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4 hrs ago | The Courier Mail

Truck explodes into flames

THE Bruce Highway was closed for hours and a man airlifted from the scene after a collision between two trucks in north Queensland yesterday.

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Thu Oct 09, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Creek to be poisoned in pest fish cull

The Department of Primary Industries will dam and poison five kilometres of a far north Queensland creek to stop an exotic fish pest spreading through the gulf.

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NowPublic

Human Remains Confirmed inside Croc Suspected of Devouring Brit

Missing 62 -year old expat Scot, Arthur Booker, may have been devoured by a crocodile investigators confirm after human remains were identified inside one of the resident crocodiles in Queensland, Australia.

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Wed Oct 08, 2008

Hospitality Net

Australian Hotel trading performance strong, but clouds gather | Jone...

Jones Lang LaSalle Reports SYDNEY, Australia's key hotel markets have largely maintained their growth momentum however the challenges arising from global financial turmoil will inevitably slow this going ...

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Telegraph.co.uk

Human remains found inside crocodile

Human remains have been discovered inside a crocodile suspected of killing and eating a missing British-born man in Australia.

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Tue Oct 07, 2008

The New Zealand Herald

Basketball: Skipper of Breakers opponent stood down

The New Zealand Breakers received a boost to their prospects of remaining unbeaten in the Australian National Basketball League today after the captain of their next opponents was stood down after being charged ...

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Mon Oct 06, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Third croc caught as search for missing man continues

Rangers from the Environmental Protection Agency have caught a third crocodile near Cooktown in far north Queensland as part of investigations into last week's disappearance of a 62-year-old man.

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NEWS.com.au

Ambos want capsicum spray

THE union which covers paramedics in Queensland has called for ambulance officers to be equipped with capsicum spray.

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

The Austrailian

'Problem' crocodile to be X-rayed

ONE of two crocodiles captured near Cooktown has been taken to Cairns for scans to determine whether it is responsible for the death of a man who disappeared last week.

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News.com.au

Suspect croc grabbed for tests

A ROGUE three-legged bull crocodile suspected of killing Arthur Booker will be "sent to stud" after being X-rayed for signs of human remains.

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Sat Oct 04, 2008

NEWS.com.au

Man 'taken by monster croc' still not found

POLICE have found a man's watch and sandal in the river where he is believed to have become the victim of a 6m crocodile.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

News.com.au

DNA links man to 14-year-old rape

DNA evidence has linked an Adelaide man to a rape in Far North Queensland that happened almost 14 years ago.

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

News-Star

Visit Australia for the sights and the people

'If all my years of traveling taught me anything,' laughed Eric Carlton, 'it is that I loved Australians.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Travel, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Travel, Australia Travel,

Wed Oct 01, 2008

World News from Times Online

Scottish-born war veteran 'taken' by monster crocodile

A Scottish-born veteran of the Vietnam war is believed to have been taken by a monster crocodile in far north eastern Australia.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Irwin defends giant croc after 'attack'

The late Steve Irwin's conservationist father Bob Irwin has urged authorities and the public not to retaliate against crocodiles after a suspected fatal attack on a tourist in Cape York.

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Tue Sep 30, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Police search for suspected crocodile victim

A search is being conducted along the banks of the Endeavour River near Cooktown.

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AdelaideNow...

Camper taken by monster croc

QUEENSLAND Environmental Protection Agency staff are taking crocodile traps to a campsite in the state's far north where a man is believed to have been taken by a croc.

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Mon Sep 29, 2008

NEWS.com.au

Fears croc has taken elderly camper

POLICE in far north Queensland are searching for an elderly male believed taken by a crocodile near Cooktown early this morning.

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About.com

Poppies Bed and Breakfast - Queensland, Australia

Queensland is in northeast Australia, home to the cities of Brisbane and Cairns.

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Alcohol controls cutting far north violence: academic

Researchers say alcohol restrictions are helping to curb violence in far north Queensland Indigenous communities.

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