Toowoomba teen calls passport cancellation 'a joke' and other top stories.

• Toowoomba teen calls passport cancellation 'a joke'

  TOOWOOMBA teenager Oliver Bridgman has spoken out for the first time since his passport was cancelled and a warrant issued for his arrest.  Mr Bridgman, 19, told a Sydney-based Muslim community internet channel he had been strictly doing humanitarian work since he arrived in Syria almost a year ago. The Australian Federal police issued the arrest warrant earlier this month and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade cancelled his passport stating that if he continued to hold a passp..

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• Toowoomba's new routes take off

  

  Flight attendants Sarah Parker and Kenneth Torres have joined the Airnorth cabin crew flying out of the new Wellcamp airport in Toowoomba. Pic: David MartinelliTOOWOOMBA entrepreneurs, the Wagner family, will celebrate the latest high in their soaring success story next week with the first flights to Melbourne and Cairns from their privately built airport.Airnorth will operate seven return flights a week between the Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport and the Victorian capital, under a codeshare agre..

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• Woman gored in groin by bull

  

  THREE people have been hospitalised today in three separate incidents involving farm animals across the state. The RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter service flew three people, including a man in his 50s who was trampled by a cow.The man was flown from a property at Murgon in the state’s southwest at about 3.30pm to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.Earlier, a woman in her 20s suffered a penetrating injury to her groin after being gored by a bull.The incident happened on a property north o..

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• Lord Mayoral race a cliffhanger

  

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• Casual Choice wins $100k Gold Coast Stakes

  

  Mark Oberhardt Gold Coast Saturday 12 March 2016, 5:55pm Casual Choice has given trainer Tony Gollan consecutive wins in the $100,000 Gold Coast Stakes, but class galloper Sir Moments grabbed some limelight with a great comeback run.Casual Choice ($9) held out the fast-finishing Sir Moments ($7.50) by a half neck with 1-1/4 lengths to Mahican ($14) in a thrilling finish.Gollan won the Gold Coast Stakes with Rocket To Glory last year and is now looking to the winter carnival with Casual Choice..

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• World Science Festival a boost for Brisbane's tourism industry, minister says

  

  World Science Festival a boost for Brisbane's tourism industry, minister says By QUT student Toby Crockford Posted March 12, 2016 16:56:40 The World Science Festival is fulfilling expectations by bringing both national and international science lovers to its new home, Brisbane.The festival secured some of the best scientific minds from across the globe, featuring more than 100 speakers from nine different countries.Queensland Tourism and Major Events Minister Ka..

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• Tassie hotspot for fishy friends

  

  Two yellow-bellied sea snakes have ventured south into Tasmanian waters, far from their tropical home.WARM sea temperatures have lured an assortment of unusual sea creatures to Tasmania in recent months – some slithery and others scrumptious.Anglers are buzzing over the larger numbers of sought-after table fish visiting the ­island, with catches of whopper yellowtail kingfish, snapper and broadbill swordfish.Other out-of-range specimens have required a respectful distance, such as the two yellow..

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• Prehistoric kitchen tools boosted human evolution

  

  Developing tools with which to slice and mash their food meant our ancestors needed to chew much less, leaving more time for honing language and other skills instead, evolutionary scientists said Wednesday. About 2.5 million years ago, a big shift was observed in the hominin family comprising modern humans and all our ancestors — away from big teeth, jaws and chewing muscles. But as mouths got smaller, brains and bodies got bigger, requiring more energy from food — a paradox that has long co..

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• Scientists Blame Climate Change For Ichthyosaur's Extinction

  

  Scientists may have discovered the reason why the Ichthyosaur disappeared long before the mass extinction of other dinosaurs at the end of Cretaceous period. It has long been a mystery as to why these ocean creatures died out but it seems the reason was climate change. Research published in Nature Communications, has uncovered evidence that the dolphin-like reptile was the victim of a period of climate change that affected marine ecosystems and contributed to its demise. According to The CS ..

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• VIDEO: Watch the incredibly rare moment a humpback whale does a 'headstand'

  

  Scientists have captured an incredibly rare sight of a humpback whale doing a “headstand” off the coast of Hawaii. It was captured by a research drone by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries’ Collaborative Center for Unmanned Technologies during a field operation earlier last week. In it a female humpback whale can be seen swimming vertically and doing a “headstand and drifting with her tail out of the water” while its calf swims around. The scientific name for the behaviour is “tail-saili..

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