New blood strengthen Jets for title defence and other top stories.

• New blood strengthen Jets for title defence

  

  IPSWICH Jets centre Ben White had a memorable reintroduction to the Intrust Super Cup against the Sunshine Coast Falcons last weekend.White and BRL teammates, Josh Damen and Nathan Goulton, received a call-up into the top grade where he was was reunited with his former Toowoomba Clydesdales U20s teammate Hayden Lipp.“It felt like old times,” he said. “We have played two seasons together so it was easy slotting back in next to him.“It always helps having familiar faces and combinations to work w..

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• Scott Morrison knocks back sale of S. Kidman & Co due to 'national ...

  

  Scott Morrison knocks back sale of S. Kidman & Co due to 'national interest' Updated April 29, 2016 17:59:35 The Federal Treasurer has all but knocked back the current proposal for the sale of Australia's largest cattle empire to a foreign-led consortium. Key points:Treasurer says there's still 'significant' Australian interest in Kidman and CoCompany says Australian buyers could not match foreign offersCompany prefers to sell to Dakang Australia Holdings for $370mChin..

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• Tributes flow for 'most important lady in 20th century Australia' Lady ...

  

  Tributes flow for 'most important lady in 20th century Australia' Lady Pearl Logan Posted April 29, 2016 11:40:30 Lady Florence Pearl Logan, who died in Toowoomba last week aged 93, is credited with establishing Queensland's first School of the Air and setting up the medical school at James Cook University.And, according to her Federal MP Bob Katter, she was also responsible for saving the wool industry.A champion of rural health and education, 'Lady Pearl' as she cam..

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• Cyber crime a rising threat

  

  “The system isn't set up to work where we have a victim in Cairns, another victim in Townsville, another victim in Toowoomba and the offender is in Argentina or ...

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• Brisbane preview: Doomben

  

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• Loy provides Fire with plenty of joy

  

  FOOTBALL: There’s a buzz around the Sunshine Coast Fire at the moment and it’s recent recruit Jordan Loy who has generated plenty of it.The versatile 21-year-old has been a part of the state league team for the past month and he’s already made a significant impact.“He’s such an energetic player to have around training,” captain Grant De Chastel said.“He’s a very good player, an important player and a positive player who is good to have around the team.”The former Brisbane City player has emerge..

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• Hospital hosted morning tea pretty in pink

  

  Carmel Ryan, Deb Pacholke, Ray Fairweather and Karen McVeigh at St Andrew's pink bun morning tea fundraiser. Photo Contributed YOUR STORY: Bakers Delight are currently running a pink bun promotion with all the proceeds from the sale of pink buns going to Breast Cancer Network of Australia. Last year, Bakers Delight helped raise almost $1.8 million Australia-wide from the sale of the buns which, in turn, continues to assist in the ongoing support of many thousands of women diagnosed ..

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• Finding work a tough gig in Ipswich

  

  SIX months of job seeking has given former Redbank railway workshops employee Mark Beaven a good idea of the opportunities out there. The unemployment queue would have initially seemed like a foreign place for the 47-year-old father-of-three, who was made redundant from his job at Aurizon in October last year after more than 25 years at the workshops. Since that time, Mr Beaven has kept the money coming in through a series of casual jobs - mainly in grounds keeping and maintenance. H..

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• Nathan's Racebook: Doomben

  

  Fell Swoop has been clearly the best backed for the Victory Stakes. Picture: Getty ImagesTHE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby breaks down the big races at Doomben, headlined by the Group 2 Victory Stakes, on Saturday.Track: Good (4)Weather: Possible shower (less than 1mm predicted), 28CSATURDAY OTHER MEETINGS (EST Times)HAWKESBURY (9 races, start 11.55am), CAULFIELD (9 races, start 12.10pm), MORPHETTVILLE (8 races, start 12.23pm),BELMONT (8 races, start 2.23pm).HOT TIPS: WEEKEND BEST B..

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• Warrego cleared following earlier crash

  

  UPDATE 2PM: Police have advised that the site of an earlier crash involving a car and caravan has been cleared. Traffic was bought to a halt on the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli about 11.20am after the accident. There are no reports of serious injury.   EARLIER: A motorist has been lucky to escape serious injury after rolling his vehicle on the Warrego Highway a short time ago. Traffic travelling westbound has been seriously affected. Emergency services were alerted to the c..

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