PLANS for an extension to the Burstow's Funeral Home in Warwick have been given the final tick of approval by the Southern...

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29th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

TWO 10-week-old lion cubs from the Darling Downs Zoo have caused a political stir in NSW after appearing at a party for...

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28th Dec. 2011 7:12 AM

THE gloves are already coming off ahead of next year's state election, with Member for Burnett Rob Messenger already...

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22nd Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

NEITHER Tony Abbott nor Prime Minister Julia Gillard plans to support a free ride for Peter Slipper at the next...

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21st Dec. 2011 11:12 AM

THE union that represents electricity workers says Rachel Nolan is in for the shock of her life if she doesn't start...

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20th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

PETER Slipper is hoping for a free ride at the next election.

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20th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

THINGS are heating up in the battle for Toowoomba North, with both sides of the political fray ramping up their...

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19th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

A WARWICK sporting identity has set a challenge to prospective councillor candidates to support sporting clubs.

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17th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

JOURNALIST, writer, and political thinker, Christopher Hitchens, died today aged 62 after losing his battle with cancer.

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16th Dec. 2011 4:12 PM

LOREE Rudd has quit the Australian Labor Party following the decision during its national conference earlier this month to...

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13th Dec. 2011 10:12 AM

UNWITTINGLY channelling Gough Whitlam, Michael Hooper believes the Fraser Coast is looking for new councillors at the 2012...

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12th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

THE prospect of running in the council election next March is suddenly looking less attractive, with councillors set to cop...

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10th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

MAYOR Peter Taylor agrees that the State Government should reinstate the $100million a year scheme to subsidise water and...

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10th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

BOB Katter admits his party has profited from dissatisfaction with the major parties to date, but he plans to build on his...

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09th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

THE unimaginable would become reality if the results from a poll conducted in Ipswich come true at the next state...

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05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

ALEX Mitchell proudly states that he “borrowed” the title of his book Come the Revolution: A memoir from legendary Sydney...

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05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

AS THE blue and white Eureka flag was hoisted, a committed group of Toowoomba residents remembered those lives lost in the...

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05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

I HAVE had a keen interest in politics since I was a 16-year-old high school student at Nambour.

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05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

MAYORAL candidate Michael Bloyce will form a new body to push the Coast's claims for much-needed major infrastructure if he...

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04th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

WHILE the newly appointed speaker of the House of Representatives ducks the media, those who knew Peter Slipper from his...

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01st Dec. 2011 2:12 AM

MEMBER for Gympie David Gibson was welcoming a Gympie constituent to Parliament House when “all hell broke loose” in the...

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30th Nov. 2011 4:11 PM

PETER Slipper has been described by a former LNP colleague as the worst Speaker to be handed the office since Australia's...

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25th Nov. 2011 11:11 AM

LOST in the dramatic theatre of betrayal, treachery and trashing of the ethical integrity of our democratic institutions...

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25th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM

THE resignation of Speaker Harry Jenkins is a clear sign the Federal Government is moving away from independents, according...

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24th Nov. 2011 11:11 AM

IF MAYOR Ron Bellingham could have his time over again, he would have plunged into a political career much earlier in...

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24th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM