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QUT a 'rising star' as it ranks among top young universities

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:31:13 +1000

QUEENSLAND University of Technology is Australia’s the top young university, more than 60 places ahead of Brisbane rival, Griffith University.

Mal Meninga sorry but labels incident 'a storm in a teacup'

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:51:32 +1000

QUEENSLAND coach Mal Meninga says it is 'ludicrious' his eviction from a Brisbane bar has become national news.

Don't touch that salad roll - it could kill you

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:41:49 +1000

TAKING a bite out of a salad roll while driving could kill you.

Think it's cold here? Check out what Kiwis are enduring

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:01:28 +1000

IF you think it's been cold in Queensland this week week, spare a thought for our New Zealand neighbours.

Serena Williams apologises over teen gang rape comment

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:43:08 +1000

SERENA Williams was forced to issue an apology for saying that the 16 year-old victim of a gang-rape had been "shouldn't have put herself in that position".

Relief as man reveals details of rape, murder of nurses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:13 +1000

A MAN believes his life will be able to restart after revealing to an inquest how he heard two nurses were raped, beaten and bound at Murphys Creek in 1974.

Burglar's shock as he bumps into dead body in dark

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +1000

A BURGLAR made a shocking discovery when he stumbled upon a dead body hanging in the dark as he snooped around a house.

Man dies sleeping outside in "freezing" conditions

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +1000

A NEW Zealand man was found dead on the patio of a Clermont home, after he slept outside in what one resident described as “freezing” conditions.

Developing countries host more than 80% of world’s refugees

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +1000

MORE than 23,000 people were forced to flee conflicts around the world every day last year.

GVK dismisses critical coal project report

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +1000

CLAIMS in Greenpeace-commissioned report, that a multi-billion-dollar Central Queensland mine project was unviable, have been dismissed by Indian developer GVK.

Barnaby Joyce rallies councils for 'yes' campaign

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1000

QUEENSLAND Senator Barnaby Joyce has warned the referendum to formally recognise local government in the Constitution is at risk of failing.

Prof pushing for Federal Govt to raise legal drinking age

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +1000

THE academic who called for the legal drinking age to be raised to 21, has expressed concerns about the increasing availability of alcohol in regional areas.

Parliament returns to secrecy with exclusion of FOI requests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:00 +1000

THE Parliament of Australia is again excluded from FOI requests, after a bill to restore the exclusion passed the Senate quietly on Tuesday night.

Grants delivered for 'shovel-ready' council projects

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:42:47 +1000

LOCAL councils across the country will share in $150 million for community infrastructure projects, including more than $100 million for regional areas.

Byron teen's 1 Day in Paradise film wins $75,000

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:50:56 +1000

WHEN Pascal Dattler discovered the film he starred in had just won a $75,000 competition, he celebrated by buying a new surfboard.

Aus water resources now deemed key environmental assets

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +1000

UPDATE: Water resources that could be affected by CSG and coal mining projects will now form part of environmental impact assessments.

"I know my sharks mate: that's a great white'

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:32:47 +1000

A MASSIVE great white shark that menaced fishermen in two small boats on the weekend has done it before, a veteran off-shore fisherman says.

Jill Meagher's killer to stay in jail until at least 76

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:26:45 +1000

ADRIAN Bayley will be kept in jail until he is at least 76 after he was sentenced to life for the murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.

'No evidence to support government's 457 visa rorting claims'

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:08:09 +1000

THE Australian Industry Group has described the government’s crackdown on temporary overseas work visas as a “redneck campaign run by some people in the union”.

Surprise witness expected at last day of murder inquest

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:35:12 +1000

THE brother of slain nurse Lorraine Wilson has travelled from NSW to attend the last day of the inquest into the 1974 murders of his sister and another nurse.