Queensland
I want this Porsche, not that one
WOMAN tells Family Court she needed a Porsche more than her ex-husband because she had a back complaint and it was easier to get into than her other Porsche.
Newman buckles to $100 casino notes
THE Newman Government has buckled to pressure from big casino operators, and will allow $100 and $50 notes to be pumped into poker machines.
300 arrested in nightclub crackdown
ALMOST 300 people arrested at hot spots across Queensland as part of operation targeting alcohol-fuelled violence.
Snipers target six million feral pigs
MARKSMEN have culled more than 30,000 animals in north Queensland in the past two years as rare turtles threatened.
Sinister racket behind grand theft auto
CAR theft is costing Queenslanders tens of millions of dollars but exactly who is behind it and what areas and vehicles are most at risk?
Flood report key in dam class action
AUSTRALIA'S largest class action by victims of the 2011 floods will come down to conflicting interpretations of the flood inquiry findings.
Gen Y is ready to settle down
GEN Y buyers are tipped to overtake Baby Boomers within five years as the most influential segment of the property market.
Thunderstorm warning cancelled
UPDATE: A severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled for southeast Queensland.
Cop punch victim gives statement
UPDATE: DETECTIVES from the Ethical Standards Command have interviewed the man at the centre of police brutality allegations.
Xmas gift trip ends in tragedy
20-YEAR-OLD Fiona Carvolth was on her way to give her family gifts after an overseas holiday when she was killed in a car crash.
Beloved pet dies on flight, owner sues
FLY-IN, fly-out worker sues Virgin airlines after his dog Charlie dies in transit.
How redhead 'ruined' ex-lovers
A WOMAN accused of "squatting'' in the home of a man she knew for only four months has left a trail of unhappy ex-lovers.
Nation's biggest rodeo on the moooove
GOLD Coast tourism officials have been caught by surprise as the National Finals Rodeo announces it's found a new home.
Doctors on lookout for drug hoarders
PATIENTS face being denied medicines under a national crackdown on "hoarders'' who are cheating taxpayers and draining the PBS.
More families split up in the 1960s
HARD-DRINKING, chain smoking, philandering Don Draper from the Mad Men series could be the poster boy for divorces in the 1960s.
Warning as dental tourism takes off
A GROWING number of Queenslanders are joining the smile-high club - jetting off to Asia in search of Hollywood smiles at rock-bottom prices.
Cops in bashing video 'professional': Union
UPDATE: POLICE union says officers who punch and kick a man in shocking video "acted in an entirely professional, appropriate and responsible manner".
Severe storm warnings cancelled
UDPATE: THE weather bureau has cancelled warnings for dangerous thunderstorms that blanketed parts of southeast Queensland with hail.
Woman, 25, dies in head-on crash
UPDATE: A 25-year-old woman has been killed in a head-on collision north of Brisbane.
Police officer stabbed in the neck
A QUEENSLAND police officer has undergone emergency surgery after he was stabbed in the neck in an allegedly unprovoked attack.
Sunday, 15 December
Missing Qld man found after four days
Sun Dec 15 21:57:18 EST 2013 A MAN who failed to return from checking on bores on his southwest Queensland property has been found after four days.
Police assaulted at NSW soccer game
Sun Dec 15 20:49:15 EST 2013 TWO men have been charged over an assault on police at a rowdy A-League soccer game north of Sydney.
Qld lifts pokies ban on big notes
Sun Dec 15 18:12:45 EST 2013 POKER machines in Queensland's pubs, clubs and casinos will accept notes bigger than $20 now the government has lifted restrictions on note values.
Wind fears for WA bushfire near homes
Sun Dec 15 18:00:49 EST 2013 FIREFIGHTERS are still fighting a bushfire that has been controlled but not contained northeast of Perth.
Police officer stabbed in the neck
Sun Dec 15 16:43:11 EST 2013 A POLICEMAN has been stabbed in the neck during a national blitz on alcohol-related violence which has led to 430 arrests in Queensland alone.
I don't expect marriage bill, says Abbott
Sun Dec 15 16:14:13 EST 2013 THE coalition party room will consider any future gay marriage bill in the "usual way", says Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Woman hit by garbage truck in Melbourne
Sun Dec 15 15:19:44 EST 2013 A YOUNG woman is clinging to life after being hit by a rubbish truck in Melbourne's city centre.
Bali punch victim on the mend
Sun Dec 15 15:18:18 EST 2013 AUSTRALIAN surfing teacher Matt Scarff is continuing to heal from serious head injuries after being punched by a stranger in Bali last month.
Turnbull says Labor wasted $20b on NBN
Sun Dec 15 15:17:20 EST 2013 COMMUNICATIONS Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Labor's rollout of the NBN would have wasted more than $50 billion.
Turnbull happy with cabinet under Abbott
Sun Dec 15 15:16:48 EST 2013 THE cabinet system is working well in the Abbott government, says senior frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull, likening it to the Howard years.
Crash kills elderly man in Victoria
Sun Dec 15 15:14:46 EST 2013 AN elderly man has died in hospital after a crash in Melbourne's southeast on Thursday.
NSW govt must act on violence: oppn
Sun Dec 15 15:01:20 EST 2013 AFTER hundreds of arrests for alcohol-related trouble across the country, the NSW opposition is calling for urgent government action - now.
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