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FOR THE BIRDS: Terry White and his winning peachface bird.

Bird section of show draws large crowds

THERE were pretty peach-faces, frolicking finches, delicate doves and everything in between at the caged bird section of the Ipswich Show.

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Top greeneries in full bloom

Cage bird chief steward Barney Hackney at the Ipswich Show.

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Popular muso has got serious talent

OWEN Campbell certainly doesn’t deny the boost that his career received as a result of a controversial appearance on Australia’s Got Talent.

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Handymen handier

TRADESMEN at the Ipswich Men’s Shed recently got a hand for jobs requiring a little bit more effort than elbow grease.

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The scene of last year's fatality at Tinbeerwah.

Ipswich teen charged with manslaughter over Noosa crash

NOOSA detectives have arrested and charged an 18-year-old Ipswich man in relation to a fatal crash on Cooroy-Noosa Road at Tinbeerwah last year.

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SHOULD drivers have to resit written or practical tests every five or 10 years to renew their licences?

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Bob Baldwin believes abolishing the carbon tax will reduce the cost of travelling with Australian airlines.

Coalition plans carbon tax cut to decrease flight costs

ABOLISHING the carbon tax to reduce domestic flight costs would be the first step the Federal Shadow Tourism Minister would make if his government takes office.

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"For example, the carbon tax has increased the cost of travelling on the Spirit of Tasmania ferries by $3 a passenger per journey and $6 a passenger vehicle per journey." Bob Baldwin $3 for a 9 hour crossing of Bass Strait. That's outrageous (and...

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A YOUNG girl who was watching the lawnmower racing at the Fraser Coast Show has been taken to hospital this afternoon.

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Girl taken to hospital after being hit by racing lawnmower

PLASTIC guns made using a 3D printer have the potential to kill, New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned.

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'Undetectable' printed 3D guns have real potential to kill

FORMER prime minister Bob Hawke has paid tribute to his late ex-wife Hazel, who died on Thursday after a long battle with dementia.

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More than a wife and mother: Bob pays tribute to Hazel

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Police Minister Jack Dempsey speaks at Queensland's gun amnesty

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Cleantech Industries Sunshine Coast’s elected Management Committee 2013
From Left to Right: Jan Andrew (Design Gumbo), Paul Anderson (IMEMS Environmental), Adrian Just (Archicology Architects), Melissa Chaddock (Wasabi Marketing & Design), Jock Howard (SPS Energy), Kerri Bryan-Adams (CISC Secretariat), Ross Hepworth (CISC Business Development Manager), Brian Fawcett (Sunshine Coast Solar Centre).

Sunshine Coast, meet your newest clean tech warriors

CLEANTECH Industries Sunshine Coast has elected a new committee to help drive a sector that is enjoying 15% growth and attracts a $500 billion annual spend globally.

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RGD Constructions has set a bullish strategy to capitalise on its activities within the $2.03B hospital precinct to expand its construction arm throughout Australia.

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RGD Property Group eyes national expansion

ASHLEY Pring is in the midst of overhauling the systems in his business, skills learned at a recent workshop on getting prepped to tender for large jobs.

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Improving business systems is a good idea

LONG-STANDING Warana business Suncoast Bolts & Fasteners has revamped its business at exactly the right time with a $2b health precinct underway down the road.

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Kawana hospitals a boon for nearby business

USQ Saints will look to players like winger Kemueli Senokonoko to convert more of their attacking chances today.

Saints and UQ chase key victory

USQ Saints and UQ Highfields will look to revive their Risdon Cup campaigns this weekend after last start shellackings at the hands of the Toowoomba Bears.

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DELEGATES from Toowoomba are preparing to present their thoughts on peace and harmony to ambassadors of Unesco in Paris.

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Toowoomba delegates to UNESCO to showcase city in Paris

A SECOND west-bound lane on the Toowoomba Range will be opened by Friday.

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Second range lane to open next week

TOOWOOMBA has lucked in – the heavy fog and cloud that has dominated over the past few days will clear for the weekend.

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Fog will make way for sunshine in days ahead

GRAND OPENING: Satellite Cinema owners Sandra and Terry Greenslade are happy to be reopening next Thursday after nine weeks of being closed. Photo Jordan Philp / South Burnett Times

Blockbusters on way for Kingaroy

GET your popcorn ready, because Kingaroy’s Satellite Cinema is reopening next Thursday.

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ALL Gordon Lindsay could do was sit and watch his home turn into a pile of ash.

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Boondooma family loses everything

GORDON Wragge knew he had to give up his vices, he just didn’t know that golf would be the answer.

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Gordon has sights set on a new vice

Gina Jeffreys will headline the Rise and Shine concert in Gayndah tonight.

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It's time to Rise and Shine

The Logan Animal Management are looking for more donations of blankets and pet coats as winter approaches. Minnie is an eight-week-old female terrier staffy cross who is a bubbly energetic puppy. Photo Inga Williams / The Reporter

Pets feel the cold too

AS THE chill creeps into the night air and winter is just around the corner, now is the time to spare a thought for the animals at the council’s Animal Management Centre.

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Police say death of woman is 'suspicious'

LOGAN police are treating the death of a woman in Logan Central as suspicious,...

LOGAN City is tackling tourism head on, with the launch of a new website.

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Tapping into the tourism market

A LOCAL rugby league club will run the facility where the new Logan Broncos Junior Rugby League Academy will be built.

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League club will play host to Broncos Academy to develop champions

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If you want to get on board with the latest facial-hair fashion, you don’t need to spend hours on grooming

Forget pigtails, cat beards are all the rage, it seems

If you want to get on board with the latest facial-hair fashion, all you need is a cat.

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Men and cats go together like men and ken dolls.

Subatomic from Eungella Hinterland

NASA is funding the development of a machine capable of cooking a Mars-gherita at the push of a button. In space, hit Ctrl+P for pizza.

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Hungry? Print a pepperoni pizza

A STRANGE light spotted on the western horizon of the Fraser Coast on Monday evening is most likely a planetary alignment, say Hervey Bay astronomy enthusiasts.

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No UFO but planets align, according to astronomy enthusiasts

A MAN who swore at police as they conducted an RBT came before Gladstone Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.

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Public nuisance yells at RBT police to 'do some work'

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