GG visits Ord irrigation scheme

Last updated: June 23, 2014

GOVERNOR-GENERAL Sir Peter Cosgrove is hoping to shine a light on economic opportunities in agriculture and progress being made on indigenous issues during a tour of northern Australia.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Sex abuse is too shocking to tell

A SECRET State Government report has uncovered disturbing findings of serious and pervasive youth sexual abuse in two Queensland communities.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

The Candyman's political sweeteners

CROSSBENCH Senators will be offered sweeteners and the chance to look good in their states if they agree to help pass the $7 Medicare co-payment.

The mystery of the missing diaries

THE diaries of a former Queensland mayor who was approached by an allegedly corrupt company linked to NSW's Obeid family have mysteriously gone missing.

The ten ways men text women

LET'S be honest — the dating scene can be hell. And the fact that most men don't know how to text doesn't make things any easier for women.

Kids to visit heroin trafficker mum

FRIENDS hope a visit by her children will improve the health of a Queensland mother in a Cambodian jail following a drug conviction.

Families save as grocery prices fall

FAMILIES are saving the equivalent of about one interest rate cut thanks to falling prices on a range of foods.

MH370 pilot 'prime suspect'

A POLICE investigation into the disappearance of MH370 has identified the captain as the prime suspect — if it is proven human intervention was involved.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

John Rolfe QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Property price growth to slow

PROPERTY property price growth is expected to slow down by mid 2016 as markets are hit by oversupply and a rise in interest rates.

Skelton locked and loaded for Bledisloe

A PERFECT pass, along with 140kg of physicality, a big engine and humility, has convinced Israel Folau that Will Skelton is ready for a Bledisloe Cup berth.

Sting cuts his kids out of will

STING has revealed that his kids won't be inheriting a cent of his $325 million fortune, declaring he wants them to earn their own money.

'How much are they paying you?'

CHRIS Sandow has been sin-binned for asking a referee how much he was getting paid as controversy overshadowed the Eels' heavy loss to the Storm.

New implant is a real eye-opener

READING glasses could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new eye implant that can cure long-sightedness in minutes.

', gcseBox = '

'; if (drawLightForm) { gcseBox = '

'; } if (isResultPage) { $(resultsContainer).append(gcseResults); } if (pre) { $(container).prepend(gcseBox).length; } else { $(container).append(gcseBox).length; } // Always load on results page of or light form option it toggled off if (cx && ! drawLightForm || isResultPage) { gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx; s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); } }); })(ndm.jQuery || window.jQuery, ndm.gcse || false); //]]>

22.34 | 0 komentar | Read More

Political blame game over childcare costs

Last updated: June 23, 2014

WORKING mothers are losing 60 cents of each dollar they earn to rising childcare costs but Australia's politicians haven't found a way to ease the situation for now.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Sex abuse is too shocking to tell

A SECRET State Government report has uncovered disturbing findings of serious and pervasive youth sexual abuse in two Queensland communities.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

The Candyman's political sweeteners

CROSSBENCH Senators will be offered sweeteners and the chance to look good in their states if they agree to help pass the $7 Medicare co-payment.

The mystery of the missing diaries

THE diaries of a former Queensland mayor who was approached by an allegedly corrupt company linked to NSW's Obeid family have mysteriously gone missing.

The ten ways men text women

LET'S be honest — the dating scene can be hell. And the fact that most men don't know how to text doesn't make things any easier for women.

Kids to visit heroin trafficker mum

FRIENDS hope a visit by her children will improve the health of a Queensland mother in a Cambodian jail following a drug conviction.

Families save as grocery prices fall

FAMILIES are saving the equivalent of about one interest rate cut thanks to falling prices on a range of foods.

MH370 pilot 'prime suspect'

A POLICE investigation into the disappearance of MH370 has identified the captain as the prime suspect — if it is proven human intervention was involved.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

John Rolfe QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Property price growth to slow

PROPERTY property price growth is expected to slow down by mid 2016 as markets are hit by oversupply and a rise in interest rates.

Skelton locked and loaded for Bledisloe

A PERFECT pass, along with 140kg of physicality, a big engine and humility, has convinced Israel Folau that Will Skelton is ready for a Bledisloe Cup berth.

Sting cuts his kids out of will

STING has revealed that his kids won't be inheriting a cent of his $325 million fortune, declaring he wants them to earn their own money.

'How much are they paying you?'

CHRIS Sandow has been sin-binned for asking a referee how much he was getting paid as controversy overshadowed the Eels' heavy loss to the Storm.

New implant is a real eye-opener

READING glasses could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new eye implant that can cure long-sightedness in minutes.

', gcseBox = '

'; if (drawLightForm) { gcseBox = '

'; } if (isResultPage) { $(resultsContainer).append(gcseResults); } if (pre) { $(container).prepend(gcseBox).length; } else { $(container).append(gcseBox).length; } // Always load on results page of or light form option it toggled off if (cx && ! drawLightForm || isResultPage) { gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx; s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); } }); })(ndm.jQuery || window.jQuery, ndm.gcse || false); //]]>

22.34 | 0 komentar | Read More

Qld premier coy on chief justice pick

QUEENSLAND'S premier has held his first media conference in five days, but was coy when questioned about his government's controversial selection of Tim Carmody as the state's new chief justice.

SINCE Campbell Newman last stood before reporters, Judge Carmody's controversial addition to the Supreme Court has been approved by the state's governor.

Judge Carmody's meteoric rise has divided the judiciary, with critics arguing he's too inexperienced and too close to the government.But Mr Newman has declined to offer any new comment on the appointment of Judge Carmody, even though Court of Appeal justice John Muir has joined senior legal figures in slamming the appointment process."Go back to what I've said when I announced it about a week and a half ago," Mr Newman told reporters on the Sunshine Coast."You've got my comments."Late last week, Governor Penelope Wensley issued writs for the July 19 Stafford by-election, where the ruling Liberal National Party is considered the underdog despite its seven per cent margin.Asked why the media wasn't invited to that event, Mr Newman pointed to his June 5 speech to parliament."The announcement was made in parliament, look at the record," Mr Newman said, adding media weren't usually invited for by-election declarations."I've held many press conferences since I made the announcement in parliament."Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk accused the premier of hiding from voters during the past week, with Mr Newman's last media conference on Tuesday in Mount Isa."The premier has been in hiding now for over a week, afraid to front the music, afraid to talk to people in this state," she told reporters in Brisbane.The premier was on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday holding a community cabinet in Maroochydore, which is also in Clive Palmer's federal seat of Fairfax.A cabinet meeting is being held in the same beachside suburb on Monday.It would come three days after Mr Palmer lodged a defamation writ against Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney in the Supreme Court, after he alleged on the ABC that the mining tycoon had sought special favours for his Waratah Coal interests in the Galilee Basin in 2012.Mr Palmer is also suing Mr Newman for defamation after the premier claimed that he tried to "buy" the Queensland government.

22.34 | 0 komentar | Read More

Newman says ALP wrong on TAFE fee rises

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says TAFE is being re-focused so it meets the needs of employers. Source: AAP

QUEENSLAND'S premier has accused the opposition of playing Nostradamus over TAFE fee increases.

LITERACY and numeracy fees for disability pensioners have risen from $140 to $800 while tuition fees for a diploma in marketing have increased from $2400 to $6000, Labor says.

It predicts that fees will go up even more as previously subsidised courses incur full fees and a new Queensland Training Assets Management Authority makes TAFE campuses pay full commercial rent.But the Liberal National government insists there is no link between course costs and infrastructure arrangements.Premier Campbell Newman said hefty TAFE fee increases would be unlikely when asked about Labor's predictions."It's interesting to see they're playing Nostradamus," he told reporters on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday."I don't believe that's the case."TAFE is being re-focused so it meets the needs of employers so we create jobs."Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said the government had a secret agenda, after Labor uncovered leaked TAFE documents which say "costs could increase again for the start" of the first semester in 2015.They are answers to student questions and comments such as, "Are costs likely to increase next year?" and "I feel ripped off"."We've now heard of secret plans where TAFE fees are going to be skyrocketing in this state," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters.Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek insists fees aren't actually rising, with a spokeswoman explaining in a background statement to AAP that subsidies were being reduced to some courses that didn't align with skills shortage areas.

22.34 | 0 komentar | Read More

Abbott seeks al-Sisi talks over Greste

Last updated: June 23, 2014

TONY Abbott is attempting to contact Egypt's new president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to lobby for the release of Australian journalist Peter Greste.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Sex abuse is too shocking to tell

A SECRET State Government report has uncovered disturbing findings of serious and pervasive youth sexual abuse in two Queensland communities.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

The Candyman's political sweeteners

CROSSBENCH Senators will be offered sweeteners and the chance to look good in their states if they agree to help pass the $7 Medicare co-payment.

The mystery of the missing diaries

THE diaries of a former Queensland mayor who was approached by an allegedly corrupt company linked to NSW's Obeid family have mysteriously gone missing.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

John Rolfe QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Property price growth to slow

PROPERTY property price growth is expected to slow down by mid 2016 as markets are hit by oversupply and a rise in interest rates.

Skelton locked and loaded for Bledisloe

A PERFECT pass, along with 140kg of physicality, a big engine and humility, has convinced Israel Folau that Will Skelton is ready for a Bledisloe Cup berth.

Sting cuts his kids out of will

STING has revealed that his kids won't be inheriting a cent of his $325 million fortune, declaring he wants them to earn their own money.

'How much are they paying you?'

CHRIS Sandow has been sin-binned for asking a referee how much he was getting paid as controversy overshadowed the Eels' heavy loss to the Storm.

New implant is a real eye-opener

READING glasses could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new eye implant that can cure long-sightedness in minutes.

', gcseBox = '

'; if (drawLightForm) { gcseBox = '

'; } if (isResultPage) { $(resultsContainer).append(gcseResults); } if (pre) { $(container).prepend(gcseBox).length; } else { $(container).append(gcseBox).length; } // Always load on results page of or light form option it toggled off if (cx && ! drawLightForm || isResultPage) { gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx; s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); } }); })(ndm.jQuery || window.jQuery, ndm.gcse || false); //]]>

22.34 | 0 komentar | Read More

Perth Zoo orangutan has Kidman fetish

Last updated: June 23, 2014

PERTH Zoo's alpha male orangutan has a fetish for redheads - and he doesn't draw the line at his own species.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Sex abuse is too shocking to tell

A SECRET State Government report has uncovered disturbing findings of serious and pervasive youth sexual abuse in two Queensland communities.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

The Candyman's political sweeteners

CROSSBENCH Senators will be offered sweeteners and the chance to look good in their states if they agree to help pass the $7 Medicare co-payment.

The mystery of the missing diaries

THE diaries of a former Queensland mayor who was approached by an allegedly corrupt company linked to NSW's Obeid family have mysteriously gone missing.

The ten ways men text women

LET'S be honest — the dating scene can be hell. And the fact that most men don't know how to text doesn't make things any easier for women.

Kids to visit heroin trafficker mum

FRIENDS hope a visit by her children will improve the health of a Queensland mother in a Cambodian jail following a drug conviction.

Families save as grocery prices fall

FAMILIES are saving the equivalent of about one interest rate cut thanks to falling prices on a range of foods.

MH370 pilot 'prime suspect'

A POLICE investigation into the disappearance of MH370 has identified the captain as the prime suspect — if it is proven human intervention was involved.

Health staff and assets passed on to regions

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg will today announce ownership of health buildings and employment responsibilities will be handed over to local health boards.

We're winning the war on sky-high petrol

John Rolfe QUEENSLAND is leading the fight for fairer fuel prices, with eight of the top 10 postcodes for Big Petrol Switch registrations from the Sunshine State.

Property price growth to slow

PROPERTY property price growth is expected to slow down by mid 2016 as markets are hit by oversupply and a rise in interest rates.

Skelton locked and loaded for Bledisloe

A PERFECT pass, along with 140kg of physicality, a big engine and humility, has convinced Israel Folau that Will Skelton is ready for a Bledisloe Cup berth.

Sting cuts his kids out of will

STING has revealed that his kids won't be inheriting a cent of his $325 million fortune, declaring he wants them to earn their own money.

'How much are they paying you?'

CHRIS Sandow has been sin-binned for asking a referee how much he was getting paid as controversy overshadowed the Eels' heavy loss to the Storm.

New implant is a real eye-opener

READING glasses could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new eye implant that can cure long-sightedness in minutes.

', gcseBox = '

'; if (drawLightForm) { gcseBox = '

'; } if (isResultPage) { $(resultsContainer).append(gcseResults); } if (pre) { $(container).prepend(gcseBox).length; } else { $(container).append(gcseBox).length; } // Always load on results page of or light form option it toggled off if (cx && ! drawLightForm || isResultPage) { gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx; s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); } }); })(ndm.jQuery || window.jQuery, ndm.gcse || false); //]]>

22.34 | 0 komentar | Read More