Queensland
Geographic Region
Perfect one day, full of infrastructure problems the next...decision by Environment Minister Peter Garrett to cancel the Traveston dam underlines the fact there are no easy options left for southeast Queensland. The nation's fastest growing area during the past 20 years will continue to grow, but the... In this article: Anna Bligh, Brisbane, Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney, Peter Garrett, Gold Coast, and Wivenhoe Dam |
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The Australian | 1 day ago
Windies batting starts to show form
...Travis Dowlin and Adrian Barath providing the first glimpse of resistance as their side tried to avoid an outright loss to a second-string Queensland outfit. With Chris Gayle likely to miss most, if not all, of the tour, Barath and Dowlin...
In this article: Nathan Reardon, Travis Dowlin, Adrian Barath, Australia, Ricky Ponting, and Lee Carseldine
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 2 days ago
South East Queensland: beautiful one day, now a building site
...hose every other day and being surrounded by construction. And it looks like that tipping point may have been reached in south-east Queensland. Seventy per cent of new arrivals in the sunshine state settle in the region stretching from...
In this article: Anna Bligh, Kevin Rudd, Sydney, Australia, and Traveston Crossing Dam
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NSW not a developer's nirvana...it's planning hell
...our first place ranking to Victoria in 2008. To compound the indignity, in the same year we also fell behind Queensland. Victoria and Queensland have stolen a disproportionate share of Australia's building investment. In the financial year...
In this article: NSW, Australia, Sydney, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania
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Rudd as a late legacy of the days of Sir Joh
...left wingers who didn't get your way back then and are still upset. Maybe if you came back to Queensland you could see that incompetence is costing the Queensland taxpayer a lot more than any so called corruption you thought you saw back in...
In this article: Kevin Rudd, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Brisbane, Scone, Massage, Semper Floreat, and ALP
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Jaunted | November 13, 2009
Hamilton Island: Is Queensland's 'Best Job In The World' Really The Worst?
Tags: Best Job in the World / Ben Southall / Australia Travel / Hamilton Island / Tourism Queensland / → All Tags Is Queensland's 'Best Job In The World' Really The Worst? The now very-well-known tourist board campaign which recruited...
In this article: Hamilton Island and Australia
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New Kerala | November 13, 2009
Symonds make surprise return to Queensland
Sydney, Nov 13 : Controversial all-rounder Andrew Symonds will make a surprise return for the Queensland in their Ford Ranger Cup one-day match against South Australia tomorrow. Queensland, who have a massive injury toll, called Symonds in...
In this article: Andrew Symonds, Trevor Barsby, James Hopes, Surgery, Cricket Australia, and Chris Swan
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Water thicker than blood in Queensland
Anna Bligh was damned if Peter Garrett did approve the construction of the Traveston Crossing dam in south-east Queensland, and damned if he didn't. The Federal Environment Minister has managed to restore some of his green credentials by...
In this article: Anna Bligh, Peter Garrett, Traveston Crossing, ALP, Sydney Morning Herald, and Andrew McNamara
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | November 11, 2009
Childhood riskier in Queensland: report
...accident or injury than those in other states, with many such deaths occurring among children known to protection authorities. The Queensland children's commission 2008/09 annual report on deaths of children and young people shows that...
In this article: Suicide, South Australia, and NSW
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New dengue outbreak in north Queensland
A new outbreak of dengue fever has hit north Queensland just two months after the state was declared free of the virus. Queensland Health has confirmed a locally acquired transmission of the virus in the Townsville suburb of Garbutt.
In this article: Dengue fever and Cairns
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Queensland road toll passes 300
Queensland's road toll has passed 300 after a woman in her late 30s died in a single-vehicle crash in the state's southwest. Authorities had set a target of keeping the state's road toll under 300, and earlier this week crowds of 299...
In this article: Brisbane
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Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. The state is Australia's second largest by area, following Western Australia, and the country's third most populous after New South Wales and Victoria.
The area was first occupied by Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who arrived between 40,000 and 65,000 years ago, according to various dating methods. Later, Queensland was made a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859, a date now celebrated annually as Queensland Day. The area that currently forms Brisbane was originally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intended as a place for recidivist convicts who had offended while serving out their sentences in New South Wales. The state later encouraged free settlement, and today Queensland's economy is dominated by the agricultural, tourist and natural resource sectors.
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