ABC News: Queensland
| 06/26/2007 05:49 PM |
| Icey cold temperatures predicted for SEQ |
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The Queensland weather bureau says widespread rainfall over the south-east delivered 40 to 50 millimetres of rain since Monday morning.
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| 06/26/2007 05:33 PM |
| Water poll mayor to step aside |
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Toowoomba Mayor Di Thorley says she is honouring a commitment to her children in deciding not to recontest the next election.
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| 06/26/2007 05:16 PM |
| Mental health body calls for overhaul of services |
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A peak mental health body says it is time for a major overhaul of how Queensland's mental health services are delivered.
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| 06/26/2007 05:16 PM |
| Jetstar eyes Gold Coast base |
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Low-cost airline Jetstar says it is looking at introducing direct international flights to the Gold Coast.
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| 06/26/2007 05:13 PM |
| Ipswich Mayor set to deliver record budget |
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The Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasle says he will deliver a record budget for the city worth more than $400 million later today.
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| 06/26/2007 04:41 PM |
| Indigenous group rejects Traveston dam agreement |
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An Indigenous group has knocked back a $1 million offer from the State Government to sign a land use agreement for the Traveston Crossing dam in south-east Queensland.
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| 06/26/2007 04:32 PM |
| Indigenous leaders warn police over death in custody |
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Queensland Indigenous leaders say it is highly inappropriate for police and their union to be speculating about the cause of another death in custody.
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| 06/26/2007 04:00 PM |
| Govt approves Patel extradition: report |
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The office of the Federal Justice Minister David Johnston has refused to confirm whether the Government has approved the extradition of former Queensland surgeon Jayant Patel from the US.
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| 06/26/2007 09:43 AM |
| Youths charged after Gold Coast raids |
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Six adults and three juveniles have been charged with a variety of offences following a series of raids on the Gold Coast yesterday morning.
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| 06/26/2007 09:22 AM |
| 1,400 schools win chaplaincy funding |
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The Federal Government has awarded funding to 1,400 schools as part of its $90 million national school chaplaincy program.
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| 06/26/2007 06:00 AM |
| PM happy to meet premiers over Indigenous plan |
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Prime Minister John Howard says he is willing to discuss his plan to curb Indigenous child sexual abuse with premiers and chief ministers individually - but not as a group.
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| 06/26/2007 04:24 AM |
| Police offer support to family of man who died in custody |
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Queensland police have offered their assistance and support to the family of an Indigenous man who died in custody in the state's far north today.
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| 06/26/2007 02:00 AM |
| Politicians to calm concerns over Indigenous reforms |
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Northern Territory Government politicians are heading out to their bush seats to try to stem panic about the Federal Government's reforms targeting Indigenous child sexual abuse.
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| 06/26/2007 04:25 AM |
| Man charged over beekeeper murder |
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A 33-year-old man from New South Wales has been charged over a shooting murder near Woodford, north-west of Brisbane.
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| 06/25/2007 11:26 PM |
| Maroons unchanged for Origin III |
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Queensland selectors have named an unchanged line-up for the third and final State of Origin match against New South Wales in Brisbane on July 4.
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| 06/26/2007 01:07 AM |
| Injured teen rescued near Rockhampton |
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Emergency authorities have trekked for nearly an hour to reach an injured teenager at a cave near Rockhampton in central Queensland today.
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| 06/26/2007 01:00 AM |
| Investigations begin into Qld death in custody |
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Two investigators and a forensic expert are on their way to Mareeba in far north Queensland to begin an inquiry into the latest Indigenous death in police custody.
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| 06/25/2007 07:00 PM |
| I'm better than my father ever was: Mundine |
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On the eve of his world title defence, Australian boxer Anthony Mundine says he is a better fighter than his father was.
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| 06/26/2007 12:49 AM |
| Turnbull wants Vic response on national water plan |
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Federal Water Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the Victorian Government to declare what it wants in legislation that would formalise a national takeover of the Murray-Darling river system.
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| 06/25/2007 11:46 PM |
| Bullets poach NZ international |
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The Brisbane Bullets have signed New Zealand forward Craig Bradshaw for the next two National Basketball League (NBL) seasons.
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| 06/25/2007 11:10 PM |
| Businessman criticises delay on daylight saving research |
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A south-east Queensland business leader says he is horrified that Premier Peter Beattie has put the daylight saving issue on the backburner.
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| 06/25/2007 11:00 PM |
| Housing affordability threatens growth, says industry group |
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The Housing Industry Association says affordability poses the main risk to continued strong property sales in Queensland.
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| 06/25/2007 09:42 PM |
| Beattie appeals for calm after death in custody |
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Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is appealing for calm after a death in custody in the state's far north.
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| 06/25/2007 10:39 PM |
| Noosa Mayor unconcerned by Rudd ban |
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Noosa Mayor Bob Abbot says he is not concerned by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie's decision to ban ministers from meeting a lobbyist that the council hired as part of its anti-amalgamation campaign.
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| 06/25/2007 10:37 PM |
| Wedged truck lifts bridge 30 centimetres |
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A prime mover remains wedged under a timber railway bridge at Warwick on Queensland's southern Darling Downs.
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