Latest ABC News for Toowoomba, Darling Downs and south-west Queensland http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:08:03 +1000 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:08:03 +1000 The union representing Qld paramedics backs claims patients have died because they could not get a hospital bed. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349023.htm 2349023 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:26:00 +1000 health doctors-and-medical-professionals healthcare-facilities health-policy australia qld brisbane-4000 bundaberg-4670 cairns-4870 longreach-4730 mackay-4740 maroochydore-4558 mount-isa-4825 rockhampton-4700 southport-4215 toowoomba-4350 townsville-4810 The Education Department is considering closing two Lockyer Valley schools with a combined enrolment of 18 students. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2348962.htm 2348962 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:39:00 +1000 schools states-and-territories ropeley-4343 toowoomba-4350 More than 450 scientists have written an open letter to the Queensland and New South Wales premiers, calling for more protection for the stock route network. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2348676.htm 2348676 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:00 +1000 environmental-management rural activism-and-lobbying broken-hill-2880 coffs-harbour-2450 dubbo-2830 lismore-2480 orange-2800 tamworth-2340 wagga-wagga-2650 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 toowoomba-4350 Police and State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers are searching the Main Range National Park in southern Queensland for a 43-year-old Brisbane man who was reported missing on Tuesday. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2348564.htm 2348564 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:13:00 +1000 police missing-person aratula-4309 brisbane-4000 toowoomba-4350 The Senate has passed a motion to set up an urgent inquiry aimed at replenishing the Murray River system's lower reaches. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348231.htm 2348231 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +1000 climate-change environmental-management federal-government cotton irrigation rivers water qld dirranbandi-4486 The Federal Government has revealed that Queensland's 73 councils will share in $370 million worth of new funding for roads and services across the state. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348120.htm 2348120 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:00 +1000 government-and-politics federal-government local-government states-and-territories qld southport-4215 toowoomba-4350 The rural lobby group AgForce has a new president. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348057.htm 2348057 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:23:00 +1000 rural activism-and-lobbying emerald-4720 goomeri-4601 rockhampton-4700 toowoomba-4350 Road crews worked into the early hours of the morning trying to clear a truck loaded with hot bitumen from the Warrego Highway in Queensland's southern inland. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347950.htm 2347950 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:00 +1000 road-accidents emergency-incidents muckadilla-4461 roma-4455 toowoomba-4350 Toowoomba police have charged a 28-year-old man with the attempted murder and rape of a 61-year-old woman in the Darling Downs city earlier this year. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347663.htm 2347663 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:34:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice crime courts-and-trials sexual-offences murder-and-manslaughter qld toowoomba-4350 Police officers have given evidence at an inquest into the death of a woman during a police pursuit near Goondiwindi in 2005. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347526.htm 2347526 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:21:00 +1000 death road-accidents police bundaberg-4670 goondiwindi-4390 maryborough-4650 toowoomba-4350 A pedestrian has been hurt in an unusual accident in Toowoomba. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2347212.htm 2347212 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:35:00 +1000 road-accidents qld toowoomba-4350 The Finance Sector Union says staff at a National Australia Bank branch set to close in the South Burnett will leave at the end of the week. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346764.htm 2346764 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:51:00 +1000 company-news banking unemployment bundaberg-4670 nanango-4615 toowoomba-4350 The independent Member for Nanango says it will only be a matter of time before lives are lost on the D'Aguilar Highway west of Brisbane. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346556.htm 2346556 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:44:00 +1000 road-accidents states-and-territories beef-cattle blackbutt-4306 bundaberg-4670 toowoomba-4350 Australia's largest goat meat exporter in south-west Queensland says its future is uncertain because it cannot get overseas or local workers. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346263.htm 2346263 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:36:00 +1000 food-and-beverage immigration work charleville-4470 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 toowoomba-4350 Rural lobby group AgForce says primary producers in Queensland will be able to apply for leases for up to 50 years under a new agreement with the State Government. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346248.htm 2346248 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:29:00 +1000 states-and-territories rural bundaberg-4670 cairns-4870 longreach-4730 mackay-4740 maroochydore-4558 mount-isa-4825 rockhampton-4700 southport-4215 toowoomba-4350 townsville-4810 A prominent Darling Downs surgeon in southern Queensland will face a disciplinary hearing next week on charges of unsatisfactory professional misconduct. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345669.htm 2345669 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:45:00 +1000 doctors-and-medical-professionals toowoomba-4350 The Queensland Government says it will continue to guarantee access to communities and graziers using water from the Great Artesian Basin. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345483.htm 2345483 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:43:00 +1000 states-and-territories water charleville-4470 georgetown-4871 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 richmond-4740 Police destroyed 17 cattle at the scene of a truck accident yesterday afternoon on the D'Aguilar highway, west of Brisbane. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345220.htm 2345220 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:02:00 +1000 road-accidents beef-cattle kilcoy-4515 toowoomba-4350 The Heart Foundation has praised the Queensland Government's plan to offer $1 million to communities that come up with the best ideas to tackle obesity. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345166.htm 2345166 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:14:00 +1000 government-and-politics states-and-territories health obesity australia qld brisbane-4000 bundaberg-4670 cairns-4870 longreach-4730 mackay-4740 maroochydore-4558 mount-isa-4825 rockhampton-4700 southport-4215 toowoomba-4350 townsville-4810 There has been strong overseas interest in the sale of two of Qld's best known grazing properties. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345115.htm 2345115 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:35:00 +1000 agribusiness cunnamulla-4490 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 quilpie-4480 A trial date has been set for the accused child sex offender Dennis Ferguson. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/22/2343439.htm 2343439 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:45:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice courts-and-trials australia qld brisbane-4000 toowoomba-4350 The Paroo Shire Council says it will not carry out land valuations this year, out of fear that any rates rise could hurt producers trying to recover from drought. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/22/2343383.htm 2343383 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:10:00 +1000 drought local-government cunnamulla-4490 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 The Queensland Public Sector Union (QPSU) says Main Roads Department staff across the state have launched their most significant industrial action in 20 years. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/22/2343357.htm 2343357 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:01:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance industrial-relations government-and-politics activism-and-lobbying australia qld brisbane-4000 bundaberg-4670 cairns-4870 longreach-4730 mackay-4740 maroochydore-4558 mount-isa-4825 rockhampton-4700 southport-4215 toowoomba-4350 townsville-4810 Queensland's deputy ombudsman says the office investigates about 19,000 complaints against councils each year. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/22/2343246.htm 2343246 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:30:00 +1000 local-government charleville-4470 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 quilpie-4480 toowoomba-4350