Townsville, Australia News

PREMIER Campbell Newman has revealed he is lobbying the Federal Government to consider basing more Australian Defence Force units in regional Queensland in a bid to help meet population targets contained within the Queensland Plan.

Once bitten, twice shy. That's the feeling Gold Coast coach John Cartwright has about coming up against a genuine rugby league superstar in Johnathan Thurston this Saturday.

HUGE fines for the crew of MV Bulk Ingenuity have been declared a "strong signal" to other bulk carriers thinking of taking reef shortcuts.

Federal opposition member Kate Ellis with some kids at Vickers Road Community Childcare Centre.

Peter and Eileen Nethercott of Island Leisure Resort in Nelly Bay have created North Queensland's first tropical Island retirement village.

A STATE government environmental worker has been shot dead after the father-of-six served a notice on a man believed to be illegally clearing vegetation.

Mission accomplished: A New Zealand Army soldier prepares to take aim during Exercise Hamel, the Australian Army's annual foundation warfighting exercise, which was held in Townsville, northern Queensland.

Deputy Mayor Vern Veitch said every tree had been broken and shredded since the colony inundated the park several weeks ago.

After achieving his most successful weekend of V8 Supercars racing at Townsville three weeks ago, Coates Hire Racing's Nick Percat is determined to continue his good form at this weekend's championship round at Queensland Raceway, the Coates Hire 400.

People marched along The Strand against uranium mining. LR Sally Pryor, Jenny Brown and Cat Hockings as well as Eddie the 4 year old Maltese cross.

ACTING police nabbed two men just 90 minutes after they allegedly stole six firearms and a large amount of ammunition from a home in North Ward.

Two motorcycle were involved in an Accident at the Ingham Road and Church Street Intersection on Saturday Night Picture Bryan Lynch A DRINK driver who was allegedly five times over the limit crashed into two motorcyclists in West End, causing chaos on the roads.

A New Zealand Army soldier prepares to take aim during Exercise Hamel which is being held in Townsville in northern Queensland.

QUEENSLAND children as young as seven are using a messaging service that police warn is dangerous as it exposes them to possible contact with sex predators.

A 22-YEAR-OLD woman will appear in Townsville Magistrates Court today after she allegedly bit the ear of another woman in an incident in Peel Street, Garbutt last night.

Former Bowen pool lessee Sidney Pate yesterday gave evidence at the coronial inquest into schoolgirl Rachel Antonio's disappearance in 1998.

Jack Daniel's Racing drivers Todd and Rick Kelly will be looking to wheel a quick pair of Nissan Altimas out of the transporter next weekend at Queensland Raceway, with car setup a key factor on home test track for the Queensland based teams.

A former Townsville soldier convicted of trafficking $400,000 worth of drugs has been granted an early release from jail because he has post-traumatic stress disorder .

A FEDERAL investigation has been launched and a pilot stood down after one of Townsville's two emergency services helicopter struck a tree during a rescue operation.

The Senate Environment and Communications References Committee public hearing into the adequacy of the Federal and Queensland Governments' efforts to stop the rapid decline of the Reef moves to Townsville after hearings in Brisbane and Mackay.