Local, national and world news for the Fraser Coast, QLD | Monday 12 May, 2008
HOW THE BUDGET AFFECT YOU
Means testing for social welfare payments is a means to an end and the right path for the Federal Government to take with this Tuesday's budget. And such a move is likely to have a minimal effect in the Wide Bay region. That's the view of Fraser Coast financial planner Roy Baxter, who says the need...-
Tree won't stick around for party
One of the last Moreton Bay figs still standing since Albert State School was built in 1883 has been slowly dying of root... -
Students skipping into record books
More than 40 Hervey Bay High students jumped in on the attempt to break a Guinness World Record yesterday. As part of... -
FAME FOR BAY CHAMP
Wayne Carey will have to wait but that wasn't the case for another North Melbourne legend. Hervey Bay's Noel Teasdale was... -
DETECTIVES REOPEN MOFFAT MURDER MYSTERY
The two Brisbane-based detectives have been handed every piece of information into the murder of Maryborough couple William... -
'Computer error' led to no 000 recordings
In a statement released to Queensland media yesterday, Ms Spence said that in August last year the hard-drive from the...
Australian news
Toddler hit as pram rolls onto busy road
A two-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when his pram was hit by a vehicle after it apparently rolled onto a busy road on the Sunshine Coast.No clear cause of cancer in govt office
There are no obvious environmental triggers of cancer evident in a Brisbane office suspected of being home to a cancer cluster, preliminary tests show.Petrol could hit $1.65 soon: analyst
Petrol prices could hit $1.65 as international demand for crude oil remains strong, an analyst says.Qld reassures over water bills
The Queensland government has assured residents in the south-east that increases to water bills will be kept to about $1.30 per week under a pricing structure.
World news
At least 19 killed in US tornadoes
At least 19 people were killed when tornadoes and violent storms ripped through Missouri and Oklahoma, officials say.Zimbabwe opposition seeks peacekeepers
Zimbabwe's main opposition group says it has stepped up efforts to secure regional peacekeepers for a run-off presidential election after weeks of violence.Nepalese police detain 600 protesters
Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, after breaking up several demonstrations in Nepal's capital.Red Cross aid boat sinks in Burma
A cargo boat carrying the first Red Cross aid to survivors of Cyclone Nargis has sunk, the International Federation of the Red Cross says.