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BOOST: The Defence Department has big plans for its Wide Bay Training Area.

Big plans at Tin Can Bay

The Defence Department has announced major upgrade work at the Camp Kerr defence base at Tin Can Bay.

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Shooting victim on way home

CRITICALLY ill Rainbow Beach shooting victim Jason Montgomery is on his way home after being badly wounded in a robbery in South America more than a month ago.
Day-long deluge a record

THE Gympie region was lucky enough to receive good follow up rain without the deluge and damage that many areas of south-east Queensland experienced.
Dingo snapper's 'trial by media'

LAWYER Terry O'Gorman has blasted the Queensland Government over an apparently deliberate attempt to prejudice the trial of photographer Jennifer Parkhurst.

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News

Teen alleges dad stabbed mum: court

A TEENAGER on trial for murdering her mother told police she saw her father use a knife to stab his wife twice.

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Entertainment

Worthington to star in detective movie

AUSTRALIAN actor Sam Worthington is to star in a mystery based on the true story of two detectives who probed a series of gruesome murders in Texas, Daily Variety...

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Lifestyle

Qld childcare site to name and shame

A NEW website to name and shame Queensland childcare centres in breach of standards has gone live.

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Sport

BUCKLE UP: Gympie’s Brian “Snow” Hine leaves for Bathurst this afternoon where he will race his AU Falcon in the 3K Saloon Car feature of the Bathurst 12 Hour. Snow got involved in racing after taking a spin with his accountant early last year.

'Snow' living the dream

Gympie's Brian “Snow” Hine departs for Bathurst this afternoon for the Bathurst 12 Hour, where he will compete in a support category in his prized AU Falcon.

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