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Yesterday | NEWS.com.au

Gun crime on the rise despite amnesty

Illegal firearms surrendered during the gun amnesty being destroyed by Senior Constable Tony Fishburn, at Loganholme Police Station.

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Friday | Asopa People

Carr cancels 457 visa of PNG's 'most wanted' man

AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER BOB CARR has used his special powers to cancel the 457 visa issued by the Gillard government to an alleged crime boss wanted in Papua New Guinea over the theft of $30 million.

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Friday | Townsville Bulletin

Deadly TB fuels fears of spread

A KILLER strain of mutant drug-resistant tuberculosis has claimed its latest victim in Queensland as health officials investigate reports of malaria and cholera cases in the state's far North.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Seymour Telegraph

Little danger to community in hunt for fugitive

Police have reassured residents in Cobram and surrounding districts there is little danger to them in the hunt for wanted fugitive Graham Gene Potter.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Townsville Bulletin

Nurses protest against 'privatisation'

NURSES are staging protests in North Queensland as they continue to fight what they say is the privatisation of hospitals and health services.

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ABC News

Yellowing cane 'doesn't look like a disease'

A senior agronomist says the appearance of yellow cane in Mackay in north Queensland might not be disease-related, but could be a result of local environmental problems.

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ABC News

Funds flow to Cape welfare reform trial

The Federal Government has kept its funding commitment of nearly $25 million to continue a Cape York welfare reform trial.

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NEWS.com.au

Man questioned over woman's fatal fall

POLICE are speaking to a man seen with woman before she fell to her death from a hotel in far north Queensland.

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ABC News

Budget leftovers may fund Cairns infrastructure: mayor

A boost in tourism and a weakening Australian dollar may see greater investment in Cairns later in the year, says mayor Bob Manning.

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ABC News

Boost for the Bruce

Queensland's coastal lifeline will receive a facelift over the next decade with the Federal Government allocating $4.1 billion for upgrades to the Bruce Highway.

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Tue May 14, 2013

ABC News

Military rocket found in Qld bikie raid

Fourteen people have been arrested in a series of raids across far north Queensland targeting drug trafficking by outlaw motorcycle gangs.

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NEWS.com.au

PNG businessman's Qld property seized

AUSTRALIAN authorities have seized property in north Queensland owned by Papua New Guinean businessman Eremas Wartoto, who is wanted for the alleged misuse of millions of dollars in PNG government funds.

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Mon May 13, 2013

ABC News

Push on for Cairns hospital name change

Medical staff at the Cairns Base Hospital in far north Queensland are hoping a proposed name change will help the facility attract more staff and funding.

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Yahoo!

Qld man gets life for murdering woman, 81

A man has been jailed for life for raping and murdering an 81-year-old woman in far north Queensland.

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Sun May 12, 2013

NEWS.com.au

Budget cash to smooth road crash spots

FIVE intersections with an appalling crash history will be upgraded at a cost of $14 million being allocated in tomorrow night's Federal budget.

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The RiotACT

Canberra based AILC Trains Indigenous Leaders in Cairns

Another round of Indigenous leaders has graduated from Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre Ltd, with 20 participants completing a Certificate II in Indigenous Leadership in Cairns this week.

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ABC News

Qld Government 'open' to youth crime views

Cairns MP Gavin King denies the Queensland Government has already made up its mind on how it will change the Youth Justice Act.

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NEWS.com.au

Budget boost to end Brisbane bottleneck

TREASURER Wayne Swan will promise a $718 million injection to remove one of Brisbane's worst traffic bottlenecks in tomorrow's Budget as Labor tries to prevent an electoral wipe-out in Queensland.

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Fri May 10, 2013

NorCalBlogs

A mean study of Australian temperature

The convention in meteorology is to report mean temperatures as the average of minimum and maximum temperatures.

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ABC News

More than a cup of tea

The organiser of one of several Cancer Council Queensland's Biggest Morning Tea events in Cairns, Ms Campbell aims to raise $5,000 at Trinity Beach next Tuesday.

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