Bundaberg and Wide Bay
Kernaghan accuses Rudd of abandoning the bush
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Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan has again accused Kevin Rudd of abandoning the bush.
Health council airs merger fears
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The Bundaberg Health Community Council (HCC) says it is concerned the community will be left in the dark after the Wide Bay health district is absorbed by the Sunshine Coast.
Study reveals cane crop rotation benefits
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A new study has proven that short-term rotation breaks between sugarcane crops helps boost productivity by up to 20 per cent.
Qld hospitals in meltdown, Oppn says
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Oppn Leader Lawrence Springborg says the worst health crisis ever seen in Qld has emerged this week.
Boswell fears Traveston timber plan to boost food price
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The Federal Opposition says the Queensland Government's plans to put a forestry plantation near the Traveston Crossing dam, in the south-east, will lead to higher food prices.
Kernaghan to take main stage at Gympie muster
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The Gympie Country Music Muster shifts up another gear tonight with Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan the headline act.
Qld hospitals playing 'musical bypass'
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A doctor has given the State Govt her evidence that emergency patients died because of hospital bed shortages.
Police criticised over fatal pursuit
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The state coroner has released the first report into the deaths of seven people during a number of police pursuits between 2005 and 2006.
Ambulance union backs dying patients claim
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The union representing Qld paramedics backs claims patients have died because they could not get a hospital bed.
Gympie Mayor says rate rise unavoidable
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The Mayor of the Gympie Regional Council says a 9.8 per cent rate increase in this year's budget was unavoidable.
MP angry over Traveston EIS snub
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The Member for Gympie says the Deputy Premier will not allow him to have a copy of the supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS) for the controversial Traveston Crossing dam proposal in south-east Queensland.
Merger won't diminish health service: Robertson
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The Queensland Health Minister says amalgamating the Fraser Coast and Wide Bay health districts will not mean poorer services for local residents.
Abducted photojournalist reportedly unharmed
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Suspected abducted Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan is reportedly unharmed.
Supplementary EIS done for Traveston dam
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Queensland Water Infrastructure has completed a supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Traveston Crossing dam in the state's south-east.
Gympie budget delivers 9.8pc rate rise
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The Gympie Regional Council has handed down its budget today, with ratepayers hit with a 9.8 per cent rate increase.
Police give evidence at pursuit inquest
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Police officers have given evidence at an inquest into the death of a woman during a police pursuit near Goondiwindi in 2005.
Child sex accused has charges adjourned
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Charges against a man from the South Burnett, north of Brisbane, who is facing hundreds of counts of indecent assault, have been adjourned until later this year.
Crash renews calls for school bus seatbelts
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The Transport Workers Union has renewed its call for all school buses to be fitted with seatbelts, after a a logging truck hit a school bus near Gympie yesterday.
Council divided over rate structure
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The $242 million budget of central Queensland's Gladstone Regional Council has been overshadowed by discontent among councillors about the adopted rating structure.
Govt plans Traveston tree planting
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The Queensland Government is aiming to plant up to two million forestry trees as part of the construction of the proposed Traveston Crossing dam near Gympie in the state's south-east.
Rural women converge on Bundaberg
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Rural women from across Queensland are meeting in the Wide Bay for the Queensland Rural Women's Network annual meeting.
Bank staff set to leave
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The Finance Sector Union says staff at a National Australia Bank branch set to close in the South Burnett will leave at the end of the week.
MP fears deadly highway crashes
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The independent Member for Nanango says it will only be a matter of time before lives are lost on the D'Aguilar Highway west of Brisbane.
Students in hospital after school bus crash
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13 school students have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after truck ran into their school bus.
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Timber: Pulp mill project not dead: Wilderness Society
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Timber: Tas economy will survive without mill: Premier
- Timber: Green Triangle survey considers land use
- Timber: Walcha Boral blockade ends
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Timber: Another blow for Gunns' pulp mill plans
- Sugar: Study reveals cane crop rotation benefits
- Timber: Boswell fears Traveston timber plan to boost food price
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Timber: Spotlight falls on sovereign risk deadline
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: Gunns admits pulp mill may never be built
- Timber: Union threatens more Boral industrial unrest
State News
- QR's planned Riverfire dinner shows wrong priorities: Nicholls
- Police concerned for woman missing in Whitsundays
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Water woes hit town's tourism, economy
- Man charged over alleged pub glassing
- QR cancels $30,000 Riverfire function
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Kernaghan accuses Rudd of abandoning the bush
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Haneef decision '$8m too late'
- Police investigate Nerang Primary school fire
- Man sought over Gold Coast stabbing
- Teen catches alight on jet ski
