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AUSTRALIA'S youngest MP Wyatt Roy has come out in support of same-sex marriage just days after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his change of heart.

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Wyatt Roy follows Kevin Rudd in backing gay marriage

CHILDCARE centres could refuse to enrol children not fully immunised under a new policy the Opposition plans to introduce into Queensland Parliament today.

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Opposition bill to ban un-vaccinated kids from childcare

PARLIAMENT Question Time got personal on Wednesday when Treasurer Tim Nicholls suggested MP Jo-Ann Miller could end up on the "roof racks" of Labor's "Tarago".

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Jo-Ann Miller may end up on "Tarago's roof racks"

QUEENSLAND Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche says the privatisation of Gladstone’s port could deliver a “good outcome” for the region.

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Port privatisation could be good for region: resources chief

<strong>UPDATE: </strong> PATRICK O’Sullivan is out of his coma and attempting to talk to his parents four days after he was critically injured when thrown from an amusement ride.

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Little Paddy out of coma, talking to parents

THERE are just two members of Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party sitting in Queensland Parliament, but they are already making election promises.

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Palmer's party members make election promises

FEDERAL opposition leader Tony Abbott has finally made his way back to Ipswich, more than five years since he last visited the city.

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Tony finally pays Ipswich a visit

THE five-year-old boy critically injured in a school fete ride fall got on the ride without his parents even knowing, a rescue crewman has revealed.

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'Little Paddy got on school fete ride before parents knew'

Patrick in coma

Patrick in coma

IT IS highly unlikely Clive Palmer will be Australia’s next prime minister and he may not even win a seat in parliament, a Sunshine Coast political expert says.

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Palmer election victory unlikely: political expert

IT IS four days after Wayne Swan's budget and the LNP remains silent about whether a Coalition government would fund the last upgrade of the Ipswich Motorway.

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LNP silence is deafening on upgrade for motorway

THE FEDERAL Government has defended its spending on the Bruce Hwy in this week’s Federal Budget, despite claims it is simply doing “business as usual”.

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Bruce Hwy budget promise 'not good enough'

THE Federal Government's commitment of $279 million towards the Ipswich Motorway has been slammed by Ipswich state MP Ian Berry as being not nearly enough.

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Document says Ipswich Mwy needs another $2.3bn

THE upgrade of the final unimproved stretch of the Ipswich Motorway is to be funded after the Treasurer committed himself to the project in Tuesday's budget.

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Swan pledges $279m to finish Ipswich Motorway upgrade

DROUGHT-stricken graziers can now use national parks and other selected properties in north-western Queensland for emergency agistment.

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Graziers can now use national parks during droughts

CHAMPIONSHIP levels of stupid abound in the business world again this week, but why is an ugly old man so scared of fat people?

Business

How to hate fat and drop rocks on people

THEY disagree on its merit, but Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller and her nemesis, Ian Berry, spent an amicable time together at the Queensland Plan Summit last week.

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Miller, Berry work as best of foes at summit

TRAFFIC gridlock on the Ipswich Motorway continues so local politicians are calling on the Federal Government to deliver the money in the budget to finish it.

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It's time to finish the motorway, Mr Treasurer

PETER Slipper’s plans to run with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party came to a sudden halt last night when members unexpectedly cancelled his membership.

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Slipper sent packing by Palmer’s UAP

FORMER federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has joined Clive Palmer's United Australia Party.

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Peter Slipper joins Clive Party's party but can't run here

A GROUP of Bundaberg irrigators have formed an organisation to fight electricity price rises, which could soar by 17.5% a year for the next seven years.

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Irrigators form group to fight power hikes

ONE MP almost boycotted yesterday’s Queensland Plan summit because he believed the event was a waste of time and money.

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MP nearly boycotts summit over $400,000 price tag

LNP candidate Ted O’Brien has been left red-faced after his office’s distribution of a press release headed “Nambour population swamped by boat arrivals”.

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Anyone see a 'boatload of illegals' dock in Nambour?

THIRTY years ago Premier Campbell Newman had more hair, people could smoke on planes, faxes were just evolving and IBM was about to release the first PC.

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Setting the scene for Mackay's 30-year summit

<strong>UPDATE: </strong>More than double the number of Queenslanders currently receiving disability support will be entitled to their own care.

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Qld joins other states in support of Gillard Govt's NDIS

TERESA Harding says local families are in uproar over the Government's cuts to future family tax benefits, but Shayne Neumann says they won't lose a cent.

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Reneging on family tax increase sparks battle

THE resignation of Katter's Australian Party national director Aidan McLindon appears to have shocked the party, catching even senior members off guard.

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Aidan McLindon resigns as KAP national director

FORMER Howard government minister Larry Anthony is among 12 Liberal-National Party candidates vying to replace Barnaby Joyce in the Senate.

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Larry Anthony among LNP candidates to replace Joyce

THE Ipswich Hospital expansion continues to take shape with the newly constructed car park due to be opened this month.

Health

Car park is complete

<strong>UPDATE: </strong>Environment Minister Andrew Powell has responded to Minister Trad's mine water accusations.

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Opposition slams LNP over mine water release revelations

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