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FAR OUT: John Earl's photo of Jupiter taken in his Bundaberg backyard on December 9.

Dancing planets in night sky after dusk starting Friday

JUPITER, Venus and Mercury will line up in the night’s sky to form a cosmic trio in the low western sky for half an hour after sunset.

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Council lauches plans to revamp showgrounds

BUNDABERG Regional Council has taken the first steps towards the redevelopment of the old showgrounds in the heart of the city.

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Don't forget fire safety as winter approaches

AS THE winter months approach, Police and Community Safety Minister Jack Dempsey is reminding everyone to put safety first.

For some biological reason, most women become mothers

OPINION: MOTHERS have their day and, frankly, they earn every gift and accolade they can squeeze from their reluctant families.

Fred Archer

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IGA Northside reopens

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Sugarland in 1978

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Bingera Mill 2013

A selection of photographs taken at Bingera Mill.

Bundy Nightlife - May 20 2013

Photos from people partying it up around town.

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Qld leads the nation in use of agricultural land

A LANDMARK audit from the Queensland Government has shown the state leads the nation in its use of land for agriculture.

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<strong>UPDATE:</strong> OVERPAYMENTS made through the Queensland health payroll system now will be rectified through automated repayments.

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Riverlink filled with people looking for a bargain at the Boxing Day sales.

Govt's support of youth wage intervention attacked

THE small business lobby has hit out at Gillard government for supporting intervention in youth wage levels, on the grounds it will hurt the retail industry.

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FREE TV has denied it struck a deal with MP Stephen Conroy to allow gambling companies to continue promoting odds during sports broadcasts.

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Free TV denies dealings with Conroy over live sports betting

AUSTRALIA’S resources industry is at the start of a decline in investment that may not bottom out for at least five years.

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Mine projects update sees end of 'millennium mining boom'

<strong>UPDATE:</strong> A WOMAN alleging she was physically assaulted by Ben Te'o in the presence of fellow NRL players has withdrawn her complaint to police.

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Woman withdraws assault complaint against NRL star Te'o

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Xbox One gaming console unveiled

Official Microsoft Xbox One video.

F-111 finds new home at Queensland Air Museum

The RAAF has gifted a F-111 to the Queensland Air...

Illegal firearms campaign from Crime Stoppers

A campaign targeting illegal firearms has...

Joseph Akers reviews Star Trek Into Darkness

A review of the movie Star Trek Into Darkness.

Regional News

Still “record high levels” of investment in mining and energy

MINING investment has hit its long-predicted peak, reaching a funding plateau of $268.billion for 73 major projects in Australia’s resources industry.

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THE GLNG project is more than 50% complete and remains on track for first LNG in 2015, Santos said in an investor presentation today.

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Santos updates investors on progress of GLNG project

WORKERS and management at Blackwater’s Cook Colliery have until June 1 to improve mine efficiencies, or face massive job losses.

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Cook Colliery mine faces June 1 deadline and loss of jobs

A MAN who swore at police as they conducted an RBT came before Gladstone Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.

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Public nuisance yells at RBT police to 'do some work'

Pialba State Primary School Year 7 student Lousie Reschke aspires to study art and found the University of Southern Queensland campus to be just as she pictured when she visited during the tertiary trial day.

Primary school students sample uni at tertiary trial day

MORE than 100 Year 6 and 7 students from Pialba State School have experienced university life on Wednesday as part of the USQ Jobs to Go Tertiary Trial Day.

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SMOKE may be seen in and around the Orchid Beach, Waddy Point and Wathumba areas of Fraser Island as the QPWS conducts burn-offs during the next four weeks.

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Burn-offs planned for Fraser Island for next four weeks

QUEENSLAND Nurses Union held a rally outside Maryborough’s state-run Yaralla Place nursing home on Wednesday morning to protest against privatisation.

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Nurses union protests against privatisation outside Yaralla

FRASER Coast residents have gathered at the Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens for morning tea to raise money in the battle against cancer.

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Mayor at morning tea in gardens to raise money for cancer

CQUniversity Australia Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Scott Bowman.

CQUni takes action to improve financial sustainability

CQUNIVERSITY Australia is proposing to undertake a voluntary separation process from Monday, in an effort to improve its ongoing financial sustainability.

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CLIVE Palmer’s billion-dollar Central Queensland mine project was given a vote of confidence by the Federal Government which renewed its major project status.

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Waratah Coal status renewal may bring project more support

The Morning Bulletin is looking for people to join its new online Bully Book Club.

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<strong>GYMPIE SHOW UPDATE: </strong>View the full list of dairy results from the Gympie Show.

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Glen Echo takes the double at Show

TIARO Coal has further extended its estimated resource after upgrading its stock market approved near-Gympie coal resource estimate to 87 million tonnes.

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More Tiaro coal than first thought

GYMPIE Touch president Mal Bunney has returned to Gympie with a smile on his face after blitzing the recent National Touch Championships in Coffs Harbour.

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Touch president Mal Bunney home with honour

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The video is thought to have been filmed around 2000.

Russian soldier has 'bullet removed from head with pliers'

INCREDIBLE footage has captured the moment a grinning Russian soldier had an AK-47 machine gun bullet removed from his head with a pair of pliers.

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A 55-year-old Grafton man told Grafton Local Court he was not interested in giving up his habit of smoking cannabis.

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I’ll keep smoking: defendant

PROFESSOR Maurice French might just have figured out where the famous lamington was named, but he's keeping his dessert close to his chest.

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Has the great lamington riddle finally been solved?

THE excuse that he was stung by a bee didn’t fly for a 67-year-old Gladstone man caught doing a burnout in a Gladstone car park.

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Revhead doing burnouts blames bee sting for actions

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