Tag: queensland
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SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING WOMAN
Police are searching bushland in the Gold Coast hinterland for the body of a woman who’s been missing for six years. Queensland Police believe 46-year-old Linda Francis Sidon was murdered. The New Zealand-born woman was last seen in June 2009. A search began in the suburb of Numinbah yesterday and Detective Superintendent, Dave Hutchinson, says…
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GREY NURSE SHARK NURSED BACK TO HEALTH
A critically endangered shark has been nursed back to health, after swallowing a large homemade bait spike and hook off Queensland’s south coast. The severely injured female grey nurse shark was rescued from the bottom of the seafloor at a popular dive site near North Stradbroke Island. It had swallowed a long metal skewer with…
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CLOSE CALL FOR YOUNG BOY ATTACKED BY CROC
A far north coast boy – holidaying in outback Queensland – has recorded the moment he was attacked by a crocodile. Westen Frankland from Murwillumbah was swimming in a creek, when a usually placid freshwater croc latched onto his arm.
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LIFESAVERS PAY TRIBUTE TO DROWNING VICTIMS
It’s the part of the job lifesavers hate – when despite their best efforts, a swimmer just can’t be saved. Today clubbies paid tribute to those taken by the waves.
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STATES BACK IN SYNC AS DAYLIGHT SAVING FINISHES
Queensland and New South Wales are back in synch once again. Daylight Saving has finished for another year, ending cross-border confusion – at least for a few months.
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BORDER SIGN BATTLE CREATES STATE OF ORIGIN DEBATE
The old Queensland versus New South Wales debate always brings out our competitive side. Now a new battle ground has emerged… The New South Wales government has unveiled border signs which, they claim, are better than the Sunshine State’s.
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WEATHER: MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA!
Cyclone Marcia is closing in on the Queensland coast tonight, and is expected to cross between Rockhampton and Mackay. There is an associated trough stretching south and this is expected to cause all the problems for south east Queensland and north east New South Wales. The rain will start to increase across these regions from…
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THE BLUES TO RETURN TO COFFS HARBOUR
In a coup for Coffs Harbour, the New South Wales rugby league team will return to the region to train ahead of this year’s State of Origin games. The Blues will stay in Coffs Harbour in the lead up to all three matches, including game two in Melbourne, as they aim for back-to-back series titles.…
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MAN CHARGED OVER MURDER OF PREGNANT WOMAN
A man has been charged over the brutal murder of a pregnant woman on the Gold Coast. The 35-year-old Surfers Paradise man is accused of killing the woman with a tomahawk during a domestic dispute at Varsity Lakes yesterday afternoon. Emergency services found the woman with horrific head injuries. She was rushed to hospital, but…
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GOLD COAST LEFT HANGING ON ELECTION PROMISES
The Premier, along with all the buzz of the Queensland election campaign rolled into Broadbeach this morning. But as for any big announcements, the Coast has been left on tenterhooks.