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Price freeze being ignored

QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman’s election promise to freeze regulated electricity tariffs has copped another blow after...

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04th July 2012 8:07 AM

Man with chest pain winched off Fraser Island by helicopter

A 51-YEAR-old Brisbane man suffering chest pain has been winched off a sandbank on the western side of Fraser Island by the...

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01st Jan. 2013 12:01 PM

A man suffering chest pain waits on a sandbank on the western side of Fraser Island to be winched off by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter.

Boy, 5, stung by jellyfish, winched off Fraser by chopper

A FIVE-year-old child stung by a jellyfish on the western side of Fraser Island has been winched off by the AGL Action...

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01st Jan. 2013 12:01 PM

The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter winched its flight paramedic down to the child.

Spotlights and torches shone into eyes of chopper crew

THE lives of AGL Action Rescue Helicopter crew members have been placed in jeopardy while performing a rescue on Fraser...

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11th Jan. 2013 5:01 AM

Rescue helicopter pilot Peter Potroz says he flashed the helicopter's spotlight.

‘Bit of fun’ with light on chopper dangerous

THE actions of a few reckless tourists on Fraser Island could have had horrific consequences, according to an AGL Action...

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12th Jan. 2013 6:01 AM

Rescue chopper pilot Peter Potroz.

Still more rescues ahead for helicopter service

OPERATING at a loss and a government funding shortfall has not dented the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter chief's confidence...

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14th Jan. 2013 8:01 AM

AGL Action Rescue Helicopter chief executive David Donaldson says the government has been firm about achieving a sustainable funding solution.

Concern proposed Fraser phone tower is in path of choppers

FEARS have been raised a proposed 60m Optus telecommunications tower at Fraser Island could interfere with helicopter...

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21st Jan. 2013 4:01 AM

A Fraser Island resort operator is concerned a proposed mobile phone tower will be directly in the flight path of rescue helicopters approaching the helipad at the ambulance base.

Woman clinging to log plucked to safety by helicopter

UPDATE (WITH VIDEO): A WOMAN clinging to a log in rising floodwaters at Pacific Haven, near Howard, was...

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27th Jan. 2013 2:01 PM

AGL Action Rescue Helicopters have been rescuing flood-stricken families from Pacific Haven.

Pregnant woman may have been stranded in ute for 24 hours

THE AGL Action Rescue Helicopter is searching for a pregnant woman believed to be stuck in floodwaters west of...

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30th Jan. 2013 1:01 AM

The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter is searching for a pregnant woman believed to be stuck in floodwaters west of Maryborough.

Police unable to confirm pregnant woman missing near M'boro

THE AGL Action Rescue Helicopter was stood down from the task of searching for a pregnant woman believed to be stuck in...

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30th Jan. 2013 10:01 AM

The rescue helicopter was stood down from the search west of Maryborough.