Tag: QLD
Webb and Maitua join Eels
Parramatta has confirmed the signings of North Queensland prop Carl Webb and former Canterbury and Cronulla back rower Reni Maitua for the 2011 NRL season.[MORE]
Man stabbed in abdomen
A man is in a serious condition on Queensland's Gold Coast after being stabbed.[MORE]
Men charged with alcohol, firearms offences
Three men will face court on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria after alcohol and a gun were found in a boat.[MORE]
Courts won't apply new sex offender laws: Opposition
The Queensland Opposition has welcomed new sex offender laws but says Queensland's courts are too weak to implement them.[MORE]
Man charged over drug laboratory
Police say they have uncovered a drug laboratory and firearms at a house at Kingaroy, north west of Brisbane.[MORE]
Councillor welcomes fast-tracking of housing development
A Sunshine Coast councillor says a possible plan by the Queensland Government to fast-track two major housing developments in the region is a "win" for housing affordability.[MORE]
The farmer wants - an MP
Sustainability Minister Kate Jones has accepted an offer from a Boonah farmer to join him on his property for a day to pull weeds and ear-tag cattle.[MORE]
Collingwood Park families demand compensation for subsidence
Residents of Ipswich west of Brisbane whose homes are on top of an old mine say subsidence problems have caused them two-and-a-half years of hell.[MORE]
Katter hands in 20-point wishlist
Key independent MP Bob Katter has published a 20-point wishlist, including a call for more government control of interest rates, as Australia's political limbo drags on.[MORE]
Funeral for soldier killed in Afghanistan
One of the latest Australian soldiers to be killed while on duty in Afghanistan will be farewelled at a funeral in Brisbane this morning.[MORE]
Crows get first-round pick for Bock
Adelaide will appeal over what it believes is "grossly inadequate" AFL draft compensation for losing key defender Nathan Bock to Gold Coast.[MORE]
Ailing tunnel project takes toll on investors
Investors in the Clem7 toll road project have turned their attention to legal action over grossly over-estimated traffic forecasts.[MORE]
Surgeon banned over patient deaths
A Gold Coast surgeon has been ordered to retire permanently from medical practice.[MORE]
Remains recovered from PNG crash debris
The remains of the four people killed in Tuesday's plane crash in PNG have been recovered from the crash site.[MORE]
Chick lit writers tell critics to hush
A panel of authors has defended the often-ridiculed chick lit genre to a crowd of literary enthusiasts at the Brisbane Writers Festival at South Bank.[MORE]
Gold Coast signs Socceroo striker Djite
A-League club Gold Coast United has signed Australian international striker Bruce Djite as a replacement for Shane Smeltz, officials said on Thursday.[MORE]
Angry families walk out of mediation over subsidence
Ipswich families storm out of a mediation meeting with the State Government over subsidence issues in their Collingwood Park homes.[MORE]
McKay pushing towards Asian Cup
Brisbane Roar skipper Matt McKay hopes his red-hot A-League form will reap plenty of goals and a Socceroos berth at January's Asian Cup.[MORE]
Fish stocks recovering in Moreton Bay green zones
New research has found more fish in Moreton Bay in south-east Queensland because of an expansion of green zones.[MORE]
Union unable to influence miner on fly-in fly-out workforce
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says it has been unable to convince mining company BMA to abandon its plans for the entire workforce of a new mine in the Queensland's central highlands to be fly-in fly-out.[MORE]
Proposal for fixed Qld Parliamentary terms
There is another push in Queensland for fixed parliamentary terms.[MORE]
Taxpayer-funded advertising 'must benefit the people'
New guidelines say publicly-funded State Government and Opposition advertising must have a direct benefit to the people of Queensland.[MORE]
Affordable housing numbers will improve, conference told
A national conference on homelessness has heard there should be significant progress on the issue in the next two years as homes built with stimulus money are finished.[MORE]
'Less violence, better school attendance' in Indigenous communities
The Queensland Government says a new report shows a reduction in violence and improved school attendance in Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Second time lucky for Blake prize winner
61-year-old painter Leonard Brown has won the prestigious Blake Prize for religious and spiritual art.[MORE]
