Indigenous hockey stars inspire Toowoomba youngsters and other top stories.

• Indigenous hockey stars inspire Toowoomba youngsters

  

  INDIGENOUS woman Amber Mutch has played hockey ever since she was a little kid.Now, as part of the Remote and Indigenous Hockey development program, the Toowoomba resident who played in the Under 21 National team, played in the RHL and travelled with the Queensland Rubies to Singapore, has the chance to be a mentor to the younger generation. The program just launched at the Darling Heights State School and Miss Mutch said she was enjoying teaching the primary school children the ins and outs of..

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• Sydney and Central Coast hit as wild storm moves south

  

  Sydney and Central Coast hit as wild storm moves south The Australian 7:00PM June 5, 2016 Savage storms have smashed coastal NSW forcing 500 people to leave their homes and cutting power to 86,000 but it looks like the worst, including 12-metre waves, is still yet to hit Sydney. Warnings have been issued for several areas south of Taree along the NSW coast, which are predicted to be pelted by heavy rain and strong winds with flash flooding likely, the Bureau of Meteorology said in its late..

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• Motorcyclist, children injured in crashes

  GCB CareFlight airlifts toddler after being run over by car A one-year-old boy has been airlifted to the Gold Coast by an RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter after he was run over by a car on a property at Kyogle in New South Wales yesterday afternoon. The toddler was reportedly struck by the vehicle’s front wheel when it rolled backwards over him. He sustained suspected abdominal injuries and lacerations. The toddler was originally transported to Lismore Hospital last night before RACQ CareFli..

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• Clifford Park work keeps pair on Guineas path

  TOOWOOMBA three-year-olds In His Stride and Sold For Song had their Queensland Winter Carnival campaigns kept afloat with vital working gallops at Clifford Park last night.The Rex Lipp-trained In His Stride and Sold For Song (Kevin Kemp) were due to contest yesterday’s washed-out Listed Daybreak Lover (1400m) at Eagle Farm.The race was the final lead-up for the pair to a possible start in next Saturday’s $256,000 Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm.Kemp said Toowoomba Turf Club’s..

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• Bush nurse immortalised in film

  

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• Even basketball called off due to SEQ deluge

  

  THE conditions were perfect for a Saturday afternoon slumber and Sunday morning sleep-in. The latest South East Queensland deluge caused the cancellation of sport across the region on Saturday, with only a handful of rugby league matches to be played today. National Premier Leagues football games involving Western Pride men's and women's teams at the Gold Coast and Cleveland were victims of the heavy morning rain. Aussie rules, rugby, netball and hockey were also affected. Ipswich..

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• Cowboys win but Wattles go down in TRL

  

  WARWICK won but Wattles went down in the final games of the first round in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition.The Cowboys won 48-24 against Goondiwindi and kept their Madsen Rasmussen Trophy hopes alive until word came through that Pittsworth had inflicted the first defeat of the season on Souths.Wattles dropped off in the second half against Dalby to go down 42-18It appears the only team from the Southern Downs to qualify for a President’s Cup final is the Warwick Cowboys reserve-grade sid..

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• Facebook rekindles friendship for pen pals of 52 years

  

  AUDREY Teitzel and Mary Jane Wenzel-Hetrick were 10 when they first started writing to each other. In the early days, they mostly wrote about cultural differences as Mrs Teitzel grew up on a farm near Clifton and Mrs Wenzel-Hetrick was from Arlington Heights in Illinois in the USA. They lost contact in the early '80s after Mrs Teitzel married and moved to Toowoomba. About three years ago, Mrs Teitzel had the chance to go to Florida to work Her pen pal, who works for the Dolby Thea..

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• Východní pobřeží Austrálie bičuje "superbouře", Sydney evakuuje

  Východní pobřeží Austrálie bičuje "superbouře", Sydney evakuuje Aktualizace: 05.06.2016 08:02 Vydáno: 05.06.2016, 07:24 Sledovat zprávu Ilustrační foto - Dva opuštěné vozy stojí v zaplavené ulici v australském městě Toowoomba, které postihla blesková povodeň. ČTK/ČTK Sydney - Východní pobřeží Austrálie nadále bičuje "superbouře" provázená silným větrem o rychlosti 125 kilometrů za hodinu. Během 24 hodin na řadě míst zaznamenali 200 milimetrů srážek. Pod vodou zůstávají..

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• Human rights watchdog rules against firefighters' union industrial deal

  

  Malcolm Turnbull has pledged to stand by volunteer firefighters at a rally in Melbourne on Sunday. Photo: Josh Gordon Daniel Andrews' attempt to ram through a deal with the firefighters' union has been dealt a major blow, with Victoria's human rights watchdog identifying a litany of breaches of the state's anti-discrimination laws.In another setback likely to further inflame internal tensions, Victoria's Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has rule..

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Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson calls on AFL to change the interpretation of the head-high rule .	Uber arrives in Toowoomba .
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