Sunday, August 7, 2016

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  • Two pensioners allegedly stole identities of dead Queenslanders in ...

    Exclusive by Paula Doneman - Yahoo7 on July 31, 2016, 7:34 pm Video ‘Ghosting’ thieves target dead Queenslanders EXCLUSIVE: Two pensioners have allegedly exploited a glitch at Births Deaths and Marriages, that allowed them to steal the identities of the dead Queenslanders, including an 11-month-old baby.The glitch was uncovered during a police investigation into men who allegedly obtained fake passports using the birth certificates of males who died in the 1940s and 1950s...
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  • Residents to share the stage with some of country's finest

    Residents to share the stage with some of country's finest
    FOR 30 Toowoomba locals the dream of performing in a grand opera has become a reality after being selected for Opera Queensland's Project Rossini. Successful participants will now take part in a program of free professional training in singing, dancing, stagecraft and Italian language skills, before taking to the Empire Theatre stage to sing in the chorus of Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville on Wednesday, August 24, alongside Opera Queensland's principal artists and with the suppor..
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  • Poppy continues her Clifford Park love affair

    Poppy continues her Clifford Park love affair
    INVERELL trainer Wayne Oakenfull and his mare Isla Poppy continued their love affair with Toowoomba after racing to another popular Clifford Park victory tonight.Isla Poppy ($3 fav) notched her third win from four Clifford Park starts with a strong-finishing display for favourie backers in the Blooming Gorgeous Benchmark 75 Handicap (1200m).Apprentice Jodi Worley helped Oakenfull overcome some worrying mid-race moments when she produced the five-year-old with a late charge to down Scenic Road (..
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  • Gollan looking forward to Sydney presence

    Gollan looking forward to Sydney presence
    Mark Oberhardt Brisbane Sunday 31 July 2016, 9:39am Tony Gollan hopes to have a Sydney venture confirmed soon as he starts what he believes will be his busiest season yet.Gollan won his third Brisbane trainer's premiership with 87-1/2 winners which smashed the record of 79 he set the previous season.He also won the state title with 107 winners which was the first time he had passed the century in a season."Any season where you train more winners than the past season is a good one," Gollan s..
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  • Evans wins Jim Richards Endurance Trophy

    Evans wins Jim Richards Endurance Trophy
    Jaxon Evans on his way to victory Jaxon Evans claimed the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy by winning the 150th race of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at Queensland Raceway. Evans produced a measured drive to claim a comfortable win over his title rival Hamish Hardeman in a 40 lap race at the fifth round of the Shannons Nationals. The Queenslander converted a pole position into the lead before opening up a healthy four second gap over Sonic Motor Racing’s Hardeman, who was tied on points with Evans..
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  • The tragic final moments of little Mason Jet Lee are revealed

    The tragic final moments of little Mason Jet Lee are revealed
    A 21-month-old boy who was found dead in a Queensland home was covered 'head to toe' in injuries and endured ruptured intestines for several days before he died.Mason Jet Lee was discovered dead at his stepfather's home in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, on June 11 in a grizzly scene that left paramedics in tears, according to the Courier Mail.New details about the toddler's death come as his mother, Ann-Marie Lee, 27, his step-father, William O'Sullivan, 35, and Ryan Hodson, 17, are charged wit..
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  • This new material could mean a huge advance for wearable tech and prosthetics

    This new material could mean a huge advance for wearable tech and prosthetics
    This new material could mean a huge advance for wearable tech and prosthetics July 30, 2016 By Jayson MacLean Leave a Comment Researchers in the Netherlands have come up with a new advance in the science of metamaterials -composite materials with unique properties not found naturally in their parts- one of which is likely to have applications in the fields of prosthetics, robotics and wearable technology among others. Using 3D printing, the team created a set of squishable rubber cubes 1 cm 3 in..
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  • 13 of 24 Queensland reef resorts closed: report urges new approach

    13 of 24 Queensland reef resorts closed: report urges new approach
    Queensland's Tourism Industry Council says the rundown look of several resorts on the Great Barrier Reef was having an adverse impact on Queensland's tourism.QTIC chief executive Daniel Gshwind welcomed the announcement on Sunday of an inter-agency body to help developers work through the haze of bureaucracy on Great Barrier Island resorts. New Qld Government agency to review stalled reef resorts Photo: Ezra Patchett But he warned concerns had been raised about 12 months ago."Certainly (..
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  • Migrating Migaloo 'missing' but presumed on Great Barrier Reef

    Migaloo is missing but parks and wildlife officers believe the rare white whale may have already reached the Great Barrier Reef.A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service vessel had been keeping an eye on the celebrity mammal during his annual migration up the coast since boats on the Gold Coast got too close to him on Tuesday, prompting an investigation. Migaloo has gone off the radar.  Photo: Dan Burns, White Whale Research Centre, Facebook. Environment Minister Steven Miles said Migaloo..
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  • Hubble Telescope captures the remnants of a death star

    Hubble Telescope captures the remnants of a death star
    NASA´s #Hubble Space Telescope captured the image of what is left of a death star. The fragments of ionized gas known as DEM L316A are at an approximate distance of 160,000 light years in the Large Megallanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC travels around the Milky Way as a satellite #galaxy and is the fourth largest galaxy in the local group. The source of these conglomeration of left overs of a star are usually caused by a supernova explosion known as type 1A. Type 1A supernova This type of supernova is..
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