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Qld wants talks on drink-driving limit
Brisbane :: Australia | 3 days ago
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Commissioner Bob Atkinson on Thursday said he backed a zero blood alcohol limit for Queensland drivers in the face of "the slaughter and wholesale injury" of the road toll. At November 1, Queensland's road toll stood at 292, compared to 276 at the same...
Tags: Queensland, commissioner bob, blood alcohol, alcohol limits, Bob Atkinson
Tax threat to mining royalties
Canberra :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility Treasury boss Ken Henry will recommend the scrapping of state-based royalties as part of his long-awaited review of Australia's tax system, due next month. Royalties delivered a $3.4 billion windfall to the Queensland Government last year. But Dr Henry...
Tags: mining royalties, Queensland
Bligh's popularity takes a hit
Brisbane :: Australia | 8 days ago
Credibility The Galaxy poll conducted late last week shows voter satisfaction with Ms Bligh's performance has dropped to 30 per cent. It comes after the launch of a $1.9 million campaign to promote the Queensland Government's controversial state assets sale. The...
Tags: Ms Bligh, Queensland, Anna Bligh, Australia, vice premier
Turn Cubbie into eco-tourism site: scientist
Sydney :: Australia | 9 days ago
Credibility A leading water scientist wants the Federal Government to buy Cubbie Station in Queensland and turn it into a wetland area for eco-tourists. The massive cotton growing property near the New South Wales and Queensland border went into voluntary administration...
Tags: Queensland
20 FOOT SHARK Australian Swimmers WARNED to Stay Alert (Video)
Australian authorities are warning people to stay out of the water around Stradbroke Island near Brisbane unless they want to risk meeting a great white shark big enough to bite another great white nearly in half. Experts who examined the remains of...
Tags: Shark, Jaws, Man Eater Shark, Killer Shark, Largest Shark, Australia, Queensland
Drought beats cotton giant Cubbie
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility Cubbie Station sits on the upper reaches of the mighty Murray-Darling river system, and its water storage capacity is equal to that of Sydney Harbour. The move into administration means the massive cotton farm in southern Queensland could be snapped up...
Tags: Cubbie Group, Cubbie Station, Queensland, Keith De Lacy, cotton farm, voluntary administrator
Gallop happy about NRL grand final bids
Sydney :: Australia | 11 days ago
Credibility The NRL's deal with the NSW state government, worth $500,000 a year, expires in 2012. "It's not just about money but major events are things that state governments are chasing and we'd be mad not to have an open mind about that, particularly given the...
Tags: NRL, grand final, Queensland, nrl grand, NSW
Bligh guarantees SuperGP
Brisbane :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility SuperGP likely to attract around 100,000 fewer fans than last year, the Queensland Government has pledged its ongoing support to the event. Premier Anna Bligh said she was satisfied with the results of this year's race, which she said was on track to...
Tags: Anna Bligh, Queensland, premier anna
Langbroek questions Qld bushfire plan management
Bundaberg :: Australia | 17 days ago
Credibility Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek says questions need to be answered about whether a central Queensland fire management plan was followed. A fire at Mount Archer on Rockhampton's northern outskirts destroyed a home and threatened about 100 others...
Tags: Queensland
Bushfire moving closer to Rockhampton homes
Rockhampton :: Australia | 20 days ago
Credibility The blaze is edging closer but the homes are not in immediate danger...Calmer conditions overnight allowed firefighters to backburn around the northern Rockhampton suburb of Norman Gardens. The fire has been burning in the Mount Archer area for 11 days...
Tags: Rockhampton, Mount Archer National Park, Queensland, archer area
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