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Big changes for working visas part of Coalition tourism plans

QUEENSLAND'S tourism industry could be a step closer to winning a long-fought battle for working holiday visas, to extend to seasonal tourism jobs.

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7:00 AM May 25th

Businessman charged with fraud permitted to travel abroad

AN ALLEGED fraudster, accused of stealing $2 million from his financial planning clients, was granted another bail variation to travel abroad for business.

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Ipswich teen charged with manslaughter over Noosa crash

NOOSA detectives have arrested and charged an 18-year-old Ipswich man in relation to a fatal crash on Cooroy-Noosa Road at Tinbeerwah last year.

Should drivers have to redo tests to renew licences?

SHOULD drivers have to resit written or practical tests every five or 10 years to renew their licences?

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Cold Rock Ice Creamery announces on Facebook it will open a new store in Hervey Bay.

Cold Rock Ice Creamery set to open new store in Hervey Bay

COLD Rock Ice Creamery will open a new store in Hervey Bay early next month but a location has not yet been revealed.

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<strong>OPINION: </strong>Maybe it was the sight of Robert Lui running around in a pink jersey that finally sent me over the edge.

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Muslim: ‘lunatics’ killed UK soldier

THE two men who hacked to death a British soldier on a London street were “lunatics” who had done great harm to Islam, according to a leading Muslim moderate.

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6:31 AM May 25th
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Muhammad had at least eleven wives, not one. Mr Sali states that Christians killed 55 million people last century. Hitler was definitely no Christian nor was Mussolini or others who committed genoside. There is No - either you are Muslim or Christian.

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THE first match of the AFL indigenous round has been marred by a young female Collingwood fan apparearing to racially vilify Sydney Swans champion Adam Goodes.

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6:15 AM May 25th

Racial slur mars AFL indigenous round opener

A MACKAY miner has been acquitted of indecently touching his young stepdaughter but a jury could not reach a decision on whether he raped her.

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Jury says man didn't touch girl, retrial on rape likely

A CHILD pornography downloader was drinking and trying to find an old friend when he breached his reporting obligations by setting up an alias Facebook account.

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FAIRY FLOSS: Christian Fredriksen, Curtis Fredriksen and Travis Mittelheuser at the 2012 show.

Action-packed show at Childers

IT IS that time of year again, when the air is fresh and excitement is building as the Childers Show comes to town.

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THOSE needing a little inspiration to lose the love handles ahead of winter should head down to Bargara tomorrow morning.

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7:40 AM May 25th

Rollercoaster for Biggest Loser victor

THE City of Bundaberg Drum Corps is extremely disappointed at the council move to turn the month-long Bundy in Bloom into a one-day Bundy Flavours event.

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7:40 AM May 25th

Festival change hits a sour note with corps

WITH Cane2Coral just two months and 10 days away, Bundaberg Sugar competitors are amping up their training.

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7:39 AM May 25th

Workers chase sweet taste of success

Rainbow Beach is just one of the region's tourist spots to benefit from a new deal between Gympie Cooloola Tourism and Sunshine Coast Destination.

Gympie tourism deal with SCD will help raise our profile

GYMPIE Cooloola Tourism announced several good news stories for tourism operators in the Gympie Cooloola region this week.

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GOOD drinking behaviour among Gympie's night revellers has been highlighted despite statewide reconsideration of liquor laws.

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Police say cheers to good behaviour of Gympie drinkers

PUMPKINS of all shapes and size will be rolling down the main street of Goomeri this weekend.

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Oh my gourd! We're really on a roll with pumpkin festival

DESCENDED as we are from hunters and gatherers, there is little doubt that shopping is an experience which to some extent links us to our origins.

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Pet peeves that turn your shopping trip into a nightmare

He is described as being Pacific Islander in appearance, around 150cms tall, solid built with light brown hair and brown eyes.

Police search for missing nine-year-old lost yesterday

POLICE are appealing for assistance to locate a nine-year-old boy reported missing from Deception Bay yesterday afternoon.

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6:58 AM May 25th

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MAYOR Mark Jamieson is under fire from a councillor critical of his leadership style and alleged failure to follow due process.

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6:39 AM May 25th

Cr Dwyer dobs in ‘bossy’ Jamieson

MAYOR Mark Jamieson has denied he played a role in the appointment without tender of the company that worked on his election campaign to rebrand the council.

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Mayor denies playing favourites on branding or CEO

A SUNSHINE Coast exporter is frustrated that repeated talk of boosting business growth locally is not being supported by the rollout of infrastructure.

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Exporter plea: NBN now

ON THE BEAT: Street Chaplaincy volunteers Pastor James Hewitt and Sue Hawkins.

Street team helps clean up CBD party precinct

GLADSTONE revellers are feeling safer and police can get back to the job thanks to a new program aimed at reducing alcohol-fuelled violence in the CBD.

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8:04 AM May 25th
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A CENTRAL Queensland environmentalist says the Gladstone region must put the brakes on industry if it is serious about attracting tourists.

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7:51 AM May 25th

Industry and tourism don't mix, Greens candidate says

NO NEW measles cases have been reported in Moranbah after an outbreak was declared earlier this week, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.

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6:51 AM May 25th

Reports miners not told about measles outbreak

<strong>MAN ABOUT TOWN:</strong> It’s hard to work out if a woman is interested in you. They're not simple beasts like us. What we want, we ask for.

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