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Splendour In The Grass crosses border
Sunshine Coast :: Australia | 4 days ago
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The move to Woodford, which will host the Woodford Folk Festival in December, will be temporary, Splendour organiser Jessica Ducrou said. "Woodford Folk Festival and their beautiful site Woodfordia have been a great source of inspiration to us and we...
Tags: Queensland, Woodford Folk Festival, Woodfordia, music festival, Australia, Sunshine Coast, Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay New South Wales, Hospitality Recreation, Moreton, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Politics, Wolfmother, Woodford, Byron Shire Council, Woodford Queensland, Moreton Bay, Entertainment Culture, Yelgun New South Wales
'More money needed' for family support
Brisbane :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility Jill Lang said the $258 million was needed for early intervention services for families to prevent children from entering the child protection system. "Prevention is always better than cure," Ms Lang said. "It's modest compared to the billions of dollars...
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Land council, Queensland, Social Issues, Torres Strait Islanders
Increase in flights boosting Qld tourism
Brisbane :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said the Gold Coast was Australia's fastest growing airport and the recent addition of AirAsia X and Jetstar had increased services and launched new routes. "This has resulted in 18 per cent more international airline seats...
Tags: Gold Coast, Australia, Brisbane, Business Finance, Far North Queensland, Jetstar Airways, Queensland, Hospitality Recreation, AirAsia X, Open Travel Alliance, Cairns Airport, Alliance for Healthy Cities, Qantas, Low-cost airlines, Expedia, Expedia Inc., Gold Coast Queensland, Cairns Queensland
Racing: Battle-scarred jockey seeks first city win in four years
Brisbane :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility 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 | 4 days 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 | 4 days 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 | 4 days 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 | 5 days 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 | 5 days 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 | 5 days 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
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