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'Dam operators did best possible'

Wivenhoe Dam

AN ENGINEER has told a flood inquiry that dam operators achieved "the best possible" result when Brisbane and Ipswich were submerged in January last year.

 

'Scores' dead as troops attack Homs

The United Nations estimates that about 5,400 people have died in Syria since last March.

SCORES, possibly hundreds, of people are thought to have been killed in Syria when President Assad's forces shelled homes in the opposition stronghold of Homs.

 

Call goes out to evacuate St George

The Balonne River has risen faster than expected.

RESIDENTS of St George have been urged to evacuate as the southwest Queensland town awaits an expected record flood peak.

 

Expert slams lack of training

22:58:32 A security guard appears to be evicting a girl seen earlier on stage.

AN EXPERT on the "appropriate force" Queensland bouncers should use says training standards must be lifted before a patron is seriously injured.
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Heat's on to ban solariums

COAST solariums could soon find themselves out of business if the State Government follows NSW in declaring them illegal.
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Flood refugees bed down in centres

Residents band together to sandbag St Mary’s School in Charleville.

HUNDREDS of residents spent Saturday night in evacuation centres in the southwest Queensland town of Charleville.

 

Civil Unions within a month

QUEENSLAND'S first same-sex civil unions are set to occur in a month's time, a move Andrew Fraser is heralding as the sign of a “modern, progressive state”.

 

Business boosts Emily's career

20-year-old Emily Perry is excited to take the helm as managerial director at the Boost juice bar in Stockland Rockhampton.

20-YEAR-OLD Emily will become one of Rockhampton's youngest entrepreneurs when she takes the helm of Boost juice bar in Stockland Rockhampton on Wednesday.
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Community debates smacking

Donna Bloedow thinks that ADD should stand for 'adult discipline deficiency'.

TO SMACK or not to smack? It's the age-old question.
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'Hunt for mine jobs waste of time'

A SIGN OF HIS TIMES: Mark Freeman stands behind the sign he erected yesterday at a busy Sunshine Coast overpass, revealing his frustration at not being able to get a job in the booming mining industry.

ALL Mark Freeman has to show for his $6000 investment in securing a mining industry job is a maxed out credit card, an overdue mortgage and mounting bills.
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Motorists pay dearly

Motorists pay dearly

IPSWICH motorists paid more for unleaded petrol last year than their regional counterparts in Toowoomba, according to RACQ's Annual Fuel Price Report.

 

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