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  • Mining magnate Clive Palmer in Yeppoon to address a business lunch. Photo Chris Ison / The Morning Bulletin. Photo Chris Ison / The Morning Bulletin.

    Clive bumbles on Bimblebox

    News May 16, 2012, 12:56 p.m.

    LARGER-THAN-LIFE mining billionaire Clive Palmer has come under fire over comments about an 8000ha nature refuge near Alpha that stands in the way of his $8 billion China First mega mine. The always-vocal Mr Palmer claimed...

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  • The first cars of the last shift at Norwich Park leave the mine site.

    Norwich Park closure hits Dysart

    News May 16, 2012, 12:51 p.m.

    IT was dubbed Hollywood Park for its revolving management door and majority of position titles preceded by the word, acting. But the reality that Norwich Park has ceased production indefinitely and Dysart families now face...

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  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister John McVeigh at Fork Lagoon, outside Emerald, last week.

    Agriculture on government's agenda

    News May 16, 2012, 12:43 p.m.

    AGRICULTURE, Fisheries and Forestry Minister John McVeigh has met with Central Queensland producers to outline his vision to revive agriculture under the LNP government. At Hewitt Cattle Company's Fork Lagoon property...

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  • The new Central Highlands Regional Council has gathered for the first time.

    Councillors prepare for task ahead

    News May 16, 2012, 12:41 p.m.

    EXPERIENCED local government performer Gail Nixon beat off the challenge from grazier Kevin Pickersgill in a deputy mayoral thriller - five votes to four - to seal the line-up of the 2012 Central Highlands Regional...

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There were no nerves for Chloe Kelly at the Emerald Christian College on day one of the national NAPLAN tests.

Students sit NAPLAN tests

News May 16, 2012 12:39 pm

A BREAKFAST of champions was on the menu for Year 7 students Chloe Kelly and Phillip Kirk on day one of NAPLAN testing yesterday.

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'Scab' slur hurled at mine worker

News May 16, 2012 12:37 pm

THE brutality of union picket lines on a mine site came into sharp focus yesterday as a worker fought being sacked amid allegations he abused a man he felt was...

 
Margaret and Stella enjoy their time together.

Craft creates special friendships

News May 16, 2012 12:35 pm

GLUE, stickers, colourful paper and all things crafty is what the residents at Avalon Nursing Home look forward to every Tuesday morning.

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Missing man Edward Hawkins.

Man missing from Alpha work camp

News May 16, 2012 12:32 pm

POLICE hold grave fears for the wellbeing of a 30-year-old man who vanished from an Alpha-based work camp on Saturday night.

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RACQ CQ Rescue paramedics treat two male patients injured in a crash north of Clermont on Saturday.

Men rescued by passer-by

News May 16, 2012 12:31 pm

TWO men badly injured in a car rollover spent a chilly night on the side of the Gregory Developmental Rd before being found by a passing vehicle on Sunday.

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XO experts Britney Schofield and Kieran Taituha test out the school’s new XO laptops.

XO experts lead the way at Denison

News May 16, 2012 12:29 pm

FOR a student to give up lunch time is a big deal. But 11 students from Denison State School happily gave up about 20 lunch breaks in order to become mechanics...

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Training makes for better mining

News May 16, 2012 12:27 pm

A DELEGATION from a Mongolian mine training centre will tour Xstrata's Rolleston mine as part of a fact-finding mission on how Queensland trains its mining...

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Business

30,000 jobs in next five years: report

30,000 jobs in next five years: report

MORE than 30,000 workers will be needed to feed Queensland’s resource industry in the next five years according to a report by Kinetic Group.

Entertainment

Kevin keen to improve stadium grub

Kevin keen to improve stadium grub

KEVIN Perry was the first cook selected from the Top 50, but he was the first to leave the Top 24 after losing tonight’s pasta-themed elimination challenge.

 

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