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Locals shut out by miner's FIFO deal

THE central Queensland town of Moranbah is about to be hit by a jobs boom, but local residents are not welcome to apply.

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7 hrs ago | ABC News

The New York futures contract fell below 17 cents a pound to levels...

At at a time when fishers feel under threat from regulatory and economic pressures, many feel its peak lobby group has been M-I-A. But, Scott Wiseman has challenged members to unite behind the organisation after a year in which it's been stripped of State Government funding and plagued by internal turmoil.

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Wed May 22, 2013

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No decision yet on FNQ youth boot camp

Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says he will not decide on the location for a trial boot camp in the state's far north until a new operator has been picked.

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Kid at heart Inglis all grown up: Williams

A self-proclaimed "big kid", Greg Inglis has matured into a young man aware of the influence he has on-and-off the field says friend and former Cowboys' star Ty Williams.

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Tough times for turtle centre

A Queensland turtle rehabilitation centre is calling on the Federal Government for funding as the "sentinels of the sea" continue to struggle post-Cyclone Yasi.

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Tue May 21, 2013

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Reforms helping young people says Indigenous leader

The governing body for a far north Queensland Indigenous community says young Aboriginal leaders are emerging as a result of continued welfare reform.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Trio witness total annular eclipse in Australia

The moon moves in orbit between the earth and the sun and blocks the sun from view in a solar eclipse.

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Townsville Bulletin

Harding hoses down fears of Cairns bias

JAMES Cook University vice-chancellor Professor Sandra Harding has moved to allay fears Townsville will be overlooked in favour of Cairns for a multimillion-dollar innovation precinct.

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Fri May 17, 2013

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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