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| UpdatedThe battle lines for the next Queensland election are released, in what is the biggest redistribution of boundaries in decades.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, electoral-system, alp, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, bob-katter, minor-parties, qld, brisbane-4000, mount-isa-4825
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Mining giant Glencore confirms more freight will be on the road in north Queensland after rail company Aurizon lost its contract.
Topics: rail-transport, road-transport, mining-rural, mining-industry, mount-isa-4825, hughenden-4821, townsville-4810, richmond-4822
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Topics: public-schools, mental-health, mount-isa-4825
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A service club in Mount Isa, northwest Queensland donates specialised benches aimed at tackling mental health to almost every school in the town.
Topics: mental-health, youth, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: mental-health, youth, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: aboriginal, aboriginal-language, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedAn environmental expert has called on operators of a Mount Isa mine to take responsibility for the safety of children in the city, after a report found the site was a source of "potentially significant" lead pollution.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, federal---state-issues, mining-rural, lead, activism-and-lobbying, pollution, respiratory-diseases, mount-isa-4825, qld, australia, university-of-queensland-4072
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An art program in Queensland's north-west is working to rebut claims that students in remote and rural communities suffer locational disadvantage when accessing art.
Topics: access-to-education, art-and-creativity, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: access-to-education, art-and-creativity, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: access-to-education, art-and-creativity, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: access-to-education, art-and-creativity, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: art-and-creativity, access-to-education, mount-isa-4825
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A Queensland labour contractor says employment programs need to be more flexible if they want to tackle the shortage of worker in rural industries.
Topics: rural, regional-development, education-industry, unemployment, rural-youth, beef-cattle, farm-labour, community-development, agricultural-policy, mount-isa-4825, maryborough-4650, boulia-4829
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Trainer Brendan Condon says more flexible agricultural training programs are needed to combat farm worker shortages.
Topics: rural, regional-development, education-industry, unemployment, rural-youth, beef-cattle, farm-labour, community-development, agricultural-policy, maryborough-4650, boulia-4829, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedThe Mount Isa mine in north-west Queensland is a source of "potentially significant" lead pollution, a report commissioned by global mining giant Glencore finds, as it urges residents to be tested to determine their exposure.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, federal---state-issues, mining-rural, lead, activism-and-lobbying, pollution, respiratory-diseases, mount-isa-4825, qld, australia, university-of-queensland-4072
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As small business owners come to terms with the temporary loss of the Mount Isa's Harvey Norman franchise, questions have raised about the symbiotic relationship between small businesses and national retailers.
Topics: community-and-society, fires, disasters-and-accidents, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedMillions of dollars worth of furniture and white goods are damaged or destroyed after a fire rips through an electrical retailer in north-west Queensland.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, mount-isa-4825, qld
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government is concerned the air is not fresh enough in national parks, citing air quality and passive smoking as key reasons for a partial smoking ban that comes into force tomorrow.
Topics: smoking, national-parks, state-parliament, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedHeywire's trailblazing alumni prepare to drop in to the annual Regional Youth Summit, launching on the weekend.
Topics: rural-youth, rural, regional, community-and-society, youth, abc, information-and-communication, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia, yaraka-4702, canberra-2600, kalgoorlie-6430, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, broadbeach-4218, mount-isa-4825, smithton-7330, moruya-2537, tennant-creek-0860, birdsville-4482
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Topics: adult-education, access-to-education, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: books-literature, education-industry, access-to-education, adult-education, mount-isa-4825