Bundaberg and Wide Bay
Wine exports slump
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Australian wine exports have slumped by 13 per cent in the past financial year.
Council to probe hostel complaints
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Complaints about the conditions at two Bundaberg hostels have been sent to the Bundaberg Regional Council for investigation.
Animal rights ad sparks pork industry anger
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A Pork Queensland board member says he was shocked to discover animal rights activists have used a child in an advertising campaign calling on people to eat only free range pork.
Report shows no drop in hospital waiting lists
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A quarterly report on the Wide Bay's hospitals shows elective surgery waiting lists are just as long as they were this time last year.
Southern Qld shivers as temps plunge to single figures
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It has been a chilly night in southern Queensland.
LNP begins looking for election candidates
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The search for candidates is about to begin as Labor and the Liberal-National Party (LNP) plan for next year's Queensland election.
Family thanks searchers for finding missing bushwalker
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The family of missing bushwalker Robert Young has thanked searchers for finding his body.
Woman charged over servo bashing
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A woman has been charged after bashing two men at a service station in Gympie in southern Queensland.
Police confirm man's body is missing bushwalker
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Queensland police say a body found in the Gold Coast hinterland is missing bushwalker Robert Young.
Court jails man for drugging, raping woman
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A Bundaberg man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for drugging, raping and attempting to kill his former partner.
Body found in bushland in Gold Coast hinterland
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A rescue helicopter crew have retrieved a body believed to that of missing bushwalker Robert Young.
Council seeks merger grant guidelines
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The Bundaberg Regional Council says it has not had enough guidance about applying for extra grants to cover the cost of amalgamation.
Council backs tighter koala protection laws
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The Fraser Coast Regional Council's environment spokeswoman says she is pleased the Queensland Government is making moves to protect koala populations.
Timber industry ponders carbon trading impact
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Queensland's timber industry says the Federal Government's proposed carbon emissions trading scheme could change the face of their business.
Authorities continue search for missing bushwalker
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Authorities are still searching for a missing bushwalker in the Gold Coast hinterland in south-east Qld.
Govt urged to end Traveston dam confusion
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Queensland Opposition sustainability spokesman David Gibson says the State Government needs to come clean on its plans for the Traveston Crossing dam near Gympie.
Govt says Mary River flows report wrong
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Queensland Sustainability Minister Andrew McNamara has been forced to make an embarrassing correction about a Government document suggesting flows into the Mary River could be drastically reduced if the Traveston Crossing dam goes ahead.
Qld not getting enough homeless funding: welfare groups
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Welfare groups say Queensland is not receiving an adequate share of funding for programs that assist homeless people.
Green group pushes for biodiversity corridor protection
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The Wide Bay Burnett Conservation Council says it will lobby even harder to convince the Queensland Government to change legislation to protect areas classified as biodiversity corridors.
Water allocations boost for irrigators
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A Bundaberg zucchini, capsicum and rockmelon farmer says an increase in the water allocation for irrigators will allow producers to plan ahead.
Chamber backs Bundaberg Airport revamp
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The Bundaberg Chamber of Commerce says the region's business community will benefit from an upgrade of the Bundaberg Airport.
Govt knows dam to cut Mary River flow: Mayor
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The Mayor of the Gympie Regional Council says he has proof the Queensland Government knows there will be little or no flow in the Mary River if a dam is built at Traveston Crossing.
ADF may join search for missing bushwalker
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Defence personnel may be brought into the search for missing bushwalker Robert Young.
Three injured in Kingaroy road accident
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Two adults and a baby were taken to hospital after two cars collided on the D'Aguilar Highway at Kingaroy this afternoon.
Qld Govt pledges increased koala protection
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The Queensland Government is considering tougher controls on housing developments and dog ownership to protect the koala population in the state's south-east.
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