Provides the latest RSS feeds for Brisbane News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brisbane News.Net http://www.brisbanenews.net/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:48:08 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:48:08 -0400 30 THE Brisbane Lions are set to spring their biggest selection surprise of the season by blooding Irish rookie Pearce Hanley on Saturday against Carlton. In one of the most tantalising gambles in Lions... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17056618&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:55:34 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17056618&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The match is the Socceroos' first home game in Round 4 of their 2010 Asian FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The squad is grouped with Qatar, Bahrain, Uzbekistan and Japan. http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17044183&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:59:57 -0400 FIFA http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17044183&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A galah is recovering at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary after falling down a Gold Coast chimney into a fire. The young bird, named Mr Burns, received singed feathers and burns to its legs last week... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17050546&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:51:45 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17050546&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Brisbane man jailed over a serious assault on city's southside has appealed against his sentence. Twenty-year-old Michael Mikaele was given nine years in prison for his role in an attack on a Gold ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17050547&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:51:43 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17050547&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND taxpayers are forking out more than $100 a day to keep Jayant Patel in food and board awaiting his court case. Even so, the outlay is well short of the $172 a day it costs to keep a priso... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17050548&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:26:57 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17050548&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN who fleeced almost $127,000 from family and friends by stealing money they had given him for investments has been jailed. Scott James Dawson, 34, of Greenslopes in Brisbane's south, was today ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042711&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:49:46 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042711&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman in Gladstone. A woman's body with a gunshot wound was found in a Herbertson Street house in West Gladstone, central Queensland this morning, po... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042708&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:49:39 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042708&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE investigating a Queensland fire in which three people died, including a six-year-old boy, are treating it as suspicious. Fire engulfed a trailer manufacturing business and residence in Carrin... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042707&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:49:36 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042707&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A VICIOUS bashing by a gang of teenage thugs that left a Brisbane Broncos fan in a coma could have happened to any innocent passer-by, a judge said. "There but for the grace of God goes any of u... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042712&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:05:04 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042712&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Department of Primary Industries vet is in hospital as a precaution, after being pricked with a needle while putting down a horse that had been infected with Hendra virus in south-east Queensland. ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042720&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:58:39 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042720&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Government has revealed it is costing taxpayers more than $1,500 a fortnight to keep US doctor Jayant Patel in the state so he can face court. Patel is facing more than a dozen charges... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042719&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:58:38 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042719&cat=eb6df49795f04561 AN Australian man, 40, is in a critical condition after surviving for 11 days in jungle in Laos when he became lost searching for a local tourist attraction. The man, believed to come from Victoria, ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042713&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:05:09 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042713&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FORMER Bundbaberg surgeon Jayant Patel is costing taxpayers $1527.10 a fortnight while he is on bail in Brisbane awaiting trial. Dr Patel has been extradited from the US to face trial on charges rela... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042714&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:05:13 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042714&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FEDERAL police deliberately withheld information from the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Mohamed Haneef investigation, the Indian doctor's lawyer says. In its submission t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042710&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:49:45 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042710&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Child care workers who attended a forum in Toowoomba yesterday on proposed national changes to child care say a ranking system for centres will help parents. The quality ratings system is one of the ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042718&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:58:37 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042718&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Government says it supports all but two of the 141 recommendations in a report overhauling the state's Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. The 400-page report was prepared by David Solo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042717&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:58:35 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042717&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police say they have uncovered a hydroponic cannabis operation at a home in Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast. They searched a home in Nathan Road after information from the public. Police say no-one was... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042715&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:58:31 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17042715&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE are at a house in Gladstone where a woman was found dead with gunshot wounds just before 6am. A man from the same address is in Gladstone Hospital in a critical condition, also with gunshot wo... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038065&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:36 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038065&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A HOT air balloon has crashed into power lines at Beaudesert, southwest of Brisbane, but none of the 13 people on board was injured. The balloon, containing 12 passengers and a pilot, hit the power l... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038062&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:34 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038062&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Australia has won an unexpected silver medal in track and field at the Beijing Olympics, with the Gold Coast's Sally McLellan finishing second in last night's final of the 100 metres hurdles. McLella... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038069&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:00:11 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038069&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE police bomb squad has defused a suspicious device left on a Brisbane street. A 9kg gas cylinder with wires attached was discovered in Violet Street, Eagle Farm, about 4.35am (AEST) today. Polic... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038059&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:51:32 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038059&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Good, and so they should ban them. They probably work well in Victoria, but they're ridiculous for up here. No eaves to shade the external walls from sun, no verandahs, tiny windows to let in air.... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038063&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:39 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038063&cat=eb6df49795f04561 TransLink is expected to give the Gold Coast City Council a confidential briefing on the rapid transit business case before the end of the week. The business case is looking at which route the corrid... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038070&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:00:13 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038070&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Department of Primary Industries says more than 60 submissions have been lodged in response to proposed new rules for a number of Queensland's fisheries. Responses on changes to the East Coast Tr... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038067&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:00:08 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17038067&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police have reopened an industrial area on Brisbane's northside after a bomb scare this morning. Brisbane detectives are trying to work out who planted the bomb at the northside laundry business. Vi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17034510&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:41:54 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17034510&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A QUARANTINE placed on a south-east Queensland veterinary clinic after a Hendra virus outbreak will continue indefinitely, says the state's biosecurity authority. Five horses died or had to be put d... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17033968&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:40:04 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17033968&cat=eb6df49795f04561 TWO semi-trailers have collided in central Queensland, closing the Bruce Highway near Bundaberg. The semi-trailers appear to have side-swiped each other, causing one truck to roll and catch fire, ab... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17033969&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:40:02 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17033969&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A DUCK had RSPCA staff and fire brigade officers stumped after it became stuck in the chimney of a house at Bridgeman Downs, in Brisbane's north. RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty said the duck somehow ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027895&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:27 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027895&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A TEENAGE babysitter who killed a 14-month-old girl in a fit of jealous rage described as 'malevolent' has been found guilty of murder. The 19-year-old of Palm Island man, who cannot be named for leg... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027896&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:30 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027896&cat=eb6df49795f04561 HOSPITAL theatre technician Percy Clegg was one of 268 non-combatants who died when the Centaur was torpedoed off the Brisbane coast in 1943. His son, Keith Clegg, was seven years old at the time of ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027893&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:20 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027893&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A ROGUE batch of popular garlic bread which turns blue in the oven has sparked a national recall by the country's biggest supplier. The recall of 13 brands made by Capalaba-based AGB International ha... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027891&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:13 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027891&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A CUP of parsley tea every day apparently helps keep the doctor away - that is 109-year-old Miriam Schmierer's secret to a long life. Mrs Schmierer, who turns 109 today and is thought to be Queenslan... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027890&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:07 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027890&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Belyando, 330km west of Mackay when his car rolled about 8pm. Police said another woman driver came across the accident and called triple 0. Ambulance officers tried to talk her through CPR but the ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027889&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:23:02 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027889&cat=eb6df49795f04561 WITH one punch, Tal Naor's life has been turned upside down. Two days after being struck in the face at a service station on Creek Rd, Carindale, Mr Naor, 29, remains in a coma in the intensive care ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027888&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:59 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17027888&cat=eb6df49795f04561 BRISBANE'S Coronation Drive traffic signals will undergo a $3 million review after it was revealed regular outages were causing major peak-hour delays. Deputy Mayor Graham Quirk said the six-lane roa... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17022050&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:41 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17022050&cat=eb6df49795f04561 POLICE have found the getaway car used in last week's frightening smash and grab robbery at Gold Coast jewellery boutique. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Peter Gray from the Northern Investigative ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17022051&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:39 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17022051&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A CASE against a woman accused of abducting a young girl has been thrown out after it was revealed the youngster ran away from home of her own free will. Brisbane District Court Senior Judge Gilbert ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17022052&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:36 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17022052&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A COMPUTER betting system company has won $760,000 in damages after arguing a rival had breached its copyright and copied its operation manual. Statuscard Australia Pty Ltd sued Tony Rotondo and Domi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016363&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:15:54 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016363&cat=eb6df49795f04561 NEW home building in Queensland will fall by nearly 20 per cent in the December quarter, according to a just-released report on the residential market. Housing Industry Association Queensland executi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016364&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:15:52 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016364&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Ipswich residents who were evacuated from their homes after mine subsidence will have their rates waived until the end of the year. About 40 homes in Collingwood Park, west of Brisbane, were damaged ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016361&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:10:00 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016361&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police are trying to find a six-year-old boy who is missing after an early morning fire in Toowoomba in Queensland's south-east that claimed the lives of two people. Fire investigators are sifting th... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016360&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:09:59 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016360&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Legal experts have raised concerns that changes to Queensland's jury system could result in more wrongful convictions. The State Government yesterday unveiled new laws to go before Parliament next we... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016359&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:09:58 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016359&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Shares in Virgin Blue have dived after the company revealed its profits have dropped by more than half. Virgin's net profit after tax for the 2008 financial year is $98 million, about 55 per cent low... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016358&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:09:57 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17016358&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland grain growers fear a desperate shortage of labour may jeopardise the harvest of their most promising winter crop in many years. Grower Liz Hill from southern Queensland's Darling Downs say... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011767&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:27 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011767&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Government says two primary schools in east Ipswich, west of Brisbane, will close at the end of next year. Education Minister Rod Welford says the Blackstone and Dinmore state schools ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011768&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:26 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011768&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police are searching for a man who robbed a Gold Coast convenience store last night. Police say the man entered the store on the Gold Coast Highway at Miami about 8:00pm AEST while the attendant was ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011773&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:25 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011773&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says staff losing their positions at a Gold Coast boat builder will be able to access a worker replacement and training scheme. Ms Bligh was commenting on reports Rivier... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011772&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:25 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011772&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The Queensland Government wants to officially name the site of the Great Australian Pumkin Roll at Goomeri. Natural Resources Minister Craig Wallace says the former Kilkivan council discovered that t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011771&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:25 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011771&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police say they are no longer searching for the pilot of an ultralight plane that crashed on Little Goat Island, north of Brisbane. The wreckage of the ultralight was found on Sunday but there was no... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011770&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:16:24 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17011770&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN who allegedly punched a man in the face in an apparent "bowser rage" incident has turned himself into police in Brisbane. Metropolitan South Regional Crime Coordinator Inspector Rod Kemp said ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007760&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:16:26 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007760&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Rubbish cleared from the Brisbane River will be showcased in a new exhibition for the 2008 Riverfestival program. The display includes 350 kites made from plastic bags, 700 plastic bottles made into ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007763&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:26:03 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007763&cat=eb6df49795f04561 TWO people have died in a fire at a trailer manufacturing business in south Queensland. It is believed the blaze began in an industrial bin on the Carrington Road premises in Toowoomba about 2.20am ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007761&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:16:24 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007761&cat=eb6df49795f04561 WORKPLACE health and safety officers are investigating the death of a man in an industrial accident on the Gold Coast. Emergency crews were called to a truck parking yard on Eastlake Street at Carra... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007762&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:16:22 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007762&cat=eb6df49795f04561 The United Firefighters Union (UFU) will head to the Industrial Relations Commission this morning to answer claims that Queensland firefighters are refusing to do non-essential overtime. Union spokes... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007766&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:26:00 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007766&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Two people are dead after a fire in a house and business at Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs. Firefighters were called to the trailer manufacturing business in Carrington Road in Toowoomba jus... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007764&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:25:59 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=17007764&cat=eb6df49795f04561 MELBOURNIANS and Sydneysiders could well be crying into their cocktails when news hits that Brisbane is officially home to Australia's best bar. Proof that Brisbane has come of age, The Bowery in For... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997510&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:11 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997510&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IPSWICH mayor Paul Pisasale has revealed why he sometimes gets unsteady on his feet after a long day - and it's got nothing to do with alcohol. Cr Pisasale, 56, has had multiple sclerosis for almost ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997511&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:08 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997511&cat=eb6df49795f04561 WAS athletics legend Raelene Boyle in the running for the Queensland Governorship before Penelope Wensley was given the green light? That's the unusual rumour doing the rounds in Brisbane, with one s... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997512&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:05 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997512&cat=eb6df49795f04561 FORMER Bundaberg surgeon Jayant Patel could become one of the first defendants in Queensland to be given the option of a judge rather than a jury trial. Landmark legal changes will allow extremely co... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997513&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:03 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997513&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SET of tracks leading from an ultralight aircraft that crashed on a small island north of Brisbane remains the only proof that the pilot survived. And mystery surrounding Sunday's crash deepened ye... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997514&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:02 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16997514&cat=eb6df49795f04561 LUNCHTIME shoppers in Brisbane's CBD will be treated to a saucy lingerie show as part of a promotion for a new store at MacArthur Central. Honey Birdette, which is owned by Brisbane pair Eloise Monag... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16991552&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:25:42 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16991552&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Broncos hooker Michael Ennis is set to escape a ban for a dangerous throw in Friday night's loss to the Dragons. He was charged by the NRL match review committee but can accept a reprimand with an ea... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16991553&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:18:52 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16991553&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A memorial service has been held in Brisbane to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan during the Vietnam War. Eighteen Australians were killed in the battle in a rubber plantatio... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16991554&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:18:51 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16991554&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A SEARCH for the sunken World War II hospital ship Centaur has moved a step closer with state and federal governments showing interest in seeing the mystery solved. On May 12, 1943, the Centaur left... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987057&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:14 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987057&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A CENTRAL Queensland church pastor has bought two internet domains bearing the name of Premier Anna Bligh. Pastor David Alley, of the Mountain of the Lord Christian Church in Mount Morgan, bought th... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987056&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:13 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987056&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND will join most other Australian jurisdictions and introduce majority verdicts in criminal trials. State cabinet today resolved to amend laws to help reduce the number of hung juries in Qu... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987055&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:12 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987055&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN claiming to be a pilot missing since the crash of an ultralight north of Brisbane yesterday has contacted police, but failed to provide any personal details. A fisherman spotted the wreckage o... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987054&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:10 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987054&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE State Government will introduce "judge only" trials and majority verdicts for juries under reforms to Queensland's criminal justice system. Premier Anna Bligh has announced the proposed laws will... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987058&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:07:03 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987058&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A 28-year-old apprentice carpenter has escaped serving actual jail time in another case of alcohol-fuelled violence before the law courts in Brisbane. The District Court heard Nicholas Scott Maskey w... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987059&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:01:17 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987059&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Brisbane's Labor councillors are calling on Lord Mayor Campbell Newman to review the Council's complaints process, after the release of a new report. ALP leader Shayne Sutton says the Queensland Ombu... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987060&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:01:16 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16987060&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Drugs charges against the son of former Queensland MP Pat Purcell have been mentioned today in the Brisbane Magistrates Court. Daniel Purcell, 24, was arrested outside a Fortitude Valley night club i... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982449&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:28:00 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982449&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Climate change will be a key research area at Brisbane's new eco-sciences precinct to be built by 2011. Work is about to begin on the $280 million joint venture between the Queensland Government and ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982450&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:28:01 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982450&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A coal mining company says a new coal port at Gladstone, in central Queensland, will be vital in its decision whether to proceed with two new mines the state. Northern Energy Corporation is planning ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982452&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:27:59 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982452&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Queensland's fruit and vegetable lobby group says it is shocked no Queensland sites have been announced to host Pacific Island guest workers. The Federal Government and the National Farmers Federatio... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982447&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:27:58 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982447&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A fire crew from Monto in the north Burnett region has won the Queensland Firefighters Championship at Toowoomba. Champion brigades from regions throughout the state put their skills and drills into ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982454&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:27:57 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982454&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police say an 18-year-old woman died after being thrown from her car when it rolled on the Laidley-Plainlands road at Laidley North on Saturday. The car came to rest in a paddock and the woman's body... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982451&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:27:57 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16982451&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A WOMAN taking part in a bell-ringing tour yesterday became tangled in the ropes of a cathedral bell, broke her leg and was left trapped up the bell tower. The 50-year-old, from Lismore in NSW, spen... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979739&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:25:58 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979739&cat=eb6df49795f04561 IT would not look out of place on a canal or the blue waters of the Mediterranean, but this mansion is in the back streets of Boondall. The two-storey abode being built by Francisco Fera sits among a... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979740&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:44:15 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979740&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A Queensland study has found mental health problems affect about 15 per cent of the work force. A team from the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR) interviewed staff from 60 firms wi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979745&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:13 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979745&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Soldiers of the Brisbane-based Six Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) will today help commemorate Vietnam Veterans' Day and the 42nd anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. During the battle, a small gro... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:12 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police say some motorists are still not heeding warnings about drink-driving. Police and Queensland Transport officers conducted Operation Scoot between Broadbeach and Coolangatta over the weekend. ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979743&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:11 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979743&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A 72-year-old man is due to appear in court today charged over the murder of his wife at Ipswich, west of Brisbane. Police were called to a house at Redbank Plains at around 2pm AEST on Sunday, where... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979742&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:11 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979742&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A man is to face a Gold Coast court today after a samurai-style knife was used during an argument over a car park. Police say a 53-year-old man received minor cuts to his arm and ear when the dispute... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979741&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:10 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16979741&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE State Government has a novel approach to recognising excellent teachers - take them out of the classroom for almost two months. An awards program will reward excellence in classroom teaching this... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974484&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:42 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974484&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND magistrates are upset by moves to replace their highly qualified researchers with law students paid just $13.50 an hour. Justice Department insiders fear the plan will lead to an avalanche... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974485&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:39 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974485&cat=eb6df49795f04561 SIX months after Mackay was ravaged by floods, hundreds of residents are still unable to return to their homes in parts of the city. The suburbs of Glenella and central Mackay were all but destroyed ... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974486&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:44 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974486&cat=eb6df49795f04561 BRISBANE City Council has been ordered to review its complaints system after it refused to address concerns about the $370 million Hale St Link. In a letter to BCC chief executive Jude Munro, Queensl... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974487&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:37 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974487&cat=eb6df49795f04561 QUEENSLAND farmers are angry that a trial of Pacific Island workers they pushed for will benefit southern horticultural producers. About 2500 Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea residents w... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974489&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:29 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974489&cat=eb6df49795f04561 THE Bligh Government has bowed to indigenous pressure and agreed to reopen the state's controversial, multimillion-dollar stolen wages scheme. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minis... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974490&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:27 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16974490&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Police have charged a 72-year-old man over the murder of a woman at Ipswich, west of Brisbane. Emergency Services were called to a house at Redbank Plains around 2:00pm where they found the body of w... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16972151&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:39:15 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16972151&cat=eb6df49795f04561 DUMPED Olympian Nick D'Arcy sat in front of his television set and watched US superfish Michael Phelps win the gold medal in his pet event, the 200m butterfly. D'Arcy, 21, calculated he would have fi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16969548&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:21:55 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16969548&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A WOMAN spent an hour trapped in the bell tower of Brisbane's St John's Cathedral today after breaking her leg while trying to ring the bells. Queensland Ambulance Service operators supervisor Alan M... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16969546&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:21:49 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16969546&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Wellington and Queensland opened their respective A-League accounts with a point apiece after contesting a 1-1 draw in New Zealand on Sunday afternoon. Neither side was able to find the back of the n... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16969549&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:16:13 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16969549&cat=eb6df49795f04561 yesterday reported the statewide chain Cash Converters was writing loans under pawnbroking laws which do not attract the rate cap. The move allowed the stores to charge effective interest rates of up... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16966498&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:47:20 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16966498&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A STATE Government upgrade of the near-capacity Centenary Highway could mean motorists paying tolls. The Department of Main Roads has announced a $4.5 million study looking at options for upgrading t... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16966497&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:47:16 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16966497&cat=eb6df49795f04561 MORE than 10,000 Queensland drivers were caught speeding in school zones in the past year, new State Government figures show. From May 1, 2007, to April 30, 2008, a total of 10,187 motorists were fi... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16964351&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:53:52 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16964351&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN armed with a knife has been shot three times by police following a tense standoff at a house in Cairns. The man is undergoing surgery at the Cairns Base Hospital after he was hit in the body, a... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16964353&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:12:55 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16964353&cat=eb6df49795f04561 "egg-laying chickens" must be GM. Chickens come from eggs, if female grow to be pullets, then hens that lay eggs. I hope they are up to chopping the heads off and gutting and plucking them.... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16964352&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:12:49 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16964352&cat=eb6df49795f04561 A MAN was killed and two other people were injured when a car rolled over in southern Queensland overnight. Police say the crash occurred on Kogan Condamine Road, about 15 kilometres outside of Cond... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16961763&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:15:42 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16961763&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Mount Isa has a shortage of women Mayor says: 'Ship in the ugly ones, we'll take 'em' They'll be transformed into swans, he predicts A SEVERE female drought has gripped Mount Isa, but Mayor John Molon... http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16959747&cat=eb6df49795f04561 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:41:06 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.brisbanenews.net/?rid=16959747&cat=eb6df49795f04561