Injured captain delivers winning tactics from the sideline and other top stories.

• Injured captain delivers winning tactics from the sideline

  

  HE'S not only a fine leader on the field, he's a master tactician in the dugout. Long-serving Norths hockey captain Mark Pocock was proud of how his team responded in the latest A-grade President's Cup (mid-season) final. Norths beat defending premiers Hancock Brothers 4-2, having struggled to match them in the first half of the season. "I think they had the wood on us since the final last year,'' Pocock said, having featured in several Norths premiership victories the past two decad..

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• Talented youngster Russian Revolution has potential to make ...

  Talented youngster Russian Revolution has potential to make presence felt in spring. Picture: Simon BullardNews Corp Australia NetworkOUR experts look back at their metropolitan meetings in their respective backyards on Saturday and give us their assessment of the best and worst performers.Nathan Exelby (The Courier Mail)Eagle FarmBLITZEDOn a mare at the outer range of her distance limit, Damian Browne cuddled Miss Cover Girl for as long as he could before pressing the button after giving her a ..

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• Queensland Country Heelers commence tour of New Zealand

  The Queensland Country Heelers side has touched down in New Zealand ahead of their two-game tour in Christchurch. The team will begin their campaign taking on Ellesmere SD at 7:00pm on Monday night. On Wednesday afternoon they will compete against North Canterbury. Upon returning to Australia the team will take on NSW Country in Toowoomba as part of the 2016 Battle of the Bush event. The team trained at Ballymore on Saturday in final preparations to depart. Queensland Country Heelers head coach..

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• Labor planning to allow Uber to operate in Northern Territory if it ...

  

  RIDESHARING company Uber could have cars on the road in Darwin by 2017 if Labor wins August’s Territory election.Opposition Leader Michael Gunner said yesterday that Labor would start negotiations with Uber within months of the election.Mr Gunner said the negotiations would revolve around safety regulations and legislative changes that would be needed.But he declined to comment on any conditions he would demand of Uber which, if not met, would result in Labor walking away from the negotiating ta..

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• Down on the farm: Why Barry O'Sullivan is backing beef

  

  Queensland Nationals Senator Barry O’Sullivan on his cattle breeding and finishing operation near Toowoomba.   He has spent much of the past two years in senate inquiries investigating what’s wrong with the red meat industry, but Senator Barry O’Sullivan still sees enough right to be investing confidently in expanding his own cattle breeding and backgrounding operation. But he warns the industry can not achieve its potential until trust is rebuilt along the supply chain. The red meat industry h..

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• Uni Games to give Eden a fun break

  

  FRESH from busy university commitments and another victory with Wests, Eden Jackat is preparing for a new hockey challenge. The second year University of Southern Queensland paramedics student is among a group of sportspeople from Ipswich campuses heading to the Northern Uni Games on the Sunshine Coast from July 3-7. While yet to see a Uni Games draw, the national title-winning Queensland indoor hockey representative is expecting an enjoyable time during her study break. "It's renown..

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• Warwick woman launches new practice in CBD

  

  WARWICK accountant Laura Babington is stepping up into her own practice at Condamine Accountants. The Rose City local has been a practising accountant since 2007 but said owning her own firm had always been a career goal. "It's definitely been a dream of mine to either buy in or out a practice, or open my own, and I think it's important locals stay local," Ms Babington said. "I went to school in Warwick and accounting has held my interest since about Grade 8, numbers always just seem..

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• MOTORSPORT: Our boys slay 'em in US and Europe

  

  And the Toowoomba ace now reckons he can regain the title he won in 2014. The momentum has swung from Power's French teammate in the four-car Penske ...

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• Darling Downs woman defrauds major insurance company

  

  A PITTSWORTH woman who defrauded insurance company Youi was so remorseful she never spent the claim but paid it back. Melissa Kathleen Thorp, 48, wept in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court as details of the single fraud charge was heard today. Prosecutor Sergeant Mike Robinson told the court Thorp reported a Mitsubishi Triton stolen on January 18 after its engine blew up, but a search of a Pittsworth property on April 15 found it hidden under a camouflage tarp. Sgt Robinson said Thorp f..

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