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Article by at 2011-08-01 01:54:00
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Monday, 01/08/2011

Today is the start of the tiger prawn season in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Fifty-two boats from the Northern Prawn Fishery will be at sea for the next four months chasing the lucrative but more elusive tiger…

Article by at 2011-08-01 01:10:00
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The tourism marketing group aims to attract 14 per cent more Chinese tourists annually for the next five years, peaking at 215,000 visitors.
TTNQ’s marketing manager for eastern markets, Vicki Tang, says the organisation has gone to considerable leng…

Article by at 2011-08-01 01:27:00
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Chief executive officer David Carter says the biggest challenge now facing the fishery is profitability - not sustainability. (Charlie McKillop)

Charlie McKillop

Today is the …

Article by at 2011-08-01 00:42:00
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Chris O’Brien and Laura Hegarty

Updated August 01, 2011 10:57:09

The $10,000 payment is on offer for the next six months for new houses and units valued under $600,000.

The Queensland Opp…

Article by at 2011-08-01 00:00:00
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Kirsty Nancarrow

Updated August 01, 2011 10:00:31

Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says cyclone-affected communities are still a long way from recovery.This week marks six months since Cyclone Yasi ripped …

Article by at 2011-07-31 21:53:00
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Brad Ryan

Updated August 01, 2011 07:53:07

A Uniting Church minister in Cairns in far north Queensland has defied church leaders by continuing to serve in the ministry, despite being formally sacked.The deci…

Article by at 2011-07-31 20:56:00
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Rural News and Information for the North and Far North Queensland, Monday 1st August 2011
By Miriam Hall, Townsville
Tiger prawn season begins

Charlie McKillop

The Northern prawn trawl fleet has returned to the Gulf of Carpen…

Article by at 2011-07-31 01:24:00
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“What we’ve got we’re very happy with,” Mrs Maclean said. “You need beauty for the soul … because it’s just devastating to look at the background and people’s houses. A lot of people have been busy with insurance companies and getting their houses a…

Article by at 2011-07-30 12:18:00
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Updated July 30, 2011 22:18:50

The Australian women’s basketball team proved it has plenty of firepower without star Lauren Jackson, annihilating a near-full strength China 98-72 in Cairns on Saturday night…

Article by at 2011-07-29 14:00:00
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By Charlie McKillop from Cairns , QLD
Saturday, 30/07/2011

He may well be the youngest poultry steward in the country.

At just 14 Gabrielle Tognolini is a senior poultry steward at the Cairns agricultural show in far north Q…

Article by at 2011-07-29 05:34:00
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Charlie McKillop

Dairy farmers in Far North Queensland finally know what they’ll be paid for milk in the next 12 months.

Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation’s deputy chairman for the northern district Lyn O’Connor say…

Article by at 2011-07-29 05:34:00
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Charlie McKillop

Dairy farmers in Far North Queensland finally know what they’ll be paid for milk in the next 12 months.

Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation’s deputy chairman for the northern district Lyn O’Connor say…

Article by at 2011-07-29 01:02:00
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Source:
ABC News
Published:
July 29, 2011 11:02:59
Lockhart River children celebrate the handback of the Iron Range national park, near Lockhart River in far north Qld, to the Kuuku Y’au people on J…

Article by at 2011-07-29 01:11:00
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Friday, 29/07/2011

After months of negotiations, dairy farmers in Far North Queensland now know what they’ll be paid for milk in the next 12 months.

Milk processor National Foods has increased the farm gate price of milk for…

Article by at 2011-07-29 01:58:00
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Updated July 29, 2011 11:58:12

Parents in a Gulf of Carpentaria town in north-west Queensland may be banned from buying alcohol or attending local hotels if their children do not attend school regularly.Pol…

Article by at 2011-07-28 23:21:00
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Updated July 29, 2011 09:21:50

A Cape York development organisation in far north Queensland has told the Federal Government to “back off” in its push for world heritage listing of the area’s rainforests.The…

Article by at 2011-07-28 23:20:00
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Updated July 29, 2011 09:20:07

A far north Queensland MP has welcomed a Federal Court decision to fine the manufacturer of an Immigration Department patrol boat which sank in 2005.The Federal Court in Brisb…

Article by at 2011-07-28 22:00:00
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Rural News and Information for North and Far North Queensland, Friday, July 29, 2011
By Charlie McKillop, Cairns
Dairy price up for North Queensland producers

Charlie McKillop

Dairy farmers in Far North Queensland finally kn…

Article by aussiebeachut0 at 2011-03-24 00:36:54
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Broadcast News Part 2 - 60 Minutes 1989

As timely today as when this “60 Minutes” report went to air more than 20 years ago .. the debate over censorship and what we should be able to watch on Australian Television and now the Internet. Ai…

Article by STVNews at 2011-06-14 20:11:19
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Lib Dems announce Inverclyde by-election candidate

The Liberal Democrats have picked Sophie Bridger, the National President of Scottish Liberal Youth, as their candidate for the forthcoming Inverclyde by-election following the death of Labour MP Dav…