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Plan for national park eco-accommodation
Auckland :: New Zealand | 10 days ago
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Premier Anna Bligh announced on Wednesday the government would seek expressions of interest from investors to establish low-impact eco-tourism lodgings in or near national parks. These include Eurong on Fraser Island, Wallaman Falls at Girringun, Ninny...
Tags: Lamington National Park, Queensland Tourism Industry Council, Ms Bligh, New Zealand, Auckland, Tourism, Ecotourism, Queensland, Hospitality Recreation, D'Aguilar National Park, Anna Bligh
Forestry business first asset for sale
Melbourne :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility Treasurer Andrew Fraser told parliament on Thursday the formal sale process for Forestry Plantations Queensland (FPQ) was underway...Non-binding bids have been invited by late January, followed by due diligence and binding bids by March and a final contract...
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Skills, Land management, Politics, Queensland, Business Finance, Plantation, Government of Queensland, Andrew Fraser, Forestry
Family escapes house fire
Brisbane :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility Police said the fire was believed to have been started by a candle and was not suspicious. Meanwhile, a boarding house has been destroyed by fire at Townsville, in north Queensland...No one was injured but police are treating that blaze as suspicious.
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Ipswich Queensland, North Queensland, Queensland, Townsville Queensland, Disaster Accident
Queen ready to conquer
Trainer :: PA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Toby Edmonds is confident the hot weather will not be a barrier factor for his emerging mare Conquering Queen at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Conquering Queen left her Warwick Farm stable last evening for the road trip to Queensland to run in the $75,000 Carlton...
Tags: Toby Edmonds, Chris Munce, Queensland, Hong Kong International Sprint, apache cat, Randwick, Trainer
Splendour In The Grass crosses border
Sunshine Coast :: Australia | 11 days ago
Credibility 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 | 11 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 | 11 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 | 11 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 | 11 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 | 11 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
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