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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| 06/25/2007 09:35 PM |
| Rudd concerned over doctors for Indigenous action plan |
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Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd says he has some worries about the availability of doctors to help provide medical checks for Indigenous children in the Northern Territory.
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| 06/25/2007 09:20 PM |
| Most Qld Indigenous councils face money problems: report |
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A report by the Queensland Auditor-General shows about two-thirds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island shire councils in Queensland have financial problems.
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| 06/25/2007 09:02 PM |
| Police investigate death in custody in far north Qld |
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Police have begun an investigation into a death in custody in far north Queensland.
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| 06/25/2007 09:00 PM |
| Weeds choking Mary River |
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Environmentalists say weeds are choking parts of the Mary River, in south-east Queensland.
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| 06/25/2007 08:47 PM |
| Beattie 'black bans' Greg Rudd over amalgamations |
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The Queensland Premier says he has made it clear to all his ministers that they are not to meet the federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd's brother over the council amalgamation issue.
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| 06/25/2007 08:23 PM |
| Humpback numbers on the rise |
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Thousands of humpback whales are making their way past North Stradbroke Island off south-east Queensland this week as part of their annual migration to the Great Barrier Reef.
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| 06/25/2007 07:34 PM |
| Truck wedged under bridge |
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A semi-trailer is stuck under a railway bridge at Warwick on Queensland's southern Darling Downs.
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| 06/25/2007 07:34 PM |
| Wet weather forces up vegetable prices |
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Consumers are being warned to prepare for a huge increase in fresh vegetable prices because of cold and wet conditions.
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| 06/25/2007 07:19 PM |
| Townsville records wettest June |
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Townsville in north Queensland has officially recorded its wettest June since records began in 1940.
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| 06/25/2007 07:06 PM |
| Gold Coast facing emergency bedding crisis: youth worker |
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A youth worker on the Gold Coast says the city only has seven crisis beds available to young people in need.
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