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No end in sight for flood - weary Qld - BigPond News |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 17:15 |
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About 2500 residents who evacuated the town at the weekend looked likely to remain at centres in Brisbane and Dalby until next week, with the Balonne rising to a record 13.95 metres on Wednesday, despite earlier predictions it would peak on Tuesday....
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Qld releases NBN strategic plan - ZDNet Australia |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 17:15 |
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The Queensland Government has released a laundry list of National Broadband Network (NBN) opportunities it will seize if it is returned to power in the upcoming state election, which includes partnering with the CSIRO, Energex, local governments and ....
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Queensland releases 'NBN master plan' - ARNnet |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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The Queensland State Government has unveiled an NBN strategic plan aimed at making the most out of the $36 billion high-speed broadband network. The Queensland Government has released its National Broadband Network (NBN) strategic plan....
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Queensland floods 'in record territory' - Brisbane Times |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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Rising flood waters 'are in record territory' at St George in central Queensland, as authorities warn residents further south of the coming inundation. 06/02/12 Up next... Snow falls on Rome for first time in decades Sorry....
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Queensland's Ben Cutting takes 5 - 99 to help dismiss WA for 359 - Perth Now |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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RETURNING Queensland quick Ben Cutting provided national selectors food for thought as Western Australia crashed to be all out for 359 in its Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba. In his first Shield game back since a side strain shattered his Test ....
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Queensland Reds will give Mike Harris and Ben Lucas the first chance to ... - Courier Mail |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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Source: Getty Images MIKE Harris and Ben Lucas have been given first shot at flyhalf to fill the big boots of injured title-winner Quade Cooper at the Queensland Reds. Kiwi-born Harris will start at No.10 in the first half of Saturday night's ....
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Christian lobby claims Qld Labor snub - Ninemsn |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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A lobby group says Labor is snubbing Queensland's Christian voters by failing to show up at a forum of church leaders. Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman will address the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) at the University of Queensland ....
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Queensland independents say they have received death threats - Herald Sun |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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TWO independent candidates vying for Ipswich-based seats in the Queensland election say they have received politically motivated death threats. Bundamba candidate Angela Watson and Ipswich candidate Patricia Petersen say they have complained to police ....
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Queensland floods have silver lining - Sydney Morning Herald |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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Many farmers in southwest Queensland are flood-weary and in a precarious mental state, a major agricultural body warns. Agforce president Brent Finlay says it will be essential to get mental health professionals into farming areas as quickly as ....
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Qld floods inquiry extends sitting time - ABC Online |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:15 |
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By Maria Hatzakis and Melinda Howells The Queensland floods inquiry will go into overtime tonight as it tries to wrap up hearings by next week. The inquiry reopened sittings last week amid claims it may have missed vital evidence....
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ALP has 'issues' getting candidates, Anna Bligh says - NEWS.com.au |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:15 |
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LABOR has had trouble attracting the right candidates to stand at next month's Queensland election, Premier Anna Bligh says. Ms Bligh was responding to criticism about candidates vying for seats on the Sunshine Coast who did not live locally....
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CSG protesters being spied on: Hutton - Brisbane Times |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:15 |
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Protesters fighting coal seam gas exploration in Queensland say the Australian Federal Police have been compiling intelligence files on them. Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne accused federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson in parliament of ....
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WA all out for 359 v Qld in Shield - Ninemsn |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 13:15 |
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Returning Queensland quick Ben Cutting provided national selectors food for thought as Western Australia crashed to be all out for 359 in their Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba on Wednesday. In his first Shield game back since a side strain ....
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Isolated Queensland farmers anxious to assess flood damage - ABC Online |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:15 |
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By Arlie Felton-Taylor A number of southern Queensland graziers along the Maranoa River are still isolated after record flooding last week. Andrew Douglas at Springfield station, south of Mitchell, says he has never seen the river on his property ....
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Flood evacuees from St George urged to be patient as levee holds - Herald Sun |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:15 |
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Video Image In the Newsroom, record deluge It's not over says Brian Williams, with the highest rainfall on record and more cells to drop rain on Queensland's west. AUTHORITIES are pleading with about 2500 flood-hit St George flood evacuees to be ....
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Queensland water official admits he only took cursory look at Wivenhoe report - The Australian |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:15 |
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Guards for flood engineers after threats A SENIOR Queensland water official has admitted taking only a 'cursory' look at the Wivenhoe Dam engineers' disputed 1100-page flood report, saying he 'read it on a bus trip home'. Commissioner Cate Holmes is ....
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Floods rage through NSW, Queensland - Stuff.co.nz |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:15 |
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Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in New South Wales, as fears for the stability of a weakened Queensland dam ease. Thirty greyhounds were rescued from chest-deep water near Port Macquarie and a woman has been plucked from her car as torrential rain ....
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Defence force heads to flooded QLD towns to help with clean - up - NEWS.com.au |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:15 |
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UP to 120 defence force personnel will leave Brisbane today to help flooded inland towns with the massive clean-up task. Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts says he hopes their arrival will boost the spirits of disaster-hit communities....
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Bank error now plagues police pay - Brisbane Times |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:15 |
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The Commonwealth Bank has accepted responsibility for more than 15000 Queensland Police Service employees not receiving their pay yesterday. Queensland Police Union secretary Mick Barnes had likened the situation to the Queensland Health payroll ....
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Defence force heads to flooded QLD towns to help with clean - up - Herald Sun |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 09:15 |
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UP to 120 defence force personnel will leave Brisbane today to help flooded inland towns with the massive clean-up task. Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts says he hopes their arrival will boost the spirits of disaster-hit communities....
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North Queensland Rural Report, Wednesday 9th February 2012 - ABC Local |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 09:15 |
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The takeover leaves the Mossman mill, Australia's northernmost mill, as the only independent, Australian owned mill in far north Queensland. Chair of the Mossman mill Bill Phillips-Turner says that he's confident about the future of the Mossman mill, ....
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Weir may collapse in Queensland - Herald Sun |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 09:15 |
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A WEIR is in danger of collapsing and creating a flood surge near the Queensland town of St George, while there are load limits on the reopened Maranoa River Bridge at Mitchell. The Moolabah Weir, on the Thuraggi Channel that forms part of the Balonne ....
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Skye named in Qld U13 side - Gladstone Observer |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 09:15 |
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WHEN Skye Alexander's inbox said one message received, the 12-year-old was over the moon to see that it was an email notifying her that she had been selected for the Queensland under-13 girls' football squad. An up-and-comer in the sport, ....
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Qld floods inquiry continues to probe contradictory reports - ABC Online |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 09:15 |
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By Maria Hatzakis and Melinda Howells Queensland's floods inquiry will continue trawling through conflicting evidence today that Wivenhoe Dam, north-west of Brisbane, was mismanaged causing unnecessary flooding last summer. Engineers have been accused .... Read more...
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Physical Harris won't mirror Cooper - Fox Sports |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 07:15 |
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Source: News Limited Watching Queensland Reds play without Quade Cooper would be like attending a Rolling Stones concert without Mick Jagger. Sure, the Stones wouldn't be the same band without Keith Richards and the boys, but Jagger is the star ....
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Christianity and the LNP - Brisbane Times |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 07:15 |
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Queensland's Liberal National Party is sometimes accused of being beholden to the religious right, but Wendy Francis for one scoffs at the suggestion. 'I think all you've got to do is to talk to Campbell Newman to realise that is not the case,' says ....
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Australia floods: Queensland mother dies rescuing son - TNT Magazine |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 03:15 |
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As the Queensland floods swept away a mother to her death, a group of men used their mobile phones to film the tragic moment instead of trying to help her, a disgusted witness revealed. Speaking after the flash flooding that sent torrents of rainwater ....
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Brisbane Broncos coach tells Corey Norman and Ben Hunt to lift in their battle ... - Courier Mail |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 01:15 |
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Picture: Peter Wallis Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) Ben Hunt in action against the Cowboys at Dolphin Oval. Picture: Wallis Peter Source: The Courier-Mail DARREN Lockyer's likely replacements have been given a stark reminder of the enormity of the task ....
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Thunderstorms predicted as flood victims face weeks of isolation - Sydney Morning Herald |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 01:15 |
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Mucking in ' volunteers empty the flood-ravaged house of Patricia Budd in the Queensland town of Mitchell yesterday. Soldiers are expected to join clean-up efforts today. Photo: Harrison Saragossi THOUSANDS of residents in northern NSW face weeks of ....
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Ray Thompson and Robert Lui are fighting to partner Johnathan Thurston in the ... - Courier Mail |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 01:15 |
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Ray Thompson spills the ball against the North Queensland Cowboys last season. Source: The Courier-Mail Robert Lui trains with the North Queensland Cowboys at their headquarters gymnasium in Townsville. Source: Townsville Bulletin RAY Thompson might be ....
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