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Tensions mount over dam decision
Tensions are mounting in Queensland's Mary Valley as residents anxiously await the fate of the controversial Traveston Crossing Dam near Gympie.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:58 am -
Fines legislation debated amid cash-grab claims
The State Opposition has accused the Government of a cash grab.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 11:00 am -
Christmas comes early to outback children
Remote children on stations across outback Queensland are about to get some pre-Christmas cheer - with travelling playgroups hitting the road.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 10:40 am -
Indigenous mayor wants government action over banana farm
The Mayor of Hope Vale in far north Queensland says he is getting frustrated by a lack of support from governments for a banana-growing farm.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 10:39 am -
State pledges not to sell Kingaroy research station
The Member for Nanago Dorothy Pratt says she is glad the Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen Research Station at Kingaroy in southern Queensland is safe.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 10:36 am -
Whale watching can be good for the environment
New research suggests people who have close encounters with marine animals care more about the environment afterwards.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 10:05 am -
Mount Isa accident victim flown to Brisbane
A man has been airlifted to Brisbane after a motorbike accident near Mount Isa last night.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 10:04 am -
Girl dies after pool incident
A five-year-old girl has died in hospital after she was pulled unconscious from a public swimming pool in Queensland's south-east earlier this week.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:46 am -
Truck pulls down kilometres of powerlines
Crews have worked through the night to restore power in Brisbane's south east after a truck pulled down three kilometres of power lines.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:29 am -
Pastoral company fined for moving untagged cattle
A central Queensland pastoral company has been fined $10,000 for moving more than 300 cattle without identification tags.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:22 am -
New plane allows mapping of uncharted waters
A new aircraft is expected to improve the Navy's ability to map unchartered waters of the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait in far north Queensland.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:21 am -
Creditors to discuss Cubbie future
Creditors of Cubbie Station will meet today after the country's biggest cotton plantation went into administration last month owing an estimated $320 million.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:02 am -
Man killed in motorway roll-over
A 39-year-old man has been killed in a road crash in Brisbane's north.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:01 am -
Creationism ruled out at North Queensland High School
A north Queensland high school has been directed not to teach creationism during science lessons.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:01 am -
Fire rips through high school
Police are investigating a suspicious fire that badly damaged a high school in Brisbane's south.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:01 am -
Bushfire brought under control near Camooweal
A bushfire in the north-west of Queensland has been brought under control, but not before it burned out a large area of scrub and grazing land near Camooweal.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:01 am -
Council divided on political donations
Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says the State Government's new cap on political donations will be bad for democracy.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:00 am -
Road death hits tragedy target
With seven weeks of the year remaining, a fatal accident in Brisbane tragically matched the target set by authorities to keep Queensland's death toll under 300.
November 11, 2009, 8:15 am -
Five-year-old accused of sexual assault
Education Queensland is investigating a serious complaint against a five-year old school boy on the Gold Coast.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 6:01 am -
Girls 'sexually assaulted by schoolmate'
Two five-year-old girls have allegedly been sexually assaulted by a boy their age at a southeast Queensland school.
November 10, 2009, 8:44 pm
