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Crooks adopting technology
The chief executive officer of the Australian Crime Commission says organised crime has embraced technology.[MORE]
Show chief warns against move
The president of the Gold Coast Show Society says it would be costly to move the annual event to anther site.[MORE]
DNA retesting confirms murderer's guilt
The retesting of DNA evidence used to convict a man of a Queensland murder 20 years ago has confirmed his guilt. [MORE]
Australia backs Corby's bid
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he would support moves to slash convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby's jail term. [MORE]
Councils urged to give more voice to youth
Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) president Paul Bell says young people need to be considered and consulted more in council decisions.[MORE]
Opposition demands budget estimates process review
The Queensland Opposition says the budget estimates committee system needs an overhaul as it does not have enough time to ask State Government ministers questions about their portfolios.[MORE]
'Balmy' winter weather to continue
The weather bureau says southern Queensland will continue to experience unusually warm winter weather over the next few days.[MORE]
Coalition pledges cheaper internet alternative
The Federal Opposition says people in regional areas do not need the high speeds of internet that would be offered by Labor's National Broadband Network (NBN).[MORE]
Government should admit QR sale plan 'a mistake'
The Opposition has seized on briefing notes to a federal minister suggesting serious concern about the planned sale of QR's coal business.[MORE]
Man charged over alleged car-jacking
A man appeared in court yesterday charged over an alleged car-jacking on Queensland's Gold Coast.[MORE]
Greens' chemical pledge angers farmers
Canegrowers says an election promise by the Greens that would ban the use of some pesticides will have an adverse impact on farmers.[MORE]
Sporting future under the microscope
The future directions of sport will be explored during a conference on the Gold Coast this week.[MORE]
Immigration promises spark student tourism fears
A national tourism executive says restricting student visas would harm the industry and the Australian economy.[MORE]
Alleged car-jacker to face court
Police have charged a man with stealing a car at gunpoint on the Gold Coast.[MORE]
Human pigment could help fight deadly diseases
A scientist on Queensland's Gold Coast says a pigment in the human body could be harnessed in the battle against cardiovascular disease and cancer.[MORE]
Labor to blame for Qld's bottom-ranked economy
The Qld Opposition says Labor mismanagement is to blame for the state having Australia's worst performing economy, along with NSW.[MORE]
Qld Health defends errors in nurse practice manual
Queensland Health says patients are not at risk because of errors in a clinical manual sent to staff in rural areas.[MORE]
Hendra virus quarantine procedures revised
Biosecurity Queensland says it has made changes to its hendra virus quarantine procedures as a result of an outbreak of the disease on the Sunshine Coast in May. [MORE]
Qld Racing to decide on turf club funding
The state's Racing Minister Peter Lawlor says it is up to Queensland Racing to determine the Gold Coast Turf Club's share of an $80 million capital development scheme.[MORE]
'Severe shortage' of aged care facilities in regional Qld
Aged Care Queensland (ACQ) says services in the state's regions are worsening due to limited resources and is appealing to both sides of government to reform the sector. [MORE]
Farm accidents cost $1b per year: research
A national farm safety researcher says farm accidents and deaths are costing the agricultural sector more than $1 billion per year.[MORE]
Tourism should be higher priority says lobby group
A national tourism lobby group has urged both the Government and the Opposition to give industry concerns a higher priority during the federal election campaign.[MORE]
Election campaigns put aside for soldier's funeral
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Opposition leader Tony Abbott have set aside politics today to pay their respects to Private Nathan Bewes, the latest Australian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Man fined over selling forged football jersey
A magistrate has fined a Brisbane man for selling a Gold Coast Titans jersey that was covered in fake autographs.[MORE]
Liberals regional push to get stronger
The Liberal candidate for the north-coast New South Wales seat of Richmond says her party's push into rural and region areas will only get stronger in the future.[MORE]
