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  • ABC you later OB van

    host Tony Jones left Queensland, so too did the ABC’s Brisbane-based outside broadcasting van – but the national broadcaster insists there will be no change to how it covers live events in Queensland. The Community and Public Sector Union has questioned the ...

  • No nanny state despite LNPs gambling concerns

    It is a fine line between nanny state and concerned. Encouraging Queensland's 17,000 problem gamblers to rethink their choices through targeted messages on ATMs in the state's pubs and clubs is an act of concern, according to Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie. Preventing a discussion about raising the bets allowed on pokie machines at those same venues, on the other hand, comes back to ...

  • Councillors on the plonkism

    The opposition called it "plonkism", but Brisbane's City Council's administration on Tuesday approved the Queensland government's 45-storey William Street development. The $653 million proposal for the building, to house 7600 public servants and other staff near the Parliamentary Annexe, will now go ahead and be finished by late 2016. "This will be the largest ...

  • The power of one key for Maroons

    Queensland's Origin hopefuls - Ben Te'o, Daly Cherry-Evans, Corey Parker, Jacob Lillyman, Matt Gillett and Chris McQueen One round to play, one spot to fill. Queensland selectors will keep an eagle eye on this weekend's NRL games before deciding on a key final addition to their State of Origin stocks. Queensland will reveal their game one squad on Monday night, 24 hours after ...

  • Last drinks for precinct program

    The future of the state's Drink Safe Precinct program could rest with industry stakeholders. The Queensland Auditor-General has released a ...

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Shark Night 3D

Shark Night 3D

Snatching the mantle of Worst 3D Shark Movie, which has long been held unchallenged by Jaws 3D (1983), Shark Night supplies some cheesy late-summer tedium in its sloppy mixture of revenge-of-nature thrills and hillbilly horror. Set in and around a large salt water lake de ... ...

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  • Tinklers mansion up for sale

    Embattled coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler has put his $5.2 million Queensland mansion up for sale. The seven-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate, on four hectares on Brisbane's outskirts, features a home cinema, a gym, a climate-controlled wine cellar that can house 3500 bottles and a nine-car garage. The property, in Pullenvale, west of Brisbane, is listed online as being for sale for ...

  • Alan Dundas helped save his nephews life in the surf at Agnes Water in the process he sacrificed his own

    ALAN Dundas helped to save a life - and sacrificed his own in the process. While his daughter Zoe Kerr already knew her father was a hero, yesterday his courage, and that of his brother, was officially recognised by the Governor of Queensland at the Bravery Awards. In November 2010, the 49-year-old, along with his brother Stewart, selflessly plunged into the surf at Agnes Water, north of ...

  • Eight Brisbane Roar games to be broadcast live on SBS next season

    EIGHT Brisbane Roar matches will be shown live on free-to-air television next season when SBS becomes co-broadcasters of the A-League with Fox Sports. The 2013-14 A-League draw will be released today, with The Courier-Mail having learned that almost a third of Brisbane's 27 regular-season matches will be played on Friday nights. Under the new $160 million broadcast deal, both SBS2 and Fox ...

  • Controversial vegetation laws passed in parliament last night will increase land clearing say conservationists

    CONTROVERSIAL vegetation clearing laws which passed in parliament last night are bound to increase the rate of clearing, conservationists warn. The Bill also included emergency amendments to allow drought-stricken cattle to graze in suitable National Parks by the end of this week. It comes after Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke opposed the State's plans to temporarily open up the ...

  • Calm urged in wake of dog theft reports

    ANIMAL welfare groups have urged people to remain calm and vigilant following reports of fence-tagging by dog-snatching rings in Brisbane's Bayside. Lee Jeffries is a professional pet detective of 21 years. She works with nationwide organisation Pet Search and believes talk about fence tagging harms rather than helps efforts to locate stolen pets. "We get so many people calling in about ...

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