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MPs can't comment on Flegg recordings for legal reasons

PREMIER Campbell Newman and his cabinet have been told not to comment on the Flegg recordings because it could hamper any investigation.

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12:35 PM Jun 19th

Sunwater attempts to raise raw water supply costs by 780%

SUNWATER has opened the floodgates on ratepayer pain with an attempt to raise the Central Highlands council’s raw water supply costs by 780% to $2.2 million.

11:33 AM Jun 19th
Di Stanley

High Court dismisses Palm Island alcohol appeal

RESTRICTIONS on how much alcohol Palm Island community members can drink will continue after a High Court ruling.

Ava Benny-Morrison

Search around Mount Morgan being conducted for missing duo

BREAKING 10AM: POLICE are this morning following fresh leads for missing Rockhampton duo Chantal Barnett and Robert Martinez at Mt Morgan.

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Wild and wacky costumes added to the atmosphere at the South Burnett Autism Group Trivia Night.

Autism Trivia Night

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Big crowds turned out for Gayndah's iconic Orange Festival.

Gayndah Orange Festival

Big crowds turned out for Gayndah's iconic Orange...

Former Sunshine Coast resident Shontina Rose Rickeard is a finalist in the Miss Universe Australia Queensland finals.

Shontina our Miss Universe hope

Former Sunshine Coast resident Shontina Rose...

The Bendigo Community Bank Directors, investors and grant winners were happy to see $52,002 going towards the community.

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The Bendigo Community Bank Directors, investors...

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Khalia Whittle still enjoys the weekly ritual of selecting a DVD at the video store despite increasingly available digital services.

Internet hasn't killed the video star in the South Burnett

VIDEO rental stores are going out of fashion but thanks to a strong following in the South Burnett, some are surviving well.

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COUNCILLOR Cheryl Dalton has decided to hang up her councillor’s cap after 16 years in office.

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Dalton calls it a day

THREE Kingaroy students have headed to Brisbane for a 10-day workshop with James Morrison and the state's top young musicians.

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Fraser strikes up a tune with jazz great

SOUTH Burnett councillors have moved to ensure another "Memerambi situation" doesn't happen.

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Changes to ensure 'Memerambi situation' not repeated

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Queensland State of Origin stars come out to play

Queensland State of Origin stars come out to play

Queensland State of Origin team players came to...

Guangzhou Airport worker shamed on YouTube

Guangzhou Airport worker shamed on YouTube

Video of this baggage handler carelessly throwing...

Dash-mounted camera records falling satellite

Dash-mounted camera records falling satellite

Joe Skok of the Gold Coast captured vision of the...

Howard Sattler asks PM if her partner is gay

Howard Sattler asks PM if her partner is gay

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So far this year 48 sharks, 27 considered dangerous, have been caught at Rainbow Beach with shark-control equipment.

"I know my sharks mate: that's a great white'

A MASSIVE great white shark that menaced fishermen in two small boats on the weekend has done it before, a veteran off-shore fisherman says.

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11:38 AM Jun 19th
Richard Bruinsma

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The news report I watched last night said the shark was between 3-4 m long. So it is not the "5.8 m monster" described by Mr McDade.

KarenE from Highfields

ADRIAN Bayley will be kept in jail until he is at least 76 after he was sentenced to life for the murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.

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11:29 AM Jun 19th

Jill Meagher's killer to stay in jail until at least 76

THE Australian Industry Group has described the government’s crackdown on temporary overseas work visas as a “redneck campaign run by some people in the union”.

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'No evidence to support government's 457 visa rorting claims'

THE brother of slain nurse Lorraine Wilson has travelled from NSW to attend the last day of the inquest into the 1974 murders of his sister and another nurse.

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Surprise witness expected at last day of murder inquest

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Women are typically subject to distorted views of their beauty.

Women's perception of perfection

PERFECTION, a term full of empty promises, is a tauntingly unreachable mark strived for by individuals, however, you are the perfect you.

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Chelsea Lehmann

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PERFECTION, a term full of empty promises, is a tauntingly unreachable mark strived for by individuals, however, you are the perfect you.

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Perceived perfection

POLICE fear a series of random letterbox bomb attacks on homes across Warwick could soon result in serious injury or death.

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Police fear letterbox bomb attacks could end in tragedy

THE state’s employment figures in the coal seam and liquid natural gas industries has reached a new high of almost 30,000 workers.

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Queensland's LNG industry workforce reaches 30,000

COLD FRONT RUNNER: Damion McIntosh rides Pipers Point to victory ahead of Shakes and Fear No Other in the Victor Black Memorial Open in Chinchilla on Saturday.

Chinchilly winter race meeting

Chinchilla punters battle brisk weather conditions in the mid-year-meeting.

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Brisbane Broncos star Corey Norman will be at Roma Home Timber and Hardware on Saturday to pick the winner of the 'The Ultimate Origin VIP Experience’ .

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Broncos Corey Norman in Roma on Saturday

ART lovers in the Dalby Community said farewell to the Drayton St gallery with one final showcase.

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Dalby Gallery's ending and beginning

DALBY police district officer Inspector Michael Bianchi will take a new position when the restructure of the Queensland Police Service takes effect from July 1.

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Dalby officer to take up new command

Vandals knocked down the wall of the Southern Cross Bowling Club for a second time.

Vandalism hits bowls club wall yet again

VANDALS have targeted the Southern Cross Bowls Club for a second time in as many months, knocking more bricks from its Palmerin St wall.

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SOUTHERN Downs police are cracking down on speed tolerances, meaning lead foots will be fined for exceeding the speed limit by even small amounts.

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Crackdown on speed tolerances

AN INQUIRY into the handling of child sex abuse allegations against a former chaplain of Slade School is under way.

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Church calling for child abuse victims to come forward

LEGENDARY Allora auctioneer Jimmy Leeson might have called out “going, going, gone” for the final time, but the hammer will never really fall for this larrikin.

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The last hammer falls for larrikin auctioneer

anuha31J. Anuha manager Robert Evelyn outside the Anuha recycling facility, Gatton which will be expanding thanks to Federal Government funding. Photo: Claudia Baxter MA3110BJ Country Mel

Recycling jobs boost

DISABILITY support service provider Anuha Services is set to boom thanks to a new waste recycling service.

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WORKING from seven at night until the early hours of the morning is not for everyone, but for Logan Goulter it is part of the job he loves.

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Tasty pasties win gong

IN THE lead up to the annual show, Gatton residents took the opportunity to put on a mask and take part in the Gatton Show Masquerade Ball on Saturday.

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Mask up for great night

COUNCILLORS from both Lockyer Valley and Somerset elected to make group responses to the question of what they had achieved.

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