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Top cop wants more speed cameras in Qld
Sydney :: Australia | 12 days ago
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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 | 13 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 | 13 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 | 13 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
Go bush for folk bash
Sydney :: Australia | 13 days 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 | 13 days 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 | 13 days 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...
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Schoolies numbers drop, arrests increase
Sydney :: Australia | 13 days ago
Credibility Despite a drop in numbers there was an increase in arrests, including a teenager from NSW nabbed for stealing a handbag and punching a girl. A total of 42 schoolies were arrested, up from 27 on the same night last year. Superintendent Jim Keogh told reporters...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Schoolies week, Surfers Paradise Queensland, Schoolies, Tourism in Australia, Gold Coast Queensland, Australian culture, Supt, Alcoholic beverage, Queensland, Law Crime
Chappell into Hall of Fame
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility Chappell was not born a Queenslander but says that only makes his induction into the Queensland Sporting Hall of Fame even more special. It's a great honour, especially given I was an outsider," said Adelaide-born Chappell, regarded as one of Australia's...
Tags: Queensland, Adelaide-born Chappell, Greg Chappell, Greg Chappell, Brisbane Convention Centre, Australian Cricket Academy, South Australia, United Kingdom, London, Arthur Beetson, Wayne Bennett (rugby league), Brisbane, Jeff Thomson, Human Interest, allnews, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Wally Lewis
CMC probes grant to Qld Rugby Union
Melbourne :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility The inquiry, which began in Brisbane on Monday, heard a $1.4 million payment was used to meet up-front costs rather than facility improvements. The CMC is investigating allegations that her senior policy adviser, Simon Tutt, siphoned a further $200,000...
Tags: Queensland Rugby Union, CMC, Australia, Melbourne, Sport in Queensland, Crime and Misconduct Commission, Police misconduct, Politics, Queensland, Anna Bligh, Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, University of Queensland
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