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Thursday Feb 9 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Authorities hope to allow St George residents home

Photo: The road from Dirranbandi to St George, in southern inland Queensland, remains closed due to flooding on February 9, 2012.

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Thursday Feb 9 | NEWS.com.au

Lucky escape for man after roof fall

A MAN has been lucky to escape serious injury after he fell from the roof of a Toowoomba restaurant and bar.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Queensland flood clean-up gathers pace

Photo: Thargomindah SES members Dan Gray and Andy Petty get ready to ferry Thargomindah localA Jack Teelow across the Bulloo River on February 8, 2012.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

NEWS.com.au

Man set alight sustains serious burns

Police say the 44-year-old man sustained serious burns when he was set alight at a home in Taylor St, Toowoomba at 8am yesterday.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

NEWS.com.au

'Save My Boy': Mum's plea for help before water sucked her under

BRAVE Roma mum Jane Sheahan made the ultimate sacrifice. As swirling floodwaters threatened to pull her and her seven-year-old son Darcy under, the mother of two and Blue Care nurse managed to hand him to safety before being sucked under the raging torrent that has engulfed much of central Queensland in recent days.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

PR-inside.com

New Market Report: Heritage Building Society Limited - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

The company is engaged in providing banking services for personal and business use.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Age

Pope 'wrong' in sacking Queensland bishop

THE Pope acted against natural justice and the Catholic Church's own canon law when he sacked Bill Morris as Bishop of Toowoomba last May, two expert independent reports have found.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

NEWS.com.au

Palmer action 'nothing to do with LNP'

Campbell Newman distances LNP from Clive Palmer's move to sue QR National for $8bn over Galilee Basin rail link CAMPBELL Newman insists Liberal-National backer Clive Palmer's decision to sue QR National has "nothing to do" with the LNP.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Geoffrey Rush named Australian of the Year

Academy Award-winning actor and producer Geoffrey Rush has been named the Australian of the Year for 2012 for his contribution to the arts.

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Mon Jan 23, 2012

NEWS.com.au

Queensland braces for worst weather since floods

FLASH flooding will soak the southeast, monsoonal rain will buffet north Queensland and the state's west is bracing for more severe storms as wild weather covers the state.

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Sun Jan 22, 2012

Pacific Views

The Big Thirst - a Recommendation

An insightful body of analysis holds that sudden catastrophes, like earthquakes, fires and great storms, bring people together.

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NEWS.com.au

'There's a hole in her heart'

A TOOWOOMBA mother was forced to make the devastating decision to turn off her husband's life support yesterday, a day after one of her 18-year-old twin daughters died instantly in a horror crash.

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NEWS.com.au

Bobcat vs house in domestic

A MAN is in hospital after driving his bobcat through a house near Toowoomba in what police have described as a violent domestic dispute.

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The Left Coaster

The Big Thirst - a Review

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Fri Jan 20, 2012

Larvatus Prodeo

Climate clippings 63

From Reuters we hear about the Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change which sums up advancing scientific knowledge about the consequences and costs of global warming for China: Global warming fed by greenhouse gases from industry, transport and shifting land-use poses a long-term threat to China's prosperity, health and food output, ... (more)

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Tue Jan 17, 2012

ABC News

Rural and Resources News for ABC Capricornia and Southern Queensland: January 18, 2012.

One of Australia's leading tanneries will close next month putting 53 full time and casual workers out of a job.

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Mon Jan 16, 2012

ABC News

Southern Queensland tannery closes

Toowoomba mayor Peter Taylor says it's not surprising given the world economy and he hopes it'll reopen in the future.

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Sun Jan 15, 2012

North Queensland Register

Qld looks back on record-breaking falls

NEARLY three-quarters of Queensland had above- average rainfall in 2011, while temperatures across the state were generally below average, according to an official wrap of the year's weather.

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Sat Jan 14, 2012

North Queensland Register

QCWA celebrates 90 years

IT was in Toowoomba in 1922 that a group of ladies decided to form a country women's association for Queensland.

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