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Clive Palmer has struck a multi-billion-dollar deal to export coal to China.

$69bn coal sale is big boost to CQ

ROCKHAMPTON people have been urged to roll up their sleeves and get ready for hard work as the region reaps the rewards of Australia's biggest coal export deal.

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Bug outbreak threatens cotton

A MAJOR outbreak of exotic bugs is threatening the Central Highlands' cotton industry.
Suck it up or drink alone

AN Emerald man has been served the ultimate last drinks order – a lifetime ban from his favourite watering hole.
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Fairbairn Dam on the rise

SUNWATER is expecting up to 100,000 megalitres of floodwaters to spill into the Fairbairn Dam in the next 24 hours.

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News

Cameron and Kiera Grieve tell a press conference about the tragic events which led to their mother Pauline's drowning on Sunday. Also pictured here is Pauline's sister Lara Thompson.

Son recalls watching mum drown

CAMERON Grieve’s last sight of his mother Pauline before she slipped from reach at Bouldercombe Gorge on Sunday is still haunting him.

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Entertainment

Sheen's wife 'wants case dismissed'

CHARLIE Sheen and his wife have been reunited after a judge modified a restraining order, allowing them to work out their differences after a violent dispute.

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Lifestyle

Qld childcare site to name and shame

A NEW website to name and shame Queensland childcare centres in breach of standards has gone live.

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Sport

BRING IT: Blackwater's PJ Marsh will line up against another homegrown hero, Dave Taylor, at next weekend's All Stars rugby league game.

B'water stars go head-to-head

IF ever any proof was needed that the Central Highlands really is rugby league’s heartland, next weekend’s All Stars game will provide it.
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