfield and James Hawksley. The new deals were announced on Wednesday mor... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38457864&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:31:35 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38457864&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said a semi-trailer and a dual-cab ute collided around 9.15am.“The semi-trailer has rolled,” she said. “There are reports one man is dece... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459907&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:57:38 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459907&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A small fire was located in the kitchen area of the store on Harbour Town Drive at Biggera Waters around 8.15am. A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said no one was there at the time and it o... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459906&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:57:36 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459906&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SIX police officers involved in a naked run around a van at a busy Brisbane intersection during a bucks party a year ago will have to wait a bit longer to find out if they can return to the Special Em... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459908&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:57:33 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459908&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said a semi-trailer and a dual-cab ute collided around 9.15am.“The semi-trailer has rolled,” she said. “There are reports one man is dece... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459903&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:56:21 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459903&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SIX police officers involved in a naked run around a van at a busy Brisbane intersection during a bucks party a year ago will have to wait a bit longer to find out if they can return to the Special Em... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459904&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:56:15 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459904&cat=eb6df49795f04561 LAST Wednesday night Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott made a critical tactical decision that rang serious alarm bells for Tony Abbott and his camp. Late in the evening, having been locked up at their r... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459905&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:38:09 -0400 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38459905&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Member for Groom Ian Macfarlane says the Toowoomba bypass will not be built under a Gillard Labor minority Federal Government. Two regional independents, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott yesterday ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456640&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:59:14 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456640&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A tent sits in the middle of a vast pool of water resulting from heavy rains at Birdsville in far west Queensland. (User submitted: Christine Gray) http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456641&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:59:11 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456641&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A 67-year-old man has pushed his lawnmower up the Queensland coast from the Gold Coast to Cairns to raise money for charity. Claude Harvey left the Gold Coast in the state's south-east in July and ar... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456638&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:59:00 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456638&cat=eb6df49795f04561 St George Illawarra coach Wayne Bennett will reassess his future at the completion of the NRL finals, with a return to the Dragons for 2011 his only guarantee. The subject of talk he will return to h... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38454311&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:58:55 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38454311&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Biosecurity Queensland says it will lay baits in parts of south-east Queensland's Lockyer Valley to prevent the spread of fire ants. A colony has been found at Mount Mort, about seven kilometres away... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38454313&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:58:47 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38454313&cat=eb6df49795f04561 ANNA Bligh has admitted her Government should have been more "upfront" with Queenslanders about asset sales but has vowed that she will not back down on the decision. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456650&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:44 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456650&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The 42-year-old victim suffered serious injuries to his face and needed hospital treatment. Police have alleged his attacker, a 32-year-old man, became aggressive towards him and glassed him with a br... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456651&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:40 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456651&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police were called to an address at Coolibah Drive at Palm Beach just before 5pm yesterday, where they found the 57-year-old woman with life-threatening stab wounds. She died a short time later. A 52-... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456653&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:37 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456653&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Less than three months after she toppled him, Julia Gillard held out an olive branch and invited Mr Rudd into her Cabinet."I gave Kevin Rudd a commitment that he would be a senior member of my mi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456652&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:34 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456652&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE are investigating what appears to be a callous attack on a 94-year-old man in his own home at Wellington Point at Redlands, south of Brisbane. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456649&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:27 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456649&cat=eb6df49795f04561 ANNA Bligh has admitted her Government should have been more "upfront" with Queenslanders about asset sales but has vowed that she will not back down on the decision. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456644&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:23 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456644&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The 42-year-old victim suffered serious injuries to his face and needed hospital treatment. Police have alleged his attacker, a 32-year-old man, became aggressive towards him and glassed him with a br... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456643&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:19 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456643&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police were called to an address at Coolibah Drive at Palm Beach just before 5pm yesterday, where they found the 57-year-old woman with life-threatening stab wounds. She died a short time later. A 52-... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456642&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:15 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456642&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE are investigating what appears to be a callous attack on a 94-year-old man in his own home at Wellington Point at Redlands, south of Brisbane. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456646&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:02 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456646&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The person, who requested anonymity, contacted this website to deny recent suggestions that members were trying to kick Assange out of the organisation. ‘‘There’s no discussion of a... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456648&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:11:45 -0400 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456648&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Video settings JULIA Gillard has clinched a historic election win, but now faces the daunting challenge of running Australia with a razor-thin parliamentary majority - and at the mercy of a loose coal... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456647&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:11:41 -0400 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38456647&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Glory days ... Wayne Swan, Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd photographed shortly after Rudd became prime minister in 2007. Kevin Rudd is likely to be the only Queensland Labor MP promoted to Julia Gilla... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38453005&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:53:59 -0400 Brisbane Times http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38453005&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE Queensland Police Union has panned an investigation into an off-duty officer who went for a swim in the Brisbane River during Riverfire on Saturday night. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38445684&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:34:19 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38445684&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE Queensland Police Union has panned an investigation into an off-duty officer who went for a swim in the Brisbane River during Riverfire on Saturday night. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38445683&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:33:23 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38445683&cat=eb6df49795f04561 ANNA Bligh has admitted her Government should have been more "upfront" with Queenslanders about asset sales but has vowed that she will not back down on the decision. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442103&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:22:07 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442103&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE will continue searching for a man who went missing while attempting to cross the Dawson River near Baralaba, west of Gladstone, last night. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442102&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:22:04 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442102&cat=eb6df49795f04561 GRAIN growers and graziers are in for a bumper summer, thanks to unseasonable rain that has seen parts of central Queensland record their heaviest September falls in 79 years. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442104&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:22:00 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442104&cat=eb6df49795f04561 ANNA Bligh has admitted her Government should have been more "upfront" with Queenslanders about asset sales but has vowed that she will not back down on the decision. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442099&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:20:59 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442099&cat=eb6df49795f04561 GRAIN growers and graziers are in for a bumper summer, thanks to unseasonable rain that has seen parts of central Queensland record their heaviest September falls in 79 years. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442100&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:20:52 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38442100&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SON of the late senator Mal Colston has lodged an appeal against a Supreme Court judge's decision blocking his bid to remove the executor of his parents' estates. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38439035&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:13:44 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38439035&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SON of the late senator Mal Colston has lodged an appeal against a Supreme Court judge's decision blocking his bid to remove the executor of his parents' estates. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38439034&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:12:38 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=38439034&cat=eb6df49795f04561