Irvinebank
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Recreating history image
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Topics: history, irvinebank-4872
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Queensland craftsmen restore WWI trophy gun to celebrate town's military history
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A trophy gun captured on the Western Front nearly 100 years ago has undergone a dramatic restoration by a handful of far north Queensland craftsmen.
Topics: world-war-1, defence-forces, history, design, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870, germany
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Missing quad bike rider found safe
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A quad bike rider who had been missing in far north Queensland bushland since the weekend has been taken to the Atherton Hospital.
Topics: missing-person, law-crime-and-justice, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Controlled burn continues near Cairns
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Cairns and Tablelands residents have woken to smoky skies this morning but the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service says there is no need for alarm.
Topics: fires, bushfire, emergency-planning, atherton-4883, barrine-4872, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Tablelands council takes control of Ibis Dam
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Residents of a small Tablelands community say they are relieved they finally have a long-term water supply.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-management, water-supply, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Council to take ownership of fixed Ibis Dam
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The Tablelands Mayor says the Irvinebank community has finally secured its water supply for the long-term.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, local-government, water, water-management, water-supply, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Residents question water arsenic results
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Residents in the small Tablelands' town of Irvinebank in far north Queensland say they dispute water quality test results which show arsenic levels above the national drinking water guidelines in some of the town's non-potable water.
Topics: water-pollution, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, water, cairns-4870, irvinebank-4872
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'Moral support' offered to de-merger opponents
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The Tablelands Mayor says there is no guarantee the council will be able to accommodate residents unhappy with the outcome of last month's de-amalgamation poll.
Topics: local-government, kuranda-4881, irvinebank-4872, mareeba-4880
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Concerns remain over Ibis Dam control
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Residents of the small Tablelands community of Irvinebank are worried about their dam moving under the control of a reformed Mareeba Shire Council.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, activism-and-lobbying, water, water-management, water-supply, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Progress association keen to manage Ibis Dam
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A community group in far north Queensland says it is interested in taking control of the town's dam once the State Government finishes an upgrade.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-management, water-supply, activism-and-lobbying, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Arsenic fears turn off dam's non-drinking water
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Far north Queensland Dalrymple MP Shane Knuth says there has been progress in a dispute over the water supply at Irvinebank, south-west of Cairns.
Topics: public-sector, activism-and-lobbying, community-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water-pollution, regional, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Water shortage fears amid dam upgrade delay
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Irvinebank residents, south-west of Cairns in far north Queensland, are concerned they will be left short of water because of delays in upgrading the town's dam.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, activism-and-lobbying, local-government, public-sector, community-development, regional, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Ibis Dam to get $4.5m revamp
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The State Government says a safety upgrade is about to begin on a far north Queensland dam.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-management, water-supply, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Council to takeover Ibis dam ownership
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The State Government says Irvinebank's Ibis Dam, south-west of Cairns in far north Queensland, will be transferred to the ownership of Tablelands Regional Council in July next year.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, activism-and-lobbying, community-development, local-government, public-sector, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Dam takeover prompts calls for water group
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Tablelands Mayor Tom Gilmore says he wants residents to form a local water committee as part of the council's takeover of a state-owned dam in far north Queensland.
Topics: local-government, activism-and-lobbying, dams-and-reservoirs, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Fears council snubbing Ibis Dam plans
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Tablelands' residents say they are worried the council has already made up its mind to reject a Queensland Government offer to upgrade and transfer ownership of the Ibis Dam.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, water-supply, states-and-territories, local-government, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Council 'won't be rushed' over Ibis dam future
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The Tablelands Regional Council in far north Queensland says it will not be bullied by the State Government into deciding the future of Ibis Dam at Irvinebank, south-west of Cairns.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, activism-and-lobbying, local-government, irvinebank-4872, herberton-4872, cairns-4870
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Dam water release a 'waste of time'
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The Department of Natural Resources has decided to postpone the lowering of water levels at a dam at Irvinebank on the Atherton Tablelands, in far north Queensland, by at least a week.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, activism-and-lobbying, water, water-management, states-and-territories, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Government using wrong figures for dam decision: mayor
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A far north Queensland mayor says the State Government is relying on inaccurate costings as it considers the future drinking water supply for residents in the tiny town of Irvinebank, south-west of Cairns.
Topics: local-government, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, dams-and-reservoirs, community-development, irvinebank-4872, tablelands-4605, cairns-4870
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Doubt cast over dam safety fears
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The residents of the historic mining town of Irvinebank, on the Tablelands in far north Queensland, are hoping for answers about the future of their water supply at a meeting tonight.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, water-supply, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Ibis Dam water level may go lower
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The State Government says it has finished initial work to lower the water level at a far north Queensland dam it has deemed to be unsafe.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, states-and-territories, water, water-management, irvinebank-4872, atherton-4883, cairns-4870
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Nolan rules out Irvinebank water compo
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Natural Resources Minister Rachel Nolan has rejected calls for compensation by residents in the far north Queensland town of Irvinebank, south-west of Cairns.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-management, states-and-territories, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Lowering dam level endangers town, residents say
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Queensland Resources Minister Rachel Nolan has defended a decision to lower the Ibis dam level at Irvinebank, south-west of Cairns in the state's far north.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, local-government, public-sector, community-development, regional, irvinebank-4872, cairns-4870
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Man hospitalised after motorbike crash
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A man has been flown to hospital after his motorbike collided with a car in far north Queensland.
Topics: road, accidents, irvinebank-4872
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Teenager swept to his death off flooded causeway
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A 16yo boy has been swept to his death off a flooded causeway in far north Queensland.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, floods, irvinebank-4872, australia, qld, cairns-4870
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