Bundaberg, Australia News

Macadamia growers have been told they can improve spray practices and reduce the risk of spray drift.

IT IS cheaper to fly Queensland's rail commuters to Paris than to cart them from Brisbane to Charleville on the state's Traveltrain network.

A PEDESTRIAN in his 70s has died after being struck by a ute in south Queensland.

THE parents of a three-year-old US boy who died after an operation done by Dr Jayant Patel, have agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit for $US200,000 . Patel is facing 13 charges in Australia, including three of manslaughter over the deaths of three patients at Bundaberg Hospital in Queensland.

A MAN in his 70s has died after being hit by a vehicle at a Bundaberg intersection and is the third Queensland pedestrian to be killed this week About 6.30pm, the man was hit by a utility on the intersection of Bourbong St and Bingera St , in central Bundaberg.

It may have been attempted with a wide range of machinery, from F1 to touring cars, but this weekend will see the first ever showdown between a V8 Supercar and a fighter jet, as Bundaberg Red Racing driver David Reynolds pits his VE Commodore against an L-39 at the Wide Bay Australia International Airshow.

Godwin Grech's plight puts a new spin on "without fear or favour". THE case of Godwin Grech has important implications for public interest disclosures in Australia.

TWO teenagers were taken to hospital this week after playing what's dubbed "The Fainting Game", prompting doctors to warn participants they risk permanent brain damage and possibly death.

The Federal Opposition denies it was the threat of an early election that prompted it to roll over on the government's $1.6 billion alcopops tax hike.

AN undercover playground with concrete floors and no doors costs $1.8 million under the Rudd Government's schools stimulus funding, the State Opposition says.

A rural Queensland town, inland from Bundaberg, has plans to establish its very own botanic gardens.

Bundaberg, in south-east Queensland, has scored $26.6 million in the State Budget for the promised hospital expansion.

POLICE divers will today retrieve the body of a truck driver trapped in the cabin of his rig after it plunged into the Burnett River near Bundaberg.

PUBLIC health professionals today will seek to shore up Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull's support for the tax rise on alcopops following a campaign by distillers to persuade him to oppose it.

Uncertainty surrounds the future of mango plantations owned by investors of Timbercorp.

BREAKING: A BRISBANE childcare centre will be closed until at least Monday after a four-year-old girl tested positive to swine flu, Queensland Health has revealed.

A scene from the clip and, inset, Chris Illingworth. Latest related coverage Baby swinging video case warning Asher Moses June 9, 2009 - 12:36PM A Queensland man facing child-abuse charges for republishing a video on the internet has gone to extraordinary lengths by bringing in a high-profile barrister to defend him.

David Bain's lawyer wants his client's relatives to be "generous" and give him back an inheritance that, he says, is legally his.

One of country's largest tomato producers is trialing 500 or more new varieties each year to try to overcome pest and diseases.

The cattle judges can be heard on the loud speaker, fairy floss is being whipped up in side show alley and the show jumping has drawn a crowd to the main ring.