By Thomas Brakstad Queensland will see it first Tough Mudder race at the Sunshine Coast in August, and so far almost 15,000 Queenslanders have signed up for the challenge. Tough Mudder is known to be one of the hardest races …
By Georgia Eather. Edited for online by Thomas Brakstad. Queensland’s unemployment rate has dropped 0.3 per cent from 5.9 per cent to 5.6 per cent. Numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ showed that the unemplyement rate also dropped nationalwide …
By Michael Kersnovske. Edited for online by Thomas Brakstad. The boot camps set up by the state government are half-way through a three-month trial and so far its showing positive results. They are designed to put wayward teens back on …
By Georgia Eather Edited for online by Thomas Brakstad Authorities hope installing autonomous emergency braking (AEB) systems in cars will bring down Queensland’s road toll, which has reached almost 100 people in the first four months of 2013.
By Michael Kersnovske. Edited for online by Thomas Brakstad. The reappearance of three missing women in the USA has renewed hope for many Australia families who are currently missing loved ones. In Australia, more that 35,000 people go missing every …
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By Thomas Brakstad Lockyer Valley mayor Steve Jones has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to his region during the Queensland floods in 2010 and 2011.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is at odds with his own Party with some Coalition MPs publicly questioning his hallmark Paid Parental Leave policy. Member for Mitchell Alex Hawke is leading a push for the plans to be abandoned arguing the …
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Queenslanders aged 18 to 24 aren’t getting the sun safe message. The “Sunburn Report” released by the Queensland Institute of Medical research today is urging Queenslanders to remember to slip slop slap. Lizzie Mulherin reports.
Five lucky Queensland high school students have arrived home after a trip to Gallipoli as part of this year’s Anzac Day Commemorations. They were winners of the inaugural Premier’s Anzac Prize and today Premier Campbell Newman and Education Minister John-Paul …
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