Local, national and world news for Ipswich, QLD | Thursday 20 November, 2008
Lightweight Duck takes off
A LEANER, slimmer Donald Malone is banking on the preachings of renowned trainer Billy Johnstone to help him grab his NRL opportunity with both hands. Malone's stellar 22-try Queensland Cup season with the Ipswich Jets in 2008 caught the eye of the North Queensland Cowboys, who signed him to a two-year...-
Council staff to rally for wages
ABOUT 800 Ipswich City Council employees are expected to stop work for between two and four hours today in protest at Mayor... -
Ipswich traders sold on festive spirit for market
Gallery Newtown owner Matthew Cobbin said following the success of a Sunday trading trial, which started in July, the... -
Straying from the rules
SIX thousand unregistered dogs have been found during 18 months of Ipswich City Council's Operation Dog Safe. Now the... -
Soaked homes posing risk for families
FAMILIES are living in fear of further storms after ceilings collapsed in at least seven homes at Redbank Plains after the... -
Barnes recovers as Wallabies win
THE disappointment of not being there is tempered by the excitement of knowing the Wallabies could be on the verge of...
Australian news
Homes damaged in Brisbane storm
Homes have been evacuated and motorists rescued after heavy rains brought flash flooding to south east Queensland.Model of competition
Four Caloundra students are headed to Tasmania this weekend to represent Queensland in the Australian Model Solar Car Challenge.Gateway toll-free for flood traffic
Tolls to use Brisbane's Gateway Bridge will be waived this afternoon to help motorists cope with the closure of the innner city bypass after it flooded with 11 million litres of water.Cane toads killing crocs
Cane toads have more than halved the number of freshwater crocodiles in some Northern Territory waterways, according to new research.
World news
Japanese whaling 'research' underway
The whaling season has begun with a Japanese hunting vessel leaving port for the Southern Ocean, Greenpeace claims.Austrian sex slave gave birth in the dark
Prosecutors have revealed the daughter of Austrian incest rapist Josef Fritzl gave birth to her children alone in the dark with only scissors and an old blanket.Garrett to push point to whalers
Australia will spend ?$6 million on whale research to show the Japanese they do not have to kill whales to study them.Coast man helped capture Bali bombers
Bali Bombers: A Sunshine Coast man gave information that may have helped lead to the arrest of Bali bombers Imam Samudra and Amrozi.
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