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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/cat/eb6df49795f04561/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 02:56:50 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:56:50 -0400 30 NSW Labor leader John Robertson will introduce legislation into the NSW parliament giving early childhood centres the right to ban unvaccinated ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707159/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:19:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707159/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A FIVE-week-old baby has been left fighting for her life in hospital with serious injuries after her father allegedly threw her into her cot "as hard as he ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707158/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:19:33 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707158/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Neighbours 'devastated' by killing Logan residents realised "it was real" after discovering Joan Ryther's body in a front yard Wednesday morning, before trying to cover her ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707162/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:14:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707162/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Longreach 4730 Federal Housing Minister Mark Butler is threatening to withhold funding from the state as part of a dispute over the Queensland Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service (QTAAS).Last year, the Queensland Government scrapped funding, forcing the Commonwealth to step in to keep the service running until the end of June.Mr Butler says he will provide a further $2.5 million to keep QTAAS ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705978/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:22:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705978/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Moranbah 4744 Real estate agents on Queensland's Central Highlands say they have been caught off-guard by the downturn in the resources industry.Rental prices in Moranbah, south-west of Mackay, over the past 12 months have dropped from $1,800 per week to $350, causing an oversupply of properties.Real estate agent Kerri Furber says she has had to offer two weeks free rent to try to entice ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705979/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:22:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705979/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Rockhampton 4700 Waratah Coal says its proposed $8 billion coal development in central Queensland's Galilee Basin has reached an important milestone.Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese has extended 'major project status' until the end of 2016.Mr Albanese says Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer's company should have made significant progress in its development ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705977/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:22:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705977/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Innisfail 4860 A far north Queensland fisherman has spent the night with a two-metre saltwater crocodile in his bedroom.Ashley Sala caught the reptile at Ninds Creek on Tuesday night while out barramundi fishing near Innisfail, south of Cairns.Fed up with the prevalence of crocs in the area, Mr Sala bundled the animal into his car boot and took it to the home of his local councillor to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705980/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:22:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705980/scat/eb6df49795f04561 miners were hit hard by the release of sluggish economic data out of China . The performance of China's manufacturing sector, measured by HSBC's purchasing managers index, was shown to be worse than expected at 49.6 rather than forecasts of 50.4. Chinese manufacturers are among the biggest customers for Australia's miners, and the data instantly reflected in the share prices of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705705/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705705/scat/eb6df49795f04561 'You are going to lose': mother tells attackers to drop weapons Far-right activists in balaclavas have clashed with riot police in London after the killing of a man believed to be a British soldier by alleged Islamic extremists. More than 100 supporters of the English Defence League, some in paramilitary dress, gathered at a train station in Woolwich near where the man was allegedly ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705706/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:48 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705706/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Communities Minister Tracy Davis this morning paid homage to the contribution made by the state's seniors, but said the State Government could not afford to pick up the tab for one of the highlight dance events on the social calendar of seniors.Ms Davis was responding to a question in State Parliament by ALP member, and Queensland's eldest state MP, Desley Scott about why the Newman ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705981/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:10:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705981/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A FIVE-week-old baby has been left fighting for her life in hospital with serious injuries after her father allegedly threw her into her cot "as hard as he could". The North Lakes man, 39, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of his gravely ill daughter, was arrested by detectives from the Pine Rivers Child Protection Investigation Unit on Wednesday night and charged with ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707160/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214707160/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Townsville 4810 Staff at Townsville's turtle hospital say there has been a significant drop in the number of turtle strandings in north Queensland.Turtle populations have been under pressure over the past few years with recent floods and cyclones in Queensland destroying much of their food source.Fred Nucifora from Townsville's Reef HQ says while he is optimistic numbers will recover, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705024/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705024/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Millmerran 4357 The State Government is rolling out a pilot program that aims to improve literacy among migrants and refugees in regional Queensland.The State Library will conduct literacy classes at libraries in Millmerran, Mackay and Toowoomba.Arts Minister Ian Walker says he believes libraries are the best place to deliver such a program."Firstly it's part of the library's ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705027/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705027/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Maroochydore 4558 University of the Sunshine Coast vice-chancellor professor Greg Hill says there needs to be a rethink on how regional campuses are run compared to the city.Professor Hill will join other leading Queensland academics on a panel at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia forum.He says the panel will discuss reform and renewal of the higher education sector, including ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705026/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705026/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Torres Strait Islands Volunteer Marine Rescue Queensland (VMRQ) says it does not know how it will fund infrastructure upgrades in the Torres Strait, in far north Queensland, after missing out on Regional Development Australia funding.The organisation had applied for $464,000 to build sheds to house boats and train rescuers on Yorke Island and St Pauls Island.VMRQ president Keith Williams says ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705025/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:48 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705025/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Gympie 4570 A 28-year-old man who killed two pregnant cows near Gympie in south-east Queensland has been given a four-month suspended jail term.Matthew Robert Wakefield pleaded guilty in the Gympie Magistrates Court this week to killing the cows and taking their meat at a national park in March. Wakefield was also ordered to pay $4,000 restitution to the cattle owners and had to forfeit a bow ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705028/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:47 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705028/scat/eb6df49795f04561 ACT Former federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has pleaded not guilty to dishonesty charges in the ACT Magistrates Court. Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege Slipper misused his Cabcharge allowance to visit Canberra wineries in 2010 and then tried to cover it up. The 63-year-old Queensland MP allegedly spent $1,194 on Cabcharge vouchers before he became speaker and while he was still ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705029/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:47 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705029/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Winton 4735 Scientists and volunteers from across the globe are rolling up their sleeves to help dig for dinosaur bones in outback Queensland.The Australian Age of Dinosaurs (AAD) at Winton, north-west of Longreach, is holding its annual two-week dig on a remote station 60 kilometres west of the town.AAD spokesman David Elliott says it has been running "public digs" for more than 10 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705032/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705032/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Southport 4215 The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says a scheme to automatically recover wage overpayments from health staff is an attack on their industrial rights.Queensland Health will trial the scheme in July on the Gold and Sunshine coasts, and in the children's health service, before a state-wide roll-out.It will only apply to new overpayments to staff.QNU secretary Beth Mohle says ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705031/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705031/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Cairns 4870 Indigenous communities say their efforts to remove stray fishing nets from the Gulf of Carpentaria in north-west Queensland will stall once a federally funded project comes to a halt.The Ghost Nets Australia project, which supports Indigenous communities to collect the large fishing nets, failed to secure federal funding and will end on June 30.Jane Blackwood from Mapoon Aboriginal ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705030/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705030/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Cairns 4870 A former mayor from far north Queensland's Cape York has been charged with trafficking, supplying and possessing drugs.Charles Edward Hudson from Napranum, north-west of Cairns, was arrested last week after investigations into drug-related activities in the Weipa area.The 65-year-old has been remanded to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705033/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:45 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705033/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 The Queensland leader of Katter's Australia Party (KAP), Ray Hopper, has been suspended from Queensland Parliament for seven days.Mr Hopper, the Member for Condamine, refused to leave the chamber after arguing with acting Deputy Speaker Verity Barton about a point of order.Ms Barton had told Mr Hopper it was invalid.She was backed by Treasurer Tim Nicholls, who successfully ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705034/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:44 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705034/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Townsville 4810 Queensland Health has denied comments made by a MP that three babies in Townsville in the state's north have died of syphilis in the past 12 months.Gaven MP Dr Alex Douglas made the comments during question time earlier this week.The city's hospital says no babies have died in the last year because of syphilis. Dr Douglas says he stands by the comments he made in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705037/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:43 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705037/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Rockhampton 4700 The State Government has named the obstetrician who will head an independent inquiry into the death of a full-term unborn baby in Rockhampton in central Queensland.Health Minister Lawrence Springborg ordered the investigation into claims that Emma Green's baby son died after she was turned away from the Rockhampton Hospital several times.Former Australian Medical ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705036/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:43 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705036/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Allora 4362 Biosecurity Queensland says it is still trying to determine how a bat transmitted the deadly lyssavirus to two horses at property on the state's Southern Downs. Authorities are waiting for test results to confirm if the horses died from the bat-borne virus at Allora, south of Toowoomba.Chief biosecurity officer Jim Thompson says microbats have been found on the property but it ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705035/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:43 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705035/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mackay 4740 The Mackay Regional Council says it is investigating the source of a major oil contamination at the north Queensland city's water recycling facility.Councillor Frank Gilbert says the contamination was detected late last week and means the facility is not operating to standard.It is believed the oil and diesel was tipped into the sewerage system in the Mackay Harbour area.Cr ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705038/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705038/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 South Sydney enforcer Ben Te'o will remain in contention for State of Origin selection until investigations into assault allegations against him are completed.A Brisbane woman has alleged Te'o punched her in the face, fracturing her eye socket last month, a claim Te'o has vehemently denied.The woman's version of the assault at Brisbane player Corey ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705039/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705039/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Queensland cricketer Chris Lynn could be in hot water with Cricket Australia after using Twitter to launch a scathing attack against the woman who claims she was assaulted by South Sydney's Ben Te'o. Lynn's outburst came on the same evening that Australian opener David Warner was fined $5750 for a breach of the CA code of behaviour over a Twitter outburst against journalists. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705040/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705040/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Record low temperatures had southeast Queenslanders shivering through the night but the worst is yet to come forecasters say.  The small town of Rolleston recorded the coolest May day in 124 years on Wednesday while day temperatures in Brisbane notched up the coolest day in May since 1980.But the cold snap reached all areas of the coast thanks to clear skies on Tuesday according to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705041/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:18 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705041/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Acting deputy speaker Verity Barton yelled for order so loudly her voice cracked. The Leader of the Queensland Katter's Australian Party, Ray Hopper, yelled so much he was suspended from parliament. Members talked so much, the debate raged from Wednesday night into Thursday morning - until a brisk 2am. But in the end, as each and every bill submitted by the government into this State ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705042/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:16 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214705042/scat/eb6df49795f04561 SCHOOLS and other community groups will no longer have to apply for a liquor permit to serve booze at fundraising and social events after State Parliament passed changes to the Liquor and Gaming Act on Wednesday ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703970/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703970/scat/eb6df49795f04561 AN 18-year-old who swore at a magistrate and disrupted the packed public gallery in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday spent four hours in the police watch house after being threatened - but never charged - with ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703969/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:29 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703969/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE number of students with a disability has almost doubled in Queensland Catholic schools over the past six years with many being disadvantaged because of a funding shortfall, a new report ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703971/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703971/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A HIT LIST of the nation's hospital hot spots reveal more than 1700 patients caught killer superbug infections in public hospitals last ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703972/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703972/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A 75-year-old man reported missing from Chermside in Brisbane's inner north since Monday has been found safe and well. Police had earlier appealed to the public for information to help locate Leonard Mogg, who had not been seen since he left the Prince Charles Hospital just after ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703975/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703975/scat/eb6df49795f04561 SCHOOLS and other community groups will no longer have to apply for a liquor permit to serve booze at fundraising and social events after State Parliament passed changes to the Liquor and Gaming Act on Wednesday night. Nursing homes and hospitals will also be able to serve two standard drinks a day to patients and residents without a liquor licence, and country shows deemed "low risk" ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703974/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:03:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703974/scat/eb6df49795f04561 AN 18-year-old who swore at a magistrate and disrupted the packed public gallery in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday spent four hours in the police watch house after being threatened - but never charged - with contempt. Magistrate Stuart Shearer ordered the arrest of Emma-Leigh Rose Paasi on Wednesday morning after she allegedly refused to leave the public gallery when asked to by ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703973/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:04 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214703973/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Authorities were alerted to a large 20-tonne container leaking argon gas at the berth of stevedoring company Patrick about 7pm on Wednesday.A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said although the gas has the potential to displace oxygen in a closed space, it was harmless under those conditions.The leak was left in the hands of Patrick's staff two hours later who were working to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702930/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:41:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702930/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A crying man, a person running, a woman yelling in a foreign language. Logan residents have told police investigating the murder of 29-year-old Joan Canino Ryther of a series of unusual disturbances in the street where the slain McDonald’s worker lived. Mrs Ryther stepped out into a crisp May night on Tuesday to walk the kilometre to work as she had done many times ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702933/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702933/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Te'o should 'be held accountable' Katie Lewis says she doesn't want to "ruin his career" but Ben Te'o should be held accountable after he "punched me in the face". Nine ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702934/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:36:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702934/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Fortitude Valley 4006 A teenager is in hospital with pelvic injuries after a three-storey fall down a ventilation shaft in inner-city Brisbane.Emergency services were called to a student apartment complex in Fortitude Valley around 1:00am (AEST).It took firefighters an hour to free the 17-year-old who had become stuck in the shaft.Paramedic Brad Hardy says the man is lucky to be alive."The ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701620/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:48 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701620/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A TEENAGER is in hospital after plunging two storeys through a skylight ventilation shaft at a Fortitude Valley apartment block in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701622/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701622/scat/eb6df49795f04561 POLICE are appealing to the public for information about a 75-year-old man missing from Chermside in Brisbane's inner north since ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701621/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701621/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Under a deal struck with the Bligh government, BHP Billiton and its partner Mitsubishi, under the BMA Alliance, will be able to employ about 1000 workers on the controversial fly-in, fly-out rostering system.It will mean workers can live anywhere and fly into the site for periods often lasting two weeks.Under the deal the Caval Ridge and Daunia mines, near Moranbah, will be staffed with workers ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701626/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701626/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Environment Department's Dr Colin Limpus yesterday led an annual health check of the bay's turtles on the eve of World Turtle Day today.A small sample of the population were wrangled in the water and brought aboard a departmental barge to be weighed, measured and given a general health check to gauge how the 10,000-strong population was coping compared to last ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701625/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:08 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701625/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE LNP is investigating a potential major privacy breach involving thousands of people receiving unsolicited phone calls in an exercise organised by outcast MP Scott ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701624/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701624/scat/eb6df49795f04561 INTERNATIONAL cyber spies loom as one of the biggest security threats at next year's G20 summit in Brisbane, according to one of the world's leading security ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701623/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701623/scat/eb6df49795f04561 SWEET DREAMS: Fisherman Ashley Sala shared a room with the 2m crocodile he caught at Ninds Creek, Innisfail, after it got caught up in his fishing line. Picture: John ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701628/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:03 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701628/scat/eb6df49795f04561 It is understood Norman's mobile phone was used to make a 000 emergency call.Te'o allegedly told Souths Miss Lewis needed to be restrained and that was the only physical contact they had.Police attended the scene and interviewed the parties before Lewis was admitted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's hospital.Miss Lewis provided a discharge letter from the hospital to Channel 9 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701627/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701627/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A QUEENSLAND Police Union official has accused the Newman Government of plotting to gag the organisation to stop it derailing LNP ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701629/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701629/scat/eb6df49795f04561 She had walked that road a thousand times and a thousand times she arrived without trouble.But this time, the bubbly woman with the constant smile got within 100m of her work when she was attacked, killed and dumped in the front garden of a stranger's home.When the 29-year-old failed to show for her 9pm shift at Logan Central McDonald's in Brisbane on Tuesday, colleagues immediately ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701630/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701630/scat/eb6df49795f04561 BRISBANE firefighters have declared a gas leak at a Port of Brisbane berth yesterday as harmless. Authorities were alerted to a large 20-tonne container leaking argon gas at the berth of stevedoring company Patrick about 7pm on Wednesday. A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said although the gas has the potential to displace oxygen in a closed space, it was harmless under those ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702931/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702931/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Acting deputy speaker Verity Barton yelled for order so loudly her voice cracked. The Leader of the Queensland Katter's Australian Party, Ray Hopper, yelled so much he was suspended from parliament. Members talked so much, the debate raged from Wednesday night into Thursday morning. But in the end, as each and every bill submitted by the government into this State Parliament ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701634/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:28:41 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701634/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A Brisbane teenager was trapped in an air-conditioning shaft for more than an hour after falling through a ventilation grill on the roof of an inner-city building. The 17-year-old boy fell three storeys after becoming stuck in the central shaft of the Alfred Street apartment building in Fortitude Valley about 12.50am on Thursday. It took emergency crews more than an hour to reach the teen, who ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701633/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:28:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701633/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland government has locked its regional energy retailer into contracts with state-owned electricity generators it is considering selling. Treasurer Tim Nicholls said a government energy review into wholesale electricity supply arrangements found the "most effective strategy" would be to have Ergon Energy predominately supplied by electricity generator companies (gencos), CS ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701635/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:28:38 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701635/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Logan Central 4114 Detectives are reviewing security video from businesses and homes near the scene of a brutal murder at Logan, south of Brisbane.A woman, aged in her late 20s, was found partially clothed in the front yard of a home at 7:00am (AEST) yesterday, just a few hundred metres from the fast food restaurant where she worked. Investigators say she was due to work a shift at the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700251/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:29 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700251/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mr Nicholls said the new arrangements were about "a better market operation, ensuring value remains in the government-owned corporations and providing certainty for power prices going into the future". "What that will do will smooth out the sale price of power and it will add value to the generators whilst at the same time enable Ergon to predict its price for the power it buys ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700252/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:04 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700252/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane's newly-privatised Port of Brisbane, which supported $50 billion in imports and exports last year, is interested in investing in part of a $4.7 billion inland rail project linking Brisbane, Toowoomba, Parkes and Melbourne. The proposed inland freight line would be seven hours faster and about 170 kilometres shorter than the existing coastal railway. Shadow Infrastructure Minister ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700253/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700253/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service has been thrown a ';life raft'; but its future remains uncertain. The commonwealth has offered the state government $2.5 million to fund ';critical'; tenant services beyond June 30 when the current emergency funding is due to expire. But the state government has not committed to refunding the service beyond when the emergency funding ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700254/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700254/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane's newly-privatised Port of Brisbane, which supported $50 billion in imports and exports last year, is interested in investing in part of a $4.7 billion inland rail project linking Brisbane, Toowoomba, Parkes and Melbourne. The proposed inland freight line would be seven hours faster and about 170 kilometres shorter than the existing coastal railway. Shadow Infrastructure Minister ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700255/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700255/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon acknowledges years of tax cuts, spending and the carbon tax compensation have given us 'a structural problem and some very big challenges ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700256/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:18:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214700256/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 A five-year-old boy who was thrown off a carnival ride in south-east Queensland at the weekend has woken from his coma.Patrick O'Sullivan suffered serious head injuries at a school fete in Highlands, near Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on Sunday.He was airlifted to Brisbane's Mater Children's Hospital, and began breathing without a ventilator on Tuesday ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692663/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:32 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692663/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Girl accuses NRL star of bashing A woman tells Nine News she was "laying in the hallway" and "could have been dead", accusing NRL star Ben Te'o of punching ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692203/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692203/scat/eb6df49795f04561 BRISBANE shivered through its coldest May day in 33 years yesterday. The good news is that it will be warmer today. While city-slickers reached for their winter woollies the drought-hit west rejoiced as rain finally fell. Trinidad, a property between Windorah and Charleville, recorded 44mm and Thargomindah had 43mm. Brisbane recorded a maximum of just 17.6C, the coldest May day since 1980 and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689358/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689358/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A QUEENSLAND Police Union official has accused the Newman Government of plotting to gag the organisation to stop it derailing LNP re-election. The QPU is currently trying to negotiate a new wage deal for its 12,000 members but has been frustrated by the lack of an offer from the Newman Government. In a strongly worded piece in this month's QPU Journal, Northern Region executive Shayne Maxwell ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692664/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692664/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE LNP is investigating a potential major privacy breach involving thousands of people receiving unsolicited phone calls in an exercise organised by outcast MP Scott Driscoll. Evidence uncovered by The Courier-Mail shows Mr Driscoll's family company was paid to conduct "push polling" for candidates in the Moreton Bay Regional Council elections, including Mayor Allan Sutherland, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701632/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214701632/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE central Queensland town of Moranbah is about to be hit by a jobs boom, but local residents are not welcome to apply. Under a deal struck with the Bligh government, BHP Billiton and its partner Mitsubishi, under the BMA Alliance, will be able to employ about 1000 workers on the controversial fly-in, fly-out rostering system. It will mean workers can live anywhere and fly into the site for ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214698855/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214698855/scat/eb6df49795f04561 JOAN Canino Ryther thought she was safe. She had walked that road a thousand times and a thousand times she arrived without trouble. But this time, the bubbly woman with the constant smile got within 100m of her work when she was attacked, killed and dumped in the front garden of a stranger's home. When the 29-year-old failed to show for her 9pm shift at Logan Central McDonald's on ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692666/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692666/scat/eb6df49795f04561 HE was hoping to catch a birthday barra but instead it turned into crocodile capers for an Innisfail fisherman who spent the night bunked down at home with a 2m reptile. Ashley Sala was fishing in Ninds Creek, a tributary of the Johnstone River, on Tuesday night when a snarly swamp dog latched on to his live bait. Excited at the prospect of reeling in his first 1m-plus barra and 105th for the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692665/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214692665/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A ROCKET launcher capable of blowing up tanks and a World War II flame thrower are among a cache of military weapons hidden in Queensland until now. An Australian-designed Owen gun, a German-issued submachine gun and a paratrooper's M1 carbine were among 19,000 firearms handed in during a three-month amnesty in Queensland. Most of the military-style weapons are believed to have been kept by ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689359/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689359/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A ROCKET launcher capable of blowing up tanks and a World War II flame thrower are among a cache of military weapons hidden in Queensland until ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689355/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:50:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689355/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The good news is that it will be warmer today.While city-slickers reached for their winter woollies the drought-hit west rejoiced as rain finally fell.Trinidad, a property between Windorah and Charleville, recorded 44mm and Thargomindah had 43mm.Brisbane recorded a maximum of just 17.6C, the coldest May day since 1980 and almost 7C below average.Weather Bureau forecaster Matthew Bass said it was ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689356/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:50:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689356/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A HIT LIST of the nation's hospital hot spots reveal more than 1700 patients caught killer superbug infections in public hospitals last year. Golden Staph is a bloodstream infection that proves fatal in between 20-35 per cent of cases and it is used as a key measure of hospital quality and safety. National Health Performance Authority chief Dr Diane Watson says the new figures allow poorly ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702932/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:11:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214702932/scat/eb6df49795f04561 MULTIPLE investigations have been launched into the death of a baby after a heavily pregnant mother was repeatedly turned away from Rockhampton ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214687903/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214687903/scat/eb6df49795f04561 MULTIPLE investigations have been launched into the death of a baby after a heavily pregnant mother was repeatedly turned away from Rockhampton Hospital. Emma Green said last week she was turned away from the hospital several times over the course of a week before her unborn son died in her womb. The state's independent health watchdog, The Health Quality Complaints Commission, has confirmed ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214687904/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:45:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214687904/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Sydney 2000 David Taylor's hopes of selection for State of Origin I received a boost after he was successful in having his dangerous contact charge downgraded at the judiciary on Wednesday evening.The judiciary downgraded Taylor's charge of grade two dangerous contact with a kicker to a grade one offence, allowing the forward to escape suspension.Taylor was facing a two-match ban over ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214686538/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:43:08 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214686538/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Townsville 4810 North Queensland centre Brent Tate has re-signed with the Cowboys for another season, adding to speculation about fellow veteran Matt Bowen's future.Tate had previously been adamant the 2013 season would be his last.But after the 31-year-old on Wednesday agreed to at least one more season with the Cowboys, Bowen might be the one on borrowed time at the club.Tate admitted ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685458/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:35:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685458/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The boy critically injured when he was flung from a carnival ride on the weekend has woken from a coma. The Mater Children's Hospital, where boy is being cared for, confirmed the news on Wednesday afternoon. Patrick, 5, was with his family at his school fete in Highfields, near Toowoomba, when he was thrown metres into the air from a ride called The Frisbee. Earlier today it was reported ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685459/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685459/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Frank Sagiba is considered dangerous. Police have captured a dangerous sex offender who was on the loose in Brisbane after allegedly escaping supervision. Frank Sagiba, 33, was found in Darra and arrested at 6.20pm on Wednesday, just hours after his escape, police said. He had been last seen in the Annerley/Woolloongabba area The man will be charged with breaching the conditions of his ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685460/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:38 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685460/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Paul Lucas, Anna Bligh and Robert Schwarten will be called to the Queensland Health Payroll inquiry next week. Former premier Anna Bligh is expected to face the Queensland Health Payroll inquiry next week. Ms Bligh, along with former ministers Paul Lucas and Robert Schwarten, will front the Richard Chesterman-led inquiry as it enters its final stages. The inquiry, which opened on February 1, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685461/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214685461/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A DANGEROUS sex offender has been found after escaping from authorities in Brisbane this afternoon. The 33-year-old was found in Darra a short time ago. He is subject to community supervision under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003. The man was last seen around the suburbs of Annerley-Woolloongabba but details of how and when he escaped from supervision have not been released by ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689357/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:02:43 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214689357/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Bundaberg 4670 A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to a year in prison for fraudulently claiming money from the Queensland Flood Appeal.The Bundaberg Magistrates Court heard Arthur Dynevor used a flood-affected resident's address in North Bundaberg to claim $4,000 from the appeal. Police arrested him in March after discovering only one resident lived at the stated address, not four. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684556/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:28:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684556/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Queensland Health workers who are overpaid will soon have their wages docked automatically.Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says staff will be given 14 days to question the overpayment and 28 days until the repayment commences.Mr Springborg has told Parliament the department needs to make sure that over-payments do not build up."Sometimes overpayments occur simply because ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684557/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:28:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684557/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Tourism experts say next month's jam-packed football calendar in Brisbane will inject an extra $18 million into the Queensland economy.Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says some hotels are already booked out. "People will be looking further afield and there is, of course, opportunities on the Gold Coast," he said. The football frenzy culminates late next month when ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684559/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:28:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684559/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 A Queensland researcher says more awareness is needed about the link between mental and physical health.A 12-year study has been carried out involving more than 10,000 middle-aged Australian women aged between 47 and 52.Dr Caroline Jackson from the University of Queensland in Brisbane says the study revealed that women with depression were almost twice as likely to suffer a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684558/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:28:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684558/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Queensland's independent health watchdog says complaints rose by 33 per cent last year.Health Quality and Complaints Commission (HQCC) CEO Cheryl Herbert today appeared before a parliamentary committee to give a progress report.She says it is hard to say why there was such a large increase last year."People are following up in writing, we're encouraging them ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684560/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:28:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684560/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The boy critically injured when he was flung from a carnival ride on the weekend has woken from a coma. The Mater Children's Hospital, where boy is being cared for, confirmed the news on Wednesday afternoon. Patrick, 5, was with his family at his school fete in Highfields, near Toowoomba, when he was thrown metres into the air from a ride called The Frisbee. Earlier today it was reported ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684561/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:12:52 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684561/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Frank Sagiba is considered dangerous. Police are searching for a dangerous sex offender who has escaped supervision on Brisbane’s southside. Frank Sagiba was last seen in the Annerley/Woolloongabba area, and it is understood he is under the influence of medication. Sagiba was being supervised under the Dangerous Prisoners Sexual Offenders Act. He is described as 169 centimetres tall, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684562/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:12:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684562/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Paul Lucas, Anna Bligh and Robert Schwarten will be called to the Queensland Health Payroll inquiry next week. Former premier Anna Bligh is expected to face the Queensland Health Payroll inquiry next week. Ms Bligh, along with former ministers Paul Lucas and Robert Schwarten, will front the Richard Chesterman-led inquiry as it enters its final stages. The inquiry, which opened on February 1, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684563/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:12:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214684563/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The Federal Government's commodity forecaster is predicting investment in the resources sector is set to fall by more than two-thirds in the next five years. The Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics says there will be fewer 'high value' projects coming onstream to fill the gap after the country's major LNG projects are up and running. It says about $150 billion worth of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683667/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:09:08 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683667/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Maroochydore 4558 Marine researchers on Queensland's Sunshine Coast are using satellite trackers to monitor two turtles that have been returned to the ocean today.The olive ridley sea turtles, named Jamieson and Olive Oil, were treated for floating syndrome at UnderWater World in Mooloolaba.They are the first to be fitted with the devices before being release from the centre.Animal health ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683529/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:21:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683529/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Queensland Police say an allegation against NRL player Ben Te'o has been formally withdrawn.The South Sydney forward had been accused of assaulting a woman in Brisbane last month but denied any wrong-doing. Earlier today, the Nine Network published a preview of an interview in which a woman claimed she was punched in the face by Te'o in the presence of former Brisbane ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683530/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:21:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683530/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A crash at Coopers Plains is causing delays heading westbound along Kessels Road, with two lanes blocked off.Police are diverting traffic but motorists are urged to expect moderate delays while the incident is cleared.In the inner-city, Roma and Ann streets are banked back due to earlier congestion heading onto the Inner City Bypass and Riverside Expressway.Milton Rd is at a crawl in both ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683532/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683532/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE Queensland Government will soon start docking the pay of health workers to recoup overpayments arising from the Queensland Health payroll ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683531/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683531/scat/eb6df49795f04561 BILLIONAIRE miner and aspiring Prime Minister Clive Palmer has predicted more State MPs will desert the LNP for his fledgling party - just don't expect them to jump before the September federal ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683534/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683534/scat/eb6df49795f04561 LITTLE Patrick O'Sullivan has emerged from a coma and is "trying to talk to his Mum and Dad", his school announced in a statement this ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683535/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683535/scat/eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND'S wealthiest person, Clive Palmer, has had $1.6 billion stripped from his estimated personal wealth while fallen mogul Nathan Tinkler has been dropped from the list altogether, according to the latest BRW Rich 200 List published ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683536/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683536/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Paul Lucas, Anna Bligh and Robert Schwarten will be called to the Queensland Health Payroll inquiry next week. Former premier Anna Bligh is expected to face the Queensland Health Payroll inquiry next week. Ms Bligh, along with former ministers Paul Lucas and Robert Schwarten, will front the Richard Chesterman-led inquiry as it enters its final stages. The inquiry, which opened on February 1, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683539/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:24 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683539/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Abbott rejects Cross River Rail Tony Abbott says a Coalition government will not fund Cross River Rail, prompting Campbell Newman to label the decision ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683540/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:21 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683540/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The future of the state's Drink Safe Precinct program could rest with industry stakeholders. The Queensland Auditor-General has released a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683541/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:17 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683541/scat/eb6df49795f04561 WET weather is causing drama on the roads tonight with traffic banked back in all directions in and out of Brisbane. A crash at Coopers Plains is causing delays heading westbound along Kessels Road, with two lanes blocked off. Police are diverting traffic but motorists are urged to expect moderate delays while the incident is cleared. In the inner-city, Roma and Ann streets are banked back due to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683537/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:43:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683537/scat/eb6df49795f04561 BILLIONAIRE miner and aspiring Prime Minister Clive Palmer has predicted more State MPs will desert the LNP for his fledgling party - just don't expect them to jump before the September federal election. Speaking at one of his frequently-held press conferences outside State Parliament today, Mr Palmer said his Palmer United Party would stand candidates in every state electorate. But he said ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683538/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:16:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214683538/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is in doubt for the start of the British and Irish Lions Test series after undergoing a knee operation this morning.Ioane had arthroscopic surgery in Brisbane to clean up articular cartilage on his troublesome left knee after flying back from Queensland's two-match tour of South Africa.The Reds believed the operation would only rule Ioane out of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682572/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:14:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682572/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Toowoomba 4350 Police have carried out a number of raids across southern Queensland as part of an operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs. Officers from Taskforce Hydra raided properties in Toowoomba, Charleville, Goondiwindi and Roma this morning, searching for cannabis and methamphetamine. Police say a handgun, cash and an amount of illicit drugs were seized. It is not clear if anyone has ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682573/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:14:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682573/scat/eb6df49795f04561 TWO siblings have cut an ex-wife out of a vast family fortune after she complained of "repugnant" violence during a 35-year ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682575/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682575/scat/eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND police resorted to using a court order to split same-sex farmers who were engaged in a war of words in a farm diary throughout a "violent" four-and-a-half year ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682574/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682574/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The 62-year-old is one of China's largest real estate developers with more than 70 projects in progress, rocketing to seventh on BRW's list with an estimated wealth of $4.8 billion. He is one of 16 list members to be based overseas, up from 14 last year. Old money in general played a solid game over the past 12 months, with eight of the 18 long-time Rich 200 listees finishing the year ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682577/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214682577/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A Brisbane woman has contacted Queensland police alleging she was physically assaulted by Te'o in the presence of fellow NRL players Corey Norman and Darius Boyd. News Limited can reveal Norman, the Broncos fullback, made a 000 emergency call after the alleged incident, which left the woman with a black eye and facial injuries. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has told ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214681642/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:54:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214681642/scat/eb6df49795f04561 FORMER childcare multi-millionaire Le Neve Groves says she was so busy at work she took almost two weeks to start seriously investigating a mystery sale of $33 million of her own shares in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214681641/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:54:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214681641/scat/eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND police resorted to using a court order to split same-sex farmers who were engaged in a war of words in a farm diary throughout a "violent" four-and-a-half year relationship. The legal intervention was the final step in a bizarre showdown between the two women, who are currently locked in a property dispute in the Family Court of Australia. In a judgment released this week, one ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214681643/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:30:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214681643/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The state's wealthiest individual, Mineralogy chairman Clive Palmer, has secured a major Supreme Court victory in his battle with the Chinese company CITIC Pacific, the managers of his WA iron ore ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680671/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680671/scat/eb6df49795f04561 POLICE are questioning the husband of a woman found murdered and dumped in Logan this morning and have towed away the family car for forensic ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680670/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680670/scat/eb6df49795f04561 POLICE have cleared boardriders from the water at South Stradbroke Island, off the Gold Coast, after a monster shark was spotted at the popular surf ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680672/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:29 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680672/scat/eb6df49795f04561 The woman's husband, who is not in custody, is being interviewed "as per normal", according to police. The couple's silver Subaru Liberty was towed from the home this morning after their Mayes Ave home was roped off as a crime scene. Resident Wade Wilson said his friend Robbie Mills found the woman's body this morning. Mr Wilson said he saw the woman laying face down with ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680673/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680673/scat/eb6df49795f04561 News Limited can reveal Norman, the Broncos fullback, made a 000 emergency call after the alleged incident, which left the woman with a black eye and facial injuries.The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has told police she was punched by Te'o. On Monday, she conducted a tell-all interview with Channel Nine, which will be aired tonight. In the interview, the woman claims: "I ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680676/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680676/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A FATHER has been jailed after "snatching" his five-month-old son from its mother, running out in front of traffic on a busy road and scaling a 2m fence while cradling the baby and fleeing ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680675/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680675/scat/eb6df49795f04561 BRISBANE'S Cross River Rail project appears to be dead after Opposition Leader Tony Abbott confirmed the Coalition would not fund the congestion buster and Premier Campbell Newman said his government would not accept Federal Labor's $715 million ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680674/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:21 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214680674/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane 4000 Brisbane midfielder Ben Halloran is heading to Europe after gaining a release from his A-League club to transfer to a German Bundesliga 2 club.Brisbane did not reveal the club he would link with but it is believed to be Fortuna Dusseldorf.Brisbane followed up news of Halloran's departure on Wednesday by announcing the club's first signing for next season, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678889/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678889/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Logan Central 4114 Police have launched a murder investigation after a young woman's body was found overnight at Logan Central, south of Brisbane.The body of a woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, was found bloodied and naked in front of a house on Leichhardt Street in Logan Central about 7:00am (AEST). Detective Superintendent David Hutchinson says a murder investigation has been ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679579/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679579/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Southport 4215 Four people have been charged on Queensland's Gold Coast after a six-month drug trafficking investigation.Police say they have focused on the distribution of cocaine, fantasy, amphetamines and cannabis.They say their operation identified links with outlaw motorcycle gangs on the coast and interstate.Two men and an 18-year-old woman have been charged with a range of drug ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679578/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679578/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Blackall 4472 No cattle sales are scheduled in Queensland's central-west this week, with Longreach agents cancelling their sale for the third consecutive week.The Longreach Combined Agents Association (LCAA) says they will not go ahead in Blackall, south-east of Longreach, either due to a lack of numbers.There has been a big exodus of cattle from western and north-western regions in recent ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679580/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679580/scat/eb6df49795f04561 SINGER Darren Hayes has pleaded with the Prime Minister to back marriage equality after his gay friend was savagely beaten. The attack on Christopher Bryant was a suspected homophobic robbery ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679581/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679581/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Abbott rejects Cross River Rail Tony Abbott says a Coalition government will not fund Cross River Rail, prompting Campbell Newman to label the decision ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679584/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:16 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679584/scat/eb6df49795f04561 POLICE have cleared surfers from the water at South Stradbroke Island off the Gold Coast after large sharks were seen circling the area. The police helicopter reported seeing the pack near the popular surfing spot about 11.15am on Wednesday. Water police were called in to help clear the water. Sharks were also reported near the Salt estate at Kingscliff, northern ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679582/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679582/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A FATHER has been jailed after "snatching" his five-month-old son from its mother, running out in front of traffic on a busy road and scaling a 2m fence while cradling the baby and fleeing police. The 21-year-old man from Blackwater, in central Queensland, pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court on Wednesday to endangering the life of a child. Crown Prosecutor Mathew Thompson said ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679583/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:07:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214679583/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Eromanga 4480 A south-west Queensland mayor says he is gutted the region has missed out on federal funding for a dinosaur museum for the third consecutive time.The Eromanga Natural History and Dinosaur project, south-west of Longreach, was seeking $400,000 from the Regional Development Australia (RDA) fund.Quilpie Mayor Stuart Mackenzie says it will continue to look for funding for the museum ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678580/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:55 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678580/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Bundaberg 4670 Horticultural group Growcom says changes to federal agricultural chemical laws will create more red tape and financially cripple Queensland farmers.Last week, the Lower House passed a bill to bring in mandatory re-registration of all chemicals used by Australian growers.However, Growcom spokeswoman Rachel Mackenzie says the move would be disastrous."We could see chemical ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678577/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678577/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Townsville 4810 A 20-year-old man from Townsville in north Queensland will brave the Canberra cold for the next five days after being chosen to join Robert de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Project.Jack Wilson will train over the next few months with five other squad members in preparation for the New York Marathon in November.He says it is a dream come true."I'll be going down ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678578/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678578/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Gin Gin 4671 Police have uncovered a large cannabis plantation with a street value of $80,000 growing in bushland near Bundaberg in southern Queensland. Police seized more than a kilogram of cannabis, 20 cannabis plants, a large amount of drug-making equipment and nine guns on three separate Gin Gin properties yesterday.Detective Senior Sergeant David Tucker says it will put a dent in the local ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678579/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678579/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Toowoomba 4350 The new head of the wild dog barrier fence panel says recent fires and floods have badly damaged the 2,500 kilometre fence in Queensland. The panel has selected Western Downs Regional Council Deputy Mayor George Moore as its new chairman.Councillor Moore says the fence faces a number of challenges posed by the weather."The floodways are the issue - you get a tremendous ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678581/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678581/scat/eb6df49795f04561 THE husband and workmates searching frantically last night for a missing Logan woman drove past the yard where her partially-clothed body was found dumped this ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678582/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:25:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678582/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A woman has been found dead in the front yard of a home south of Brisbane just metres from the fast-food restaurant where she worked. Neighbour Robert Mills told reporters at the scene he noticed the woman’s partially-clothed body in the front yard of the Leichhardt Street home in Logan Central about 6.30am on Wednesday. ‘‘I freaked out,’’ he ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678583/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214678583/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A fire broke out in a factory plant at Carole Park in Brisbane's southwest on Monday night. Though the fire was quickly contained, it caused extensive damage to the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214676891/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214676891/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mount Archer 4701 Police say they expect to continue searching bushland today on the outskirts of Rockhampton in central Queensland, as part of investigations into the disappearance of a man and a woman.Robert Martinez, 26, and Chantal Barnett, 27, have not been seen for about three months.Police say they started a search of the Mount Archer area yesterday after receiving information from the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677582/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:28:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677582/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Winton 4735 A policeman in Longreach in central-west Queensland has been awarded a commendation for brave conduct after rescuing a man trapped in a car in rising floodwaters.Sergeant Scott Spence was one of several people honoured yesterday at a ceremony at Government House in Brisbane.Sergeant Spence and a colleague rescued the man in November 2010 from Yarraman Creek, north of Winton.He says ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677581/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:28:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677581/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mossman 4873 A three-and-a-half metre long crocodile has been caught in a trap near Mossman, north of Cairns, in far north Queensland.It is the second croc to be trapped at Saltwater Creek at Newell Beach in four weeks.Rangers will recover the reptile today once tides allow access to the trap.Environment Minister Andrew Powell says it is likely the animal will be offered to a crocodile farm or ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677583/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677583/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Karumba 4891 A mayor in north-west Queensland's Gulf Country says he is starting to question the need for movement restrictions on cattle that have suspected bovine Johne's disease (BJD). Carpentaria Mayor Fred Pascoe is also a director of the Indigenous pastoral company which runs Delta Downs near Karumba, north-west of Mount Isa.The station's cattle are still under movement ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677585/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677585/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Gladstone 4680 The Gladstone Ports Corporation says its massive dredging program in the central Queensland city's harbour could be finished as early as August, 15 months ahead of schedule.The controversial expansion involves digging up millions of cubic metres of earth to deepen the harbour for ships exporting liquefied natural gas.Project leader Peter O'Sullivan says the bulk of the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677584/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677584/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Kuranda 4872 Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says he will not decide on the location for a trial boot camp in the state's far north until a new operator has been picked.Safe Pathways was dumped as the operator after two teenagers escaped from its Kuranda facility, west of Cairns, last month.Mr Bleijie says the new operator should have a say in where the boot camp should ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677586/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677586/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Burleigh Heads 4220 Police on Queensland's Gold Coast are still searching for a man who bashed a lifeguard yesterday afternoon.Witnesses say the lifeguard had asked the assailant's wife not to walk her dog in a flagged area on a beach at Burleigh Heads.He was later taken to hospital with facial injuries.Chief lifeguard Warren Young says he will receive support."He's going ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677588/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677588/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Townsville 4810 Two Townsville men in north Queensland have won an appeal and been acquitted of killing a man in 2010.Glenn William Nuggins and Arthur Ramiend Langlo were convicted of the manslaughter of Wesley Johnson.They were accused of pushing Mr Johnson onto rocks in a Townsville creek.He died several days later from head injuries.The Court of Appeal has found there was not enough credible ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677587/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677587/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Mackay 4740 A north Queensland cane farmer says he has received no correspondence from the Federal Government, despite the proposed route for the Mackay ring-road going right through his property.Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese was in Mackay yesterday to unveil the planned route for the ring-road, which aims to reduce the amount of heavy traffic passing through the city.Mr ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677589/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677589/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Leichhardt St, close to McDonald's . It is understood the woman is wearing a McDonald's uniform. They said emergency services attended the scene and that detectives were working to establish the woman's identity. They said Leichhardt St had been cordoned off and a crime scene ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677590/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:16:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677590/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A six-month investigation into drug trafficking on the Gold Coast has identified links to an outlaw bikie gang. Detectives from the Major and Organised Crime Squad wrapped up Operation Kilo Billabong on Tuesday with four arrests. A 42-year-old Surfers Paradise man was allegedly found in possession of cocaine, amphetamines, fantasy and a handgun. He’s been charged with multiple counts of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677593/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:31 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677593/scat/eb6df49795f04561 A far-right writer and activist killed himself in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in an apparent protest against gay marriage, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity. Dominique Venner, 78, a former right-wing activist known in France for his political essays, posted a note on his blog, attacking a law passed by ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677594/scat/eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214677594/scat/eb6df49795f04561