Bundaberg and Wide Bay
Bed shortages force longer hospital waiting times
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Emergency patients at hospitals in the Wide Bay-Burnett are facing a longer wait for a bed.
Wild winds hampering business for fishing operators
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A Bundaberg fisherman says windy conditions over the past week have caused significant losses for smaller operators who cannot leave port.
Australia Zoo handler bitten by snake
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A reptile handler has been treated in hospital after being bitten by a brown snake at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.
Qld Govt splashes out on health advertising
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New figures reveal the extent of the Qld Govt's spending on health advertising.
Foundation hopes to expand Indigenous training program
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An organisation that provides jobs and training for Indigenous youth in the South Burnett has expansion plans.
Wet year for Wide Bay-Burnett region
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Last year was a wetter year than average for parts of the Wide Bay-Burnett region, but that was not the case across the board.
'Speed, alcohol' considered in fatal quad bike accident
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Police say alcohol and speed are being considered as possible factors in a fatal quad bike accident south of Maryborough.
Forecaster tips big cyclone season for Qld
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Long-range weather forecaster Hayden Walker has predicted three cyclones for Queensland over the next three months.
Qlders rack up $5m fine bill
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New figures show Queenslanders owe more than $5 million in outstanding fines.
Home sales slump in Qld despite sweeteners
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Figures show there has been a dramatic drop in new home sales in Qld.
Qld Oppn seizes on long surgery waiting lists
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Figures show 400 people have waited more than five years for elective surgery in Qld.
Parentline expanded to rural Qld communities
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The Queensland Government has announced it is allocating $3 million dollars to expand a parenting program into rural, regional and isolated communities.
Man killed in quad bike accident
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The police forensic crash unit is investigating a fatal quad bike accident south of Maryborough in Queensland.
Economic downturn prompts job seeking: job agency
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An employment agency says there has been a rise in the number of people trying to find work in the Bundaberg region in Queensland because they are concerned about the economic downturn.
Qld farmers receive long-awaited interest rate cut
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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.
Sugar cane stock feed project to begin in March
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A project to make stock feed from sugar cane on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland could be operating by March.
Consumer complaints skyrocket in Qld
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The Office of Fair Trading in Qld received 13,000 complaints last year.
Marine park urges more coral bleaching research
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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority wants scientists to learn as much they can from coral bleaching in 2009.
Adult shops to be banned near schools, churches
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New adult shops in Queensland will be banned near schools and churches.
Man faces court over Hervey Bay shooting
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A 75-year-old man is due to face the Maryborough Magistrates Court today over a shooting in Queensland's Hervey Bay at the weekend.
Farm practice-coral growth link a political connection: farmers
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The Canegrowers organisation says the Queensland Government is playing politics by trying to link coral growth with farming practices.
75yo to front court over shooting
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A 75-year-old Queensland man will face court over a shooting at Torbanlea near Hervey Bay in the state's wide bay region.
21 injured in Bruce Highway bus crash
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A group of Korean tourists has escaped serious injury following a crash between two buses on the Bruce Highway near Tiaro south of Maryborough in south-east Queensland.
Family makes lucky escape from burning house
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Firefighters say a smoke alarm saved a family from a fire that destroyed their home near Hervey Bay in Queensland's Wide Bay early this morning.
Bligh alarmed by latest reef report
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Anna Bligh says she is alarmed by reports that coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef is at its slowest for more than 400 years.
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