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CRIME HOTLINE: Senior Sergeant Simon Walter, Jarrah Kennedy, Mayor Jennifer Whitney, Constable Darren House, PCYC Acting Sergeant Simon Docking, youth services officer Anna Smith and PCYC representative Grainne Newel at the Whitsunday Youth Watch hotline launch.

Hotline helping to tackle youth crime

POLICE have teamed up with the Whitsunday Regional Council to launch the Whitsunday Youth Watch hotline service, a confidential phone service for young people to report crime in the Whitsundays.

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Biggest Morning Tea coming to town

PEOPLE wanting to enjoy a social outing and help raise funds for cancer can do so at the Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea next Thursday, May 23.

Helping to save the planet

DISPOSING of unwanted cartridges has never been easier with local businesses including Australia Post collecting for the recycling program Cartridges 4 Planet Ark.

Plans unveiled for new adventure playground

MEMBERS of the community can now check out the progress of the proposed Logan’s Adventure Playground in Cannonvale.

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The loss of the May Labor Day public holiday did nothing to deter festival-goers from attending the Whitsunday region’s 17th annual Wintermoon Festival.

Wintermoon 2013

The loss of the May Labor Day public holiday did...

MORE than 220 people packed into the Reef Gateway Hotel on Saturday night and raised a total of $54,882 in a fundraiser for Ben Wardoper.

A Night for Ben

MORE than 220 people packed into the Reef Gateway...

Boats, trees and properties were damaged and destroyed as wild weather struck the Whitsundays on Thursday, January 24 .

Carnage in the Whitsundays

Boats, trees and properties were damaged and...

A trimaran crashed into the rockwall near the Whitsunday Sailing Club.

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Queensland

Ombudsman awards backpay to underpaid workers

WORKERS across south-east Queensland will share in more than $220,000 in backpay, after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation.

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11:30 AM May 22nd
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A BUNDABERG man accused of touching his teenage stepdaughter’s breasts has had his fate decided by a jury.

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10:37 AM May 22nd

Jury find step-dad accused of touching girl not guilty

FOUR years ago Alex Muir was a 17-year-old street kid who considered himself the “enforcer” for a group of three teenage criminals.

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10:14 AM May 22nd

‘Enforcer’ a changed man, but jailed for violent assaults

<strong>UPDATE: </strong> Prep student Patrick O'Sullivan remains in a stable condition in the Mater Children's Hospital this morning.

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Paddy remains stable as family looks for improvement

National News

#bloodycyclists: Driver bragged about hit and run on Twitter

A TRAINEE accountant who bragged on Twitter about knocking a 'bloody cyclist' over and not stopping has put her career at risk after online backlash.

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11:20 AM May 22nd
Paul Gallagher

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SOUTHERN Cross University has weighed on the issue of betting in sport with new research showing young people are at risk.

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10:58 AM May 22nd

Sports betting has doubled with young people at risk

A MAN who swore at police as they conducted an RBT came before Gladstone Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.

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10:17 AM May 22nd

Public nuisance yells at RBT police to 'do some work'

DINNER table discussions will continue to be robust when members of the Rudd household get together.

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Two out of three Rudds back gay nuptials, but sister says no

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Xbox One gaming console unveiled

Xbox One gaming console unveiled

Official Microsoft Xbox One video.

F-111 finds new home at Queensland Air Museum

F-111 finds new home at Queensland Air Museum

The RAAF has gifted a F-111 to the Queensland Air...

Illegal firearms campaign from Crime Stoppers

Illegal firearms campaign from Crime Stoppers

A campaign targeting illegal firearms has...

Patrick in coma

Patrick in coma

Patrick O'Sullivan, the grandson of LNP...

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The video is thought to have been filmed around 2000.

Russian soldier has 'bullet removed from head with pliers'

INCREDIBLE footage has captured the moment a grinning Russian soldier had an AK-47 machine gun bullet removed from his head with a pair of pliers.

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John Hall

PROFESSOR Maurice French might just have figured out where the famous lamington was named, but he's keeping his dessert close to his chest.

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Has the great lamington riddle finally been solved?

THE excuse that he was stung by a bee didn’t fly for a 67-year-old Gladstone man caught doing a burnout in a Gladstone car park.

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Revhead doing burnouts blames bee sting for actions

HOW did 1,000-year-old copper coins from a former African sultanate end up on a remote Australian beach?

Offbeat

X marks the spot: The find that could rewrite Aussie history

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Regional News

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Swim Centres leased to provide more flexibility to swimmers

MACKAY Regional Council has moved to lease the Memorial and Pioneer Swim Centres – a decision they said would save more than $400,000 per year.

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11:46 AM May 22nd
Vanessa Chircop

LIVING on your own island is something people usually only dream about.

Property
11:23 AM May 22nd

I'm dreaming of... living on St Bees Island

TWO Mackay mums have challenged themselves to do a 100km hike through rugged bush to raise money for charity.

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11:00 AM May 22nd

Two mums will hike 100km through bushland for Oxfam

A NEW service in Mackay will focus on including the whole community while ensuring every person is included.

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10:30 AM May 22nd

People with disabilities are included with new service

Frank Brown says Premier Campbell Newman is about to waste $3 million on an inquiry into the Queensland racing industry.

Government inquiry into Queensland racing is a money waster

PREMIER Campbell Newman is about to waste $3 million on an inquiry into the Queensland racing industry - Frank Brown says

Letters to the Editor
11:54 AM May 22nd

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I AM writing to applaud the people of Rockhampton for their exceptional support of the region’s Relay For Life at the weekend - Cancer Council CEO

Letters to the Editor
11:53 AM May 22nd

Community thanked by Cancer Council chief executive officer

POLICE say they are pro-active when it comes to “keeping the peace” in the CBD and along the riverfront with problem drinkers.

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11:43 AM May 22nd

Police are being proactive in keeping CBD and river peace

ROCKHAMPTON Tennis Association star Damien Marsland has been named in the Australian Merit tennis team following performance at the Pizzey Cup event.

Tennis and Racquet Sports
11:31 AM May 22nd

Pizzey Cup help Marsland land spot on Australian tennis team

Inside GLNG's Tank B in April 2013. The roof air-lift is scheduled for the third quarter of 2013.

Santos updates investors on progress of GLNG project

THE GLNG project is more than 50% complete and remains on track for first LNG in 2015, Santos said in an investor presentation today.

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10:27 AM May 22nd

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WORKERS and management at Blackwater’s Cook Colliery have until June 1 to improve mine efficiencies, or face massive job losses.

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10:22 AM May 22nd

Cook Colliery mine faces June 1 deadline and loss of jobs

<strong>OPINION:</strong> Our community needs the 457 visa scheme to survive – most importantly when it comes to keeping us all in good health.

Opinion

Lose 457 visas and wave vital workers goodbye in Gladstone

DON’T be fooled by the labels. Synthetic cannabis-like drugs are likely to land you in as much trouble as using marijuana.

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‘Synthetic’ drugs legality still confuses some users

SOMBRE SCENE: Emerald worker Mark Anthony Brown, 41, (inset) was killed when his utility crashed into a tree 10km west of Anakie, on the Capricorn Hwy.

Mark Anthony Brown killed in mystery crash west of Anakie

IF THERE was one thing people remember about Mark Anthony Brown it was how he embraced life with laughter every day, despite its challenges.

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10:42 AM May 22nd
Di Stanley

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THE $23 million sale of part of the Australian Agricultural Company’s Goonoo aggregation indicates the strength of the Central Highlands’ rural property market.

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10:36 AM May 22nd

$23m sale of Central Highlands properties boosts land values

A MITIGATION permit has been lodged with the State Government to put a growing flying fox colony in Emerald Botanic Gardens on the wing and out of town.

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10:18 AM May 22nd

Emerald lodges for a mitigation permit to move bat colony on

THE makeshift kitchen at the Capricornia School of Distance Education was a hive of activity during the school’s annual My Kitchen Rules challenge.

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10:14 AM May 22nd

Capricornia distance education kids have muffin bake off

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