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Busy year for rescue chopper in 08

Posted January 8, 2009 16:21:00

The Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service says 2008 was a busy year for the service with 282 callouts recorded.

Tags: emergency-incidents, qld, capella-4723, clermont-4721, emerald-4720, longreach-4730

Four rescued as flooding spreads in NW Qld Photo

Posted January 8, 2009 11:18:00 | Updated January 8, 2009 11:36:00

Four people stranded by floodwaters in western Qld have been rescued.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, aramac-4726, boulia-4829, burketown-4830, camooweal-4828, charters-towers-4820, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, winton-4735

No reprieve for flooded NW Qld Photo

Posted January 8, 2009 08:48:00 | Updated January 8, 2009 08:52:00

More rain has fallen in north-west Qld, leaving Julia Creek isolated by floodwaters.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, road-transport, australia, qld, boulia-4829, burketown-4830, camooweal-4828, charters-towers-4820, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, townsville-4810, winton-4735

Qld Govt splashes out on health advertising Photo

Posted January 8, 2009 08:06:00

New figures reveal the extent of the Qld Govt's spending on health advertising.

Tags: community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, information-and-communication, advertising, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Qlders rack up $5m fine bill

Posted January 7, 2009 14:00:00

New figures show Queenslanders owe more than $5 million in outstanding fines.

Tags: community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Home sales slump in Qld despite sweeteners Photo

Posted January 7, 2009 13:46:00

Figures show there has been a dramatic drop in new home sales in Qld.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, government-and-politics, federal-state-issues, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Minister tours flood-ravaged north-west Qld Photo

Posted January 7, 2009 13:13:00

Qld minister Andrew Fraser has inspected the flood situation in the north-west.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, road-transport, australia, qld, boulia-4829, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, richmond-4740

Qld Oppn seizes on long surgery waiting lists Photo

Posted January 7, 2009 12:16:00 | Updated January 7, 2009 13:34:00

Figures show 400 people have waited more than five years for elective surgery in Qld.

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, healthcare-facilities, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Truckies lose out after flooding cuts freight route Photo

Posted January 7, 2009 08:42:00 | Updated January 7, 2009 08:53:00

The transport industry is counting the cost of major flooding in Qld's north-west.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, road-transport, australia, nt, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, qld, boulia-4829, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Indigenous community on flood evacuation stand-by Photo

Posted January 7, 2009 08:04:00

A remote Qld Indigenous community may need to evacuate if rivers rise further.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, boulia-4829, cloncurry-4824, diamantina-lakes-4735, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, richmond-4740

Parentline expanded to rural Qld communities

Posted January 6, 2009 15:23:00

The Queensland Government has announced it is allocating $3 million dollars to expand a parenting program into rural, regional and isolated communities.

Tags: community-and-society, family-and-children, rural, parenting, family, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Cloncurry pipeline to go ahead despite rain

Posted January 6, 2009 13:02:00

The Queensland Government says a water pipeline to Cloncurry will still be built even though the north-west town is surrounded by floods.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, drought, floods, dams-and-reservoirs, rivers, water, cloncurry-4824, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

North-west flood damage bill tops $12m Photo

Posted January 6, 2009 12:36:00 | Updated January 6, 2009 14:21:00

Qld flood disaster declarations grow as the damage bill passes $12 million.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, burketown-4830, camooweal-4828, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, richmond-4740

Qld farmers receive long-awaited interest rate cut

Posted January 6, 2009 10:44:00 | Updated January 6, 2009 10:41:00

The Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority (QRAA) has cut interest rates on its loans for farmers and the fishing industry for the first time in three years.

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, fishing-aquaculture, livestock, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Consumer complaints skyrocket in Qld Photo

Posted January 6, 2009 09:17:00 | Updated January 6, 2009 10:31:00

The Office of Fair Trading in Qld received 13,000 complaints last year.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-protection, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Stranded drivers camp out in flooded north-west Photo

Posted January 6, 2009 08:04:00 | Updated January 6, 2009 08:13:00

Drivers remain stranded and stock has been lost in flooded north-west Qld.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, charters-towers-4820, cloncurry-4824, hughenden-4821, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, richmond-4740, townsville-4810

Northern agricultural properties in good financial position: valuer

Posted January 5, 2009 15:22:00

A property valuer says interest in northern Australia's agricultural land should remain strong this year, despite the economic downturn.

Tags: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Adult shops to be banned near schools, churches Video Photo

Posted January 5, 2009 15:10:00 | Updated January 5, 2009 18:28:00

New adult shops in Queensland will be banned near schools and churches.

Tags: community-and-society, family-and-children, pornography, religion-and-beliefs, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, proserpine-4800, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Floods cut Mt Isa road access

Posted January 5, 2009 15:03:00

Road access to north-west Queensland, including the drought declared city of Mount Isa, has been cut by floodwaters.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, drought, floods, rural, weather, rainfall, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Rivers still rising in flooded north-west Qld Photo

Posted January 5, 2009 14:41:00

Major rivers in flooded north-west Qld are still rising after days of heavy rain.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Storms cut power to thousands of SE Qld homes Photo

Posted January 2, 2009 09:24:00

15,000 lightning strikes hit south-east Qld and 14,000 homes lost power during the wild storms overnight.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, fires, residential-fires, storm, weather, australia, qld, beaudesert-4285, brisbane-4000, cloncurry-4824, lockyer-4344, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, murgon-4605, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, upper-lockyer-4352, warwick-4370, winton-4735

Power plays revealed with 1978 Cabinet minutes release Video Photo

Posted January 1, 2009 07:42:00 | Updated January 1, 2009 15:15:00

1978 Cabinet papers reveal there was a split in the Bjelke-Petersen Ministry over a new power station in Qld.

Tags: community-and-society, history, government-and-politics, political-parties, nationals, public-sector, states-and-territories, 20th-century, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, gladstone-4680, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Rain in north-west Qld lift local spirits

Posted December 31, 2008 14:36:00

Graziers in the Gulf Country of Queensland say they have had the perfect end to what has been a tough year, with good rain falling in many parts of the region.

Tags: weather, rainfall, australia, qld, burketown-4830, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Scorching weather predicted for Qld's new year's eve

Posted December 31, 2008 11:18:00

The weather bureau says it is going to be a hot and humid start to 2009, with temperatures expected to creep up to the mid-30s today and tomorrow in Brisbane, five degrees above average.

Tags: weather, weather-phenomena, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, longreach-4730, maroochydore-4558, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350

Tougher times predicted for Qld tourism industry

Posted December 30, 2008 09:00:00 | Updated December 30, 2008 10:37:00

Queensland tourism leaders predict some regional operators will fail and jobs will be lost if Australia suffers its biggest drop in overseas visitors in 20 years.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tourism, business-regulation, government-and-politics, federal-state-issues, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, rural, rural-tourism, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

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