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Homeowners battered by four official interest rate rises in the past nine months are seeking better deals from banks and other lending institutions in a bid to ease their mortgage pain.
Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that about 30...
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The Department of Education, Training and the Arts and the Queensland Ambulance Service have now started an anaphylaxis pilot training program for more than 1500 key state school staff in South East Queensland.
About 1,700 SEQ state school students...
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Demand for fixed rate loans among Queensland borrowers remained steady at 40 per cent during March 2008, as borrowers continued to show their concern about interest rate
increases.
However, this was substantially below the November 2007 high of 46...
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A labour shortage in the South East Queensland region is getting worse, as employers are now having difficulty finding skilled workers.
Australian’s Queensland’s Regional Development Minister Desley Boyle said labour shortage has been the biggest...
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A recent Queensland survey on high school students found more than 70 percent considered bullying a problem in their schools.
Education Queensland, teachers’ unions and the Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens do not keep statistics on...
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Australia’s Queensland will oppose a plan to slug consumers who use plastic shopping bags so struggling families are not placed under more financial stress.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the state would instead propose that a ban on plastic...
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Australia’s Queensland’s governor, Quentin Bryce, has been appointed as Australia’s first female governor-general.
The announcement came as current Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery handed in his resignation.
Major...
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Lawsuit alleges Ledger was using cocaine
A woman’s lawsuit against two paparazzi and the photo agency allegedly responsible for the video of Heath Ledger at a West Hollywood hotel room says the late actor was using cocaine that night.
The woman...
AUSTRALIA will survive the coming recession in the US, achieving growth of more than 3 per cent this year and next, according to the International Monetary Fund.The fund has slashed its forecast for world growth this year to 3.8 per cent, down from last...
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Australian Queenslanders want the State’s tough anti-smoking laws to get even tougher, Premier Anna Bligh has told Parliament.
Ms Bligh said despite Queensland having the most comprehensive anti-smoking laws in the country, a current review had...
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