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Racing: Battle-scarred jockey seeks first city win in four years
Brisbane :: Australia | about 4 hours ago
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The cheers will be heard from New Zealand to far north Queensland if popular Gold Coast jockey Justin Stanley makes a successful city comeback at Eagle Farm today. Stanley's career looked to be over when he was involved in a horrific four-horse fall at...
Tags: Gold Coast, New Zealand, north queensland, ride work, Queensland, Australia, Brisbane, Townsville Queensland
Beautiful one day, crowded the next
London :: United Kingdom | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Ms Blight called on the Federal Government to develop incentives for people to settle in regional centres. Queensland Treasury figures, released yesterday, showed migrants accounted for half of the state's population growth, compared with newcomers from...
Tags: Queensland Treasury, Australia, biggest source, population growth, east queensland, Ms Bligh, United Kingdom, London, Regions of Queensland, Queensland, Brisbane, Social Issues, Politics
Kaiser pay deal to remain for successor
Sydney :: Australia | about 15 hours ago
Credibility He will receive $450,000 a year for the new job, up from his current salary of $270,000...Nevertheless, the salary paid for the Queensland position was among the lowest in the country for a position of its nature, she said. Ms Bligh said she understood...
Tags: Mike Kaiser, Mr Kaiser, Queensland, Australia, Sydney, Premiers of the Australian states, Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Anna Bligh, Politics
Top cop wants more speed cameras in Qld
Sydney :: Australia | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson issued a letter to the public on Tuesday putting the onus on them to cut the carnage on the state's roads...Mr Atkinson said more Queenslanders per head of population die on the roads than motorists in NSW and...
Tags: speed camera, Mr Atkinson, Queensland, roads toll, Australia, Sydney, Traffic enforcement camera, Road safety, Red light camera, Toll road, Street furniture, Transportation engineering, Traffic law
Economists knock Bligh's sell-off bid
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility THE backlash against Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's plan to privatise $16 billion worth of state assets is strengthening, with 19 influential economists branding it ''economically unsound''. The group of economists, which include Reserve Bank director...
Tags: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, Australia, Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Queensland, John Quiggin, Anna Bligh, Privatization, Government of Queensland, Politics, Tax, Business Finance, Public economics, Monopoly
Handsome couple … and rather rich
Victoria :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Woolworths and the first thought that comes to mind is: ''The fresh food people.'' It is testament to the power and skill of its marketing program. But Woolies is a many-tentacled, money-making beast and while it may be up to its eyes in hammers and nails...
Tags: Bruce Mathieson, Woolies-Mathieson, joint venture, Woolworths, poker machine, Roger Corbett, Queensland, mathieson family, Canada, Victoria, Tabcorp Holdings, Big W, Public house, BWS, Slot machine, Woolworths Limited, Dan Murphy's
China boom 'a boon for WA and Qld'
São Paulo :: Brazil | 1 day ago
Credibility Leighton Holdings Limited chief operating officer Bill Wild spoke about future investment and opportunities in an address to a business luncheon in Brisbane on Monday. Mr Wild also said Western Australia and Queensland were the two states in prime position...
Tags: Queensland, Mr Wild, China, Western Australia, Brazil, São Paulo
Go bush for folk bash
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility The John Butler Trio are one of the headlining acts at Woodford 2009. Woodford Folk Festival Genre Music festival Location Queensland Folk Federation, Woodford Date December 27 to January 1 More information www.woodfordfolkfestival.com Woodford Folk...
Tags: Woodford Folk Festival, Australia, Sydney, Woodford, Wood, Folk festival, Queensland, Folk music, Entertainment Culture, Religion Belief
Qld extends fire bans in nine areas
Rockhampton :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Fire bans in Rockhampton, Banana, Gladstone, Bundaberg, North Burnett, Fraser Coast, South Burnett, Cherbourg and Gympie will continue until midnight on November 30. Meanwhile, officers from the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and National Parks and...
Tags: fire bans, Australia, Rockhampton, Rugby league in Australia, Sport in Queensland, Central Queensland, Queensland, Rail transport in Queensland, Disaster Accident, Environment
Indigenous mention in Qld preamble bill
Brisbane :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Ms Bligh said developing a preamble to the existing constitution was made during the 2020 Ideas to Action Summit held in the Queensland Parliament last year. She said the government agreed to act on the recommendation and referred the matter to the Parliamentary...
Tags: plate drivers, Queensland Parliament, Australia, Brisbane, Torres Strait Islanders, Preamble, Anna Bligh, Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Indigenous Australians, Politics, Driving, Technology Internet, Car safety, L-plate, Blood alcohol content, Road traffic safety, Driver's licence in Australia, Road safety, Disaster Accident, Environment
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