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Latest death in custody sparks anger

INDIGENOUS leaders will march on Queensland Parliament demanding a meeting with the premier over Aboriginal deaths in custody.

Qld govt denies rate hikes claim

THE state government says there's no relationship between higher rates and the forced amalgamation of Queensland councils.
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Lolly ban sweet for national media

Andrew Reseigh with his step-daughter Ebony Hutchinson in Year One at Collingwood Park School, is pleased that the nearby corner shop is refusing to sell sugary treats to students without parental supervision. Photo: Sarah Keayes MA1010AA

AN Ipswich school that has joined forces with a convenience store to stop students from buying sugary food in school hours will feature on national television.
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New seatbelt laws to start in Qld

NEW seatbelt laws come into effect on Thursday forcing Queensland parents to ensure their young child is buckled-up in an approved car restraint.

 

Flood damage clean-up begins

Hotel Corones owners Brett and Jackie Tanzer and 15-month-old son James inspect the foyer of their flood-damaged hotel yesterday.

CHARLEVILLE pub owner Brett Tanzer is so devastated by the $250,000 flood damage to his Hotel Corones he still hasn't stepped inside the front bar.
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Slipper denies speech snooze

Liberal MP Peter Slipper closes his eyes during the historic speech in Parliament yesterday.

SUNSHINE Coast MP Peter Slipper denies he fell asleep in Federal Parliament yesterday during a speech by Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Pub Fest protest goes to Bligh

Catholic priest Paul Kelly has taken his protest of the pub fest to Premier Anna Bligh, in an effort to have it cancelled.

MARYBOROUGH'S Catholic priest has taken his protest over the June Pub Fest to Premier Anna Bligh.
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Floods create an outback wonderland

Flood waters from Queensland's recent big wet are slowly making their way to the Simpson Desert.

HEAVY rain in Queensland has sparked inland floods, transforming Australia's Simpson Desert into a wonderland of waterways teeming with plants and wildlife.
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Spill review highlights govt failures

Oil on the beach following an oil spill near Moreton Island.

TWO reports into Queensland's worst ever oil spill have criticised the clean-up effort, with one federal agency saying delays worsened the ecological impact.
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School did nothing on bullying: father

St Patrick's College at Shorncliffe in Brisbane.

A FATHER says a Catholic school did nothing to punish a bully who bashed his son, days before another student was stabbed to death in the schoolyard.

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Electrical fire in aquarium shop

Electrical fire in aquarium shop

THE OWNER of X-treme Marine Aquariums was left in tears yesterday when an electrical fire broke out at her Shelly Beach business.

 

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