Townsville, Australia News

TOWNSVILLE soldiers linked to derogatory Facebook pages will be charged under the Australian Defence Force Disciplinary Act, with Brigadier Shane Caugheye saying they deserve to be held to a higher account than the average person due to their position of trust within the community.

HUGE BLOW: Suzy Batkovic, Jayne Arlett and Rachael Flanagan announce the loss of Queensland Nickel as a major sponsor yesterday TOWNSVILLE has been rocked by another sporting crisis, with the Fire basketball club losing the financial support of major sponsor Queensland Nickel.

Three of the state's Medicare Local regions, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and West Moreton-Oxley, took out the report's top spots with 14 per cent of residents in each area admitting they avoided treatment from a medical specialist because of the associated cost.

THE Queensland Audit Office has found Townsville City Council was in breach of financial regulations because two different reporting formats were used for the Budget and monthly variance reports presented to all councillors.

POLICE will need to double their numbers in indigenous communities overnight if the High Court today rules that Queensland's alcohol management plans are unlawful, the Police Union warns.

That might sound like a contraction but the Townsville residents' love of the land led her to write and recitd tales of the bush.

RESIDENTS are urged to roll up their sleeves and donate blood, with dengue fever restrictions lifted for most parts of Townsville.

WATER levels at Ross River Dam could drop to a worrying 31 per cent before the start of the next wet season in November.

PNG PRIME MINISTER Peter O'Neill is expected to pay a visit to Townsville before the end of this month.

Two teenage boys have been charged after allegedly stealing a car and petrol, evading police for two days and crashing into another vehicle in the northeast Queensland city of Townsville.

Australians Dimitri Agathos , Joseph Mawson and Josh Smith were out of luck at Round One of the 2013 CIK-FIA European KF Championships in Spain on the weekend.

TEMPERATURES are expected to drop to a chilly 13C when Townsville's community and business leaders hunker down for the city's homeless.

Clive Palmer is taking on the two major political parties at this year's federal election and now he's taking on the Murdoch press as well.

The Australian Defence Force says it is investigating allegations that members of the Australian Army have posted derogatory comments on social media about women in the north Queensland city of Townsville.

WOOLWORTHS wants to buy two Townsville Supa IGA stores, raising concerns the grip on the city's market by the two giant grocers is set to be tightened even further.

SCORES of shift workers at the Yabulu nickel refinery are being pulled off night work to save money amid reports Clive Palmer could have to axe up to 1000 jobs if his Chinese partners do not honour agreements over a West Australian iron ore mine.

AN "idiot boy" who stole a communications radio from paramedics and told the emergency helicopter it was about to crash, has been chastised by an outraged magistrate.

ENERGY Minister Mark McArdle has released a plan he says will introduce more competition to the sector in North Queensland and reduce prices.

Chris O'Connor, Martin Dahlstrom, Dan Hoare and Andrew McCole from Emergency Management Queensland who did 50 rooftop retrievals in Bundaberg in January meeting Premier Campbell Newman earlier this year.

In lean times, the independent MP says his pivotal vote means he has 'got a lot of money' for his favoured projects In tight financial times ministers have to fight hard to stop the budget razor gang slashing funding for their pet projects, and even harder to get any money allocated to new plans.