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Busy year for rescue chopper in 08

January 8, 2009 16:21:00

The Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service says 2008 was a busy year for the service with 282 callouts recorded.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, qld, capella-4723, clermont-4721, emerald-4720, longreach-4730

Home sales slump in Qld despite sweeteners

January 7, 2009 13:46:00

Figures show a dramatic drop in new home sales in Queensland, despite an increase in the first home owners grant and a drop in official interest rates.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, government-and-politics, federal-state-issues, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Indigenous community on flood evacuation stand-by

January 7, 2009 08:04:00

A remote Indigenous community in north-west Queensland may be forced to evacuate today if local rivers continue to rise.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, boulia-4829, cloncurry-4824, diamantina-lakes-4735, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, richmond-4740

Parentline expanded to rural Qld communities

January 6, 2009 15:23:00

The Queensland Government has announced it is allocating $3 million dollars to expand a parenting program into rural, regional and isolated communities.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, family-and-children, rural, parenting, family, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Cloncurry pipeline to go ahead despite rain

January 6, 2009 13:02:00

The Queensland Government says a water pipeline to Cloncurry will still be built even though the north-west town is surrounded by floods.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, drought, floods, dams-and-reservoirs, rivers, water, cloncurry-4824, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Qld farmers receive long-awaited interest rate cut

January 6, 2009 10:44:00

The Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority (QRAA) has cut interest rates on its loans for farmers and the fishing industry for the first time in three years.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, fishing-aquaculture, livestock, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Northern agricultural properties in good financial position: valuer

January 5, 2009 15:22:00

A property valuer says interest in northern Australia's agricultural land should remain strong this year, despite the economic downturn.[MORE]

Tags: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Floods cut Mt Isa road access

January 5, 2009 15:03:00

Road access to north-west Queensland, including the drought declared city of Mount Isa, has been cut by floodwaters.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, drought, floods, rural, weather, rainfall, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Rivers still rising in flooded north-west Qld

January 5, 2009 14:41:00

Major rivers in flooded north-west Qld are still rising after days of heavy rain.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, weather, rainfall, australia, qld, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Storms cut power to thousands of SE Qld homes

January 2, 2009 09:24:00

Energex says 15,000 lightning strikes hit south-east Queensland and 14,000 homes lost power during the wild storms in the region overnight.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, fires, residential-fires, storm, weather, australia, qld, beaudesert-4285, brisbane-4000, cloncurry-4824, lockyer-4344, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, murgon-4605, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, upper-lockyer-4352, warwick-4370, winton-4735

Rain in north-west Qld lift local spirits

December 31, 2008 14:36:00

Graziers in the Gulf Country of Queensland say they have had the perfect end to what has been a tough year, with good rain falling in many parts of the region.[MORE]

Tags: weather, rainfall, australia, qld, burketown-4830, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

Scorching weather predicted for Qld's new year's eve

December 31, 2008 11:18:00

The weather bureau says it is going to be a hot and humid start to 2009, with temperatures expected to creep up to the mid-30s today and tomorrow in Brisbane, five degrees above average.[MORE]

Tags: weather, weather-phenomena, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, longreach-4730, maroochydore-4558, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350