Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Australia's north one of 'last great natural areas'

  Published: August 13, 2007, 6:01 pm

  Tags: Environment, Endangered Protected Species, Environmental Management, Australia, Darwin 0800, Cairns 4870, Mount Isa 4825, Broome 6725, Karratha 6714

  A new scientific study has found north Australia is emerging as one of the last great natural areas on earth.

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• Path recommended for sustainable resources sector

  Published: September 6, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Mining, Trade, Federal Government, Australia, Qld, Longreach 4730, Mackay 4740, Mount Isa 4825, Rockhampton 4700

  The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) is warning whoever wins the next federal election not to take growth in the resources sector for granted.

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• Bligh stays quiet on council mergers

  Published: September 11, 2007, 4:39 pm

  Tags: Government Politics, States Territories, Qld, Bundaberg 4670, Cairns 4870, Longreach 4730, Mackay 4740, Maroochydore 4558, Mount Isa 4825, Rockhampton 4700, Southport 4215, Toowoomba 4350, Townsville 4810

  Queensland's incoming premier Anna Bligh has refused to comment on the thorny issue of council amalgamations until she is officially endorsed to fill the top job.

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• Joyce in plane fire drama

  Published: September 16, 2007, 6:18 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Accidents, Air Space Accidents, Government Politics, Federal Government, States Territories, Australia, Qld, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825, St George 4487, Toowoomba 4350

  A plane carrying Queensland Senator Barnaby Joyce made an emergency landing in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs yesterday after one of its engines caught fire.

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• Warrego water auction postponed indefinitely

  Published: September 24, 2007, 7:48 pm

  Tags: Federal Government, States Territories, Water, Charleville 4470, Cunnamulla 4490, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825, Toowoomba 4350

  Eight thousand megalitres of water from the Warrego River which was to be auctioned last week will be reserved indefinitely.

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• High-flyers in Nth Qld to assess natural resources

  Published: September 24, 2007, 7:42 pm

  Tags: Drought, Environment, Environmental Management, Water, Cairns 4870, Longreach 4730, Mackay 4740, Mount Isa 4825, Rockhampton 4700, Townsville 4810

  A group of high profile businessmen and politicians is touring north Queensland to determine how to best use the region's natural resources.

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• Outback race to flush out fastest dunny

  Published: September 27, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: Offbeat, Lifestyle Leisure, Australia, Qld, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825, Winton 4735

  The world's eyes, and noses, are on the outback central western Queensland town of Winton today for the Australian Dunny Derby.

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• Large oil find in Cooper Basin

  Published: October 1, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Company News, Oil Gas, Australia, Qld, Brisbane 4000, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825, Port Pirie 5540, Innamincka 5731

  One of the largest onshore oilfields in Australia is believed to have been discovered in South Australia's far north.

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• Regional Qld backs Bligh on daylight saving

  Published: October 1, 2007, 7:15 pm

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Industry, Tourism, Government Politics, States Territories, Rural, Rural Tourism, Qld, Mount Isa 4825, Noosaville 4566

  Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she is expecting a good response to her decision on daylight saving, as she tours Queensland's north-west over the next two days.

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• Company to blame for Mt Isa chopper crash, ATSB says

  Published: October 1, 2007, 11:03 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Accidents, Air Space Accidents, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825

  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its report into a fatal helicopter accident in north-west Queensland last year.

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• Mt Isa Mines tops industry list

  Published: November 27, 2007, 7:12 pm

  Tags: Business Economics And Finance, Company News, Industry, Mining, Australia, Qld, Mount Isa 4825

  Mt Isa Mines has been ranked Australia's richest mining operation by the resource industry magazine Australia's Mining Monthly.

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• Central west Qld joins review of govt structure

  Published: December 4, 2007, 9:37 pm

  Tags: University And Further Education, Government And Politics, Australia, Qld, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825

  Central western Queensland is one of three regions in Australia to be the focus of a national study analysing the effectiveness of Australia's system of government.

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• Work continues to preserve Tree of Knowledge

  Published: December 4, 2007, 9:32 pm

  Tags: Labor Party, States And Territories, 19th Century, Australia, Qld, Barcaldine 4725, Brisbane 4000, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825

  Queensland's Department of Primary Industries says it could take another four months before the preservation process for Barcaldine's Tree of Knowledge is finished.

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• Tests reveal 45 Mt Isa children with elevated blood-lead levels

  Published: December 6, 2007, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Mining, States And Territories, Child Health And Behaviour, Lead, Australia, Qld, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825

  A Queensland Health spokesman says Mt Isa parents, in north-west Queensland, should be concerned about elevated blood-lead levels in their children.

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• Dreamtime expert backs galloping roo claims

  Published: December 12, 2007, 9:22 pm

  Tags: Community And Society, Indigenous, Indigenous Culture, Science And Technology, Animals, Evolution, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000, Qld, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825

  An Aboriginal cultural expert says he is not surprised by new scientific research suggesting Australia's earliest kangaroos ran on four legs.

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