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| UpdatedIncreasing Asian investment in northern Australia will be a top priority for Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the first day of his visit to Singapore.
Topics: foreign-affairs, business-economics-and-finance, regional-development, federal-government, abbott-tony, government-and-politics, terrorism, security-intelligence, singapore, nt, wa, qld
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| UpdatedThe Adelaide Crows have maintained their place in the top eight with a final quarter comeback win over the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, brisbane-4000, qld, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedThe North Queensland Cowboys' winning run of 11 games has come to an end after the Cronulla Sharks completed a comeback 24-18 win in Townsville.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, townsville-4810, qld, australia, cronulla-2230
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Anti-Islamic protesters rally on Queensland's Sunshine Coast against a mosque which has gained development approval.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, local-government, activism-and-lobbying, race-relations, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedBrisbane is splashed with purple and yellow at a tickertape parade to celebrate the Queensland Firebirds' grand final win.
Topics: netball, sport, women, brisbane-4000
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Tributes to Sunshine Coast footballer James Ackerman are being held at rugby league matches across Queensland and interstate this weekend.
Topics: nrl, community-and-society, sport, death, kawana-4701, maroochydore-4558, qld
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Inspiration was all around after Brisbane forward Josh McGuire suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in the Broncos' 44-22 win over Newcastle at Lang Park on Friday night.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe mayor rural Queensland's Western Downs region says the coal seam gas construction boom has ended quicker than expected.
Topics: coal, rural, building-and-construction, electricity-energy-and-utilities, qld
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A Muslim representative group is to be investigated following allegations its leader is being unaccountable, while another leader is accused of running a "dictatorship".
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, multiculturalism, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedBrisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has launched a scathing attack at the NRL as the list of injured State of Origin players increased.
Topics: state-of-origin, nrl, rugby-league, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, newcastle-2300, australia
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| UpdatedA hot start and a fast finish has led the Brisbane Broncos to a convincing 44-22 win over the Newcastle Knights at Lang Park.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, newcastle-2300, australia
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| UpdatedAn out of control vehicle has ploughed through Australia Fair shopping centre, Gold Coast
Topics: accidents---other, surfers-paradise-4217
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| UpdatedAn elderly woman has a lucky escape after crashing her car into a Gold Coast shopping centre, narrowly missing shocked bystanders.
Topics: accidents, accidents---other, disasters-and-accidents, southport-4215, qld, australia
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Kara Webb is training day and night in Brisbane in her quest to prove herself the fittest women on the planet at the 2015 CrossFit Games in the US.
Topics: other-sports, people, exercise-and-fitness, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA man arrested in Queensland who is wanted over a string of assaults arrives in Tasmania under police escort after evading authorities for five years.
Topics: assault, courts-and-trials, hobart-7000, austins-ferry-7011, scarborough-4020
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| UpdatedPressure is mounting on authorities to urgently fence the property at the epicentre of a deadly biosecurity outbreak threatening Australia's $600 million banana industry.
Topics: bananas, quarantine, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedThe Victorian branch of the Australian Workers Union moves to explain a $47,500 payment that was described in its accounts as a donation made by mining company Roche in 2007 — the same year Bill Shorten ended his time as national secretary of the union.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, bill-shorten, royal-commissions, industrial-relations, vic, australia, qld
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| UpdatedThe agricultural sector is failing to promote itself as a "great industry" and should focus on gaining better publicity, according to an expert on the sector.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, rural, fruits, fruit, broadbeach-4218, qld
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They keep Queensland's leaders on schedule and mark when history is made, but maintaining the clocks at Parliament House is a time consuming process in itself.
Topics: state-parliament, history, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedIn an open letter to the Liberal Party ahead of this weekend's national conference, a group of farmers say climate change is real and happening on their farms.
Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, climate-change, sydney-2000, toowoomba-4350, pingelly-6308, harden-2587, sale-3850
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The federal Member for Leichhardt says there will be further upgrades to improve mobile coverage in regional Queensland.
Topics: mobile-phones, programs-and-initiatives, federal-government, information-and-communication, forsayth-4871, cairns-4870, julatten-4871, weipa-4874
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Mining company Glenore has indicated it will spend a further $17 million to improve wastewater management at the Port of Townsville in north Queensland.
Topics: environmental-management, recycling-and-waste-management, water-management, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe Member for Whitsunday says it is up to the Clerk of the Parliament to decide whether or not he can move his electorate office from Proserpine to Mackay.
Topics: electoral-system, states-and-territories, whitsundays-4802, bowen-4805, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, proserpine-4800, collinsville-4804
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Rockhampton's Mayor says this year's council budget delivers the region's lowest rates increase this century, despite the impacts of Cyclone Marcia in February.
Topics: local-government, rockhampton-4700, gracemere-4702, gladstone-4680
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The Queensland Opposition is calling on the State Government to release its long-term plans for the Bruce Highway.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, mackay-4740