Tag: QLD

Security footage released of Cairns assault victim

September 8, 2010 16:19:00

Police are looking at security camera footage as part of investigations into a sexual assault in far north Queensland. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, assault, australia, qld, cairns-4870

Murder jury hears police interview with accused

September 8, 2010 15:45:00

The jury in a Brisbane Supreme Court murder trial has heard a recording of a police interview in which the accused man admits to driving his car at a woman because he was angry.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, southport-4215

Note to self: Stosur in sight of childhood dream

September 8, 2010 15:37:00

A time capsule at the Sam Stosur's primary school has just been unearthed, containing an 11-year-old Stosur's dreams for 2010.[MORE]

Tags: human-interest, sport, tennis, australia, qld, southport-4215

Fev stood down over off-field incident

September 8, 2010 14:50:00

Controversial AFL star Brendan Fevola has been suspended indefinitely by the Brisbane Lions over an alleged off-field incident.[MORE]

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, qld, brisbane-4000

Police caught in naked run return to duty

September 8, 2010 14:16:00

The six Queensland policemen involved in a drunken, naked run on Brisbane's bayside last September have returned to operational duties.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, police, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, capalaba-4157

Witness 'cleaned up' blood at crime scene

September 8, 2010 13:30:00

The Brisbane Magistrates Court has heard that a large pool of blood was cleaned up at a strip club where a murder is alleged to have occurred.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, fortitude-valley-4006

Bligh promises action on Redcliffe rail

September 8, 2010 13:22:00

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she will be holding Prime Minister Julia Gillard to a promise to help build the Redcliffe rail line, north of Brisbane.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, government-and-politics, elections, federal-state-issues, rail-transport, federal-elections, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020

Man stabbed with screwdriver, veteran assaulted

September 8, 2010 13:13:00

Police are looking for two men who stabbed a man with a screwdriver during a robbery at Redlands on Brisbane's bayside. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, assault, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, wellington-point-4160

Industrial court hearing begins into gymnast's death

September 8, 2010 13:03:00

A hearing into the death of a teenage gymnast has begun in the Industrial Magistrates Court in Townsville in north Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, health, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, safety, australia, qld, townsville-4810

Schwarten to clean hotel rooms

September 8, 2010 12:42:00

Queensland Information Technology Minister Robert Schwarten says Premier Anna Bligh's "Walk a Day in my Shoes" program is not about winning favour with voters. [MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, political-parties, labor-party, states-and-territories, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, gladstone-4680, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Thursday Island girl dies in car accident

September 8, 2010 12:33:00

A five-year-old far north Queensland girl has died following a road crash in remote Cape York.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, australia, qld, cairns-4870, coen-4871, thursday-island-4875

Petrol thief fined

September 8, 2010 12:27:00

A man who stole petrol from a farmer on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland has been fined. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, australia, qld, cecil-plains-4407, dalby-4405, mackay-4740

$44b resource exports 'second highest on record'

September 8, 2010 11:39:00

Earnings from Australia's mineral and energy exports have hit their second highest level ever.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, industry, mining, oil-and-gas, steel, coal, copper, iron-ore, uranium-mining, international-financial-crisis, australia, qld, wa

Man remanded in custody over Gold Coast murder

September 8, 2010 11:05:00

A man has appeared in a court on Queensland's Gold Coast over the death of a 57-year-old woman at Palm Beach.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, qld, palm-beach-4221

Lions re-sign rising trio

September 8, 2010 10:41:00

A day after losing Michael Rischitelli, the Brisbane Lions have re-signed vice-captain Jed Adcock and rising youngsters Todd Banfield and James Hawksley.[MORE]

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, qld, brisbane-4000

Paid parking to help Sunshine Coast sustainability

September 8, 2010 10:00:00

A Sunshine Coast councillor says more paid parking is one of several initiatives which would help the coast become Australia's most sustainable region.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, regional-development, government-and-politics, local-government, environmentally-sustainable-business, australia, qld, maroochydore-4558

Morcombe foundation to revise child safety DVD

September 8, 2010 10:00:00

The mother of missing Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe says new technology has forced them to revise a child safety DVD.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, family-and-children, children, australia, qld, maroochydore-4558

Council decides on draft management plan for Palmview greenfields

September 8, 2010 09:56:00

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has reached agreement on the draft structure plan for a major greenfield development at Palmview, in the hinterland south of Maroochydore.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, government-and-politics, local-government, australia, qld, maroochydore-4558

Titans in finals firing line: Fittler

September 8, 2010 09:05:00

The idea was to invite Brad Fittler in for some encouraging words ahead of the Gold Coast Titans' NRL finals clash with the New Zealand Warriors on Friday night.[MORE]

Tags: sport, rugby-league, nrl, australia, qld, robina-4226, new-zealand

Bennett holds off on future talk

September 8, 2010 08:32:00

St George Illawarra coach Wayne Bennett will reassess his future at the completion of the NRL finals, with a return to the Dragons for 2011 his only guarantee.[MORE]

Tags: sport, rugby-league, nrl, australia, nsw, wollongong-2500, qld, brisbane-4000

Mayor vows no CSG salt waste dumping

September 8, 2010 07:53:00

A southern Queensland mayor says he will not let coal seam gas (CSG) companies dump salt waste on the western Darling Downs. [MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, oil-and-gas, environment, mining, recycling-and-waste-management, government-and-politics, local-government, rural, coal, australia, qld, toowoomba-4350