THE NSW Blood Bank, already struggling to meet demand, is facing a revolt by donors angry at the State Government's plans to charge private hospitals for the blood they have given. A "large number" of donors had contacted the Red...
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But he denies a protest movement to have the college banned is based on religious grounds. Hundreds of Gold Coast locals marched on the city council's headquarters on Monday to protest against plans to open the Australian International Islamic College...
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US president could help a new wave of creativity wash over the world, says US rapper, actor, poet and author Saul Williams. A vocal critic of the Bush administration, the war on terror and the war in Iraq, Williams...
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Premier Nathan Rees says public hospitals are charged for blood products and it is only fair that private hospitals also pay. But Ms Roxon says she has asked her Department to remind the State Government there is a national agreement...
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Michelle Galloway of Sandy & Shirl's store at Killarney has told couriermail.com.au the town has had light hail and very heavy rain. She said it was very windy and the storm looked like it might intensify, with the nearby mountains...
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Thousands of Andre Rieu fans have been forced to move off the grass and under cover at his Brisbane concert which has been delayed after severe thunderstorms lashed south east Queensland. Damaging winds, large hailstones and severe lighting has forced...
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Premier Anna Bligh will today address a summit aimed at saving the Great Barrier Reef. The Reef Water Quality Summit, which will be held at Parliament House in Brisbane, was prompted a damning report on the health of the reef...
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Having confirmed in August that it was looking to hold its latest full-year payout of $1.07 a share into next year, the troubled bancassurer alerted shareholders it might have to rethink that promise. Suncorp's chairman, John Story, who faced a...
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THE North Queensland Cowboys have announced they've signed New Zealand Warriors halfback Grant Rovelli for the next two NRL seasons. Rovelli fell out of favour with the Warriors this year and, with the club recruiting Stacey Jones and Joel Moon...
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The Kangaroos will wear black arm bands as a mark of respect for Richard Saunders, 38, who was beaten to death in the Brisbane suburb of Woodridge at around 1am yesterday morning. "I'm devastated and shocked and I don't know...
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