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Wine exports slump Photo

Posted August 8, 2008 17:13:00 | Updated August 8, 2008 17:24:00

Australian wine exports have slumped by 13 per cent in the past financial year.

Tags: food-and-beverage, canberra-2600, newcastle-2300, orange-2800, wagga-wagga-2650, wollongong-2500, bundaberg-4670, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, sa, mount-gambier-5290, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341, launceston-7250, mildura-3500, sale-3850, wodonga-3690, albany-6330, bunbury-6230

Council to probe hostel complaints

Posted August 8, 2008 10:14:00 | Updated August 8, 2008 10:13:00

Complaints about the conditions at two Bundaberg hostels have been sent to the Bundaberg Regional Council for investigation.

Tags: local-government, occupational-health-and-safety, bundaberg-4670

Animal rights ad sparks pork industry anger

Posted August 8, 2008 10:06:00

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.

Tags: advertising-and-marketing, animal-welfare, pig-production, bundaberg-4670, gayndah-4625

Report shows no drop in hospital waiting lists

Posted August 8, 2008 10:03:00

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.

Tags: healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, health-policy, bundaberg-4670, hervey-bay-4655, maryborough-4650

LNP begins looking for election candidates

Posted August 8, 2008 08:04:00

The search for candidates is about to begin as Labor and the Liberal-National Party (LNP) plan for next year's Queensland election.

Tags: government-and-politics, elections, political-parties, labor-party, liberal-party, nationals, 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

Family thanks searchers for finding missing bushwalker Photo

Posted August 8, 2008 07:25:00

The family of missing bushwalker Robert Young has thanked searchers for finding his body.

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, australia, qld, bli-bli-4560, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215

Woman charged over servo bashing

Posted August 8, 2008 07:15:00

A woman has been charged after bashing two men at a service station in Gympie in southern Queensland.

Tags: assault, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, maroochydore-4558

Police confirm man's body is missing bushwalker Photo

Posted August 7, 2008 16:48:00 | Updated August 8, 2008 06:38:00

Queensland police say a body found in the Gold Coast hinterland is missing bushwalker Robert Young.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, australia, qld, bli-bli-4560, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215

Court jails man for drugging, raping woman

Posted August 7, 2008 13:22:00

A Bundaberg man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for drugging, raping and attempting to kill his former partner.

Tags: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, assault, bundaberg-4670

Body found in bushland in Gold Coast hinterland Photo

Posted August 7, 2008 11:01:00 | Updated August 7, 2008 11:57:00

A rescue helicopter crew have retrieved a body believed to that of missing bushwalker Robert Young.

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, australia, qld, bli-bli-4560, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215

Council seeks merger grant guidelines

Posted August 7, 2008 09:19:00

The Bundaberg Regional Council says it has not had enough guidance about applying for extra grants to cover the cost of amalgamation.

Tags: local-government, states-and-territories, bundaberg-4670

Council backs tighter koala protection laws

Posted August 7, 2008 09:00:00

The Fraser Coast Regional Council's environment spokeswoman says she is pleased the Queensland Government is making moves to protect koala populations.

Tags: endangered-and-protected-species, states-and-territories, animals, booral-4655, bundaberg-4670, hervey-bay-4655

Timber industry ponders carbon trading impact

Posted August 7, 2008 07:08:00

Queensland's timber industry says the Federal Government's proposed carbon emissions trading scheme could change the face of their business.

Tags: climate-change, forestry, timber, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Authorities continue search for missing bushwalker Photo

Posted August 7, 2008 07:01:00 | Updated August 7, 2008 07:46:00

Authorities are still searching for a missing bushwalker in the Gold Coast hinterland in south-east Qld.

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, australia, qld, bli-bli-4560, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215

Govt urged to end Traveston dam confusion

Posted August 7, 2008 07:00:00 | Updated August 7, 2008 07:55:00

Queensland Opposition sustainability spokesman David Gibson says the State Government needs to come clean on its plans for the Traveston Crossing dam near Gympie.

Tags: dams-and-reservoirs, states-and-territories, rivers, water, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, maroochydore-4558

Govt says Mary River flows report wrong

Posted August 6, 2008 13:50:00

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.

Tags: dams-and-reservoirs, local-government, states-and-territories, rivers, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, maroochydore-4558

Green group pushes for biodiversity corridor protection

Posted August 6, 2008 10:16:00

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.

Tags: mining, conservation, environmental-management, states-and-territories, bundaberg-4670, maryborough-4650

Water allocations boost for irrigators

Posted August 6, 2008 10:08:00

A Bundaberg zucchini, capsicum and rockmelon farmer says an increase in the water allocation for irrigators will allow producers to plan ahead.

Tags: fruit, vegetables, irrigation, water, bundaberg-4670

Chamber backs Bundaberg Airport revamp

Posted August 6, 2008 10:03:00

The Bundaberg Chamber of Commerce says the region's business community will benefit from an upgrade of the Bundaberg Airport.

Tags: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, air-transport, bundaberg-4670

Govt knows dam to cut Mary River flow: Mayor

Posted August 6, 2008 08:09:00 | Updated August 6, 2008 08:13:00

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.

Tags: dams-and-reservoirs, local-government, states-and-territories, rivers, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, maroochydore-4558

ADF may join search for missing bushwalker Video Photo

Posted August 6, 2008 07:40:00 | Updated August 6, 2008 11:15:00

Defence personnel may be brought into the search for missing bushwalker Robert Young.

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, australia, qld, bli-bli-4560, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215

Three injured in Kingaroy road accident

Posted August 5, 2008 19:36:00

Two adults and a baby were taken to hospital after two cars collided on the D'Aguilar Highway at Kingaroy this afternoon.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, qld, kingaroy-4610

Qld Govt pledges increased koala protection

Posted August 5, 2008 17:44:00

The Queensland Government is considering tougher controls on housing developments and dog ownership to protect the koala population in the state's south-east.

Tags: states-and-territories, human-interest, animals, animal-welfare, brisbane-4000, burleigh-heads-4220, burnett-heads-4670, noosa-heads-4567