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Australian dies on Kokoda Track
Port Moresby :: Papua New Guinea | 2 months ago
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A spokeswoman from the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the man died earlier today. She says the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby is providing consular assistance to a family member who was also on the trek. Staff are also providing assistance...
Tags: Kokoda Track, Paul Bradfield, Mr Bradfield, Townsville, camp quality, Mrs Bradfield, breathing difficulties, suffered breathing, Queensland, Haidee, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
Queensland burns as dust blows in
Brisbane :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility a leading edge associated with the trough ... The darker thicker stuff, if it does arrive, will arrive about 8-10pm," he said. He said the dust would not be as bad as Wednesday's dust storm, which had visibility of less than a kilometre.
Tags: Queensland, Australia, Brisbane
Greenpeace's first Australian court date
Mackay :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility The group is charged with marine safety offences following two climate change protests in Queensland last month at coal export operations at Abbot Point near Bowen and Hay Point, south of Mackay. Operations at Hay Point were shut down for more than 30...
Tags: Greenpeace, Queensland, Australia, Mackay
Authorities deny bushfire warning system failed
Townsville :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Mount Fox, north of Townsville, to evacuate their homes as a bushfire approached. But residents who contacted rural firefighters were told they did not need to flee. Rural firefighters say they were not told about the evacuation plan and locals crews...
Tags: Mount Fox, Queensland, Townsville, Ingham, Australia
Dust deluge hinders Qld fire fighting efforts
Mount Isa :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Emergency services say water bombing helicopters fighting bushfires in Queensland's south-east will have to be grounded if dusty conditions get worse...Fire crews are trying to contain bushfires near the Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg and west of Brisbane...
Tags: Queensland, Brisbane Airport, Australia, Mount Isa
Cops investigated after 'naked lap of bus'
Brisbane :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Inquiries established the vehicle was a white Toyota Hi-ace, belonging to the police service, with about five or six officers on board at the time. The police service said that if the matter was substantiated, it recognised it was completely unacceptable...
Tags: Brisbane, police bus, Queensland, Capalaba, naked police, aussie cops, ran naked, traffic lights, Australia
Woman, 85, attacked in street robbery
Melbourne :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Police are still tracking the bandit responsible for the attacks, which occurred around midday on Monday and left the women with bruising and head injuries. In the first incident, the man approached a 48-year-old woman walking with her eight-year-old...
Tags: Queensland, Australia, Melbourne
Eels' rise and rise stuns Mortimer
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Take boom rookie Daniel Mortimer, the 20-year-old living the rugby league dream who still has to pinch himself to make sure this is all really happening. Along with the stunning form of fullback Jarryd Hayne, the emergence of Mortimer as an NRL-quality...
Tags: Daniel Mortimer, Jeff Robson, Queensland, queensland courier, Australia, Sydney
Dirty weekend beats a Big Pineapple
Victoria :: Canada | 2 months ago
Credibility Data released by Tourism Research Australia shows NSW still heads the list with 7.2 million domestic visitors in 2008-09, followed by Victoria with 5.4 million and Queensland with 5.1 million. Victorian tourist chiefs believe that during tough economic...
Tags: Queensland, Victoria, Canada
Cat reunited with family, 3 years and 3,800km later
Hobart :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility He was eventually found in Cloncurry in north-west Queensland, 3,800 kilometres away, and identified by a microchip implant. Owners Katrina Phillips and her daughter Ashley Sullivan are convinced Clyde was stolen and say they are still in shock that he...
Tags: Clyde, Tasmania, Queensland, haired himalayan, Australia, Hobart
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