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• Missing man, Toowoomba

  

  ***Police wish to advise that a 97-year-old Toowoomba man reported missing since October 6 has been located safe and well. Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 97-year-old Toowoomba man reported missing since October 6. The man was last seen at an accommodation complex on the corner of Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Hanlan Street in Surfers Paradise and has not been seen since. Police hold concerns for his welfare due to his age and believe he could be travelling to Sydney. He..

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• How Toowoomba gambling addicts added to $104m fraud

  

  GOVERNMENT agencies, financial services and hospitality businesses are more likely than any other type of organisation to be ripped off by gambling addict fraud. A new report reveals gambling-related fraud cost the Australian economy more than $104 million over five years. The Warfield & Associates researchers examined 265 criminal cases of fraud - including four that went through Toowoomba's courts - to produce the Gambling Motivated Fraud in Australia 2011-2016 study. According to ..

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• History in the making for Ipswich cricket teams

  

  TODAY marks the official start of the local Ipswich competition, after one of the biggest reorganisations of its 123 year history. Most of the talk around town is involvement of the five Toowoomba clubs into the first grade's one day competition. This is seen as a positive idea by many even if it means a little more travel every couple of weekends. These games will be one day matches played over the next five weekends with two pools of six teams. There will be a top two semi-finals and ..

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• Push for hard-hitting warning on contact sports

  

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• Election probe fails to start despite three-month vow

  

  A REVIEW of Queensland's council elections plus the Toowoomba South by-election was meant to be finished this month, but so far the process has not even begun. The independent examination of the ballots will be done by a three-person expert panel, which is still yet to be appointed months after the initial announcement. At the time, the government vowed the entire review would be finished within three months. Queenslanders voted in council elections on March 19, while at the same tim..

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• New class provides fresh challenge for Ipswich speedway racer

  

  IPSWICH speedway driver Dallas Sharp will have burning eyes when he takes to Archerfield Raceway tonight.With no clutch, and running on pure methanol, he will be lining up for round two of the Polar Ice Track Championship, which headlines tonight's meet with the Dirt Modifieds opening round.After a stint in the Mod- lites category, Sharp only recently made the step up to the faster class of racers. Joined in the pits by good friend and racing partner Brendan Palmer, the "rookie'' hopes to impro..

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• Protection order stats show kids' abuse is rife

  

  KIDS in our region are being placed on domestic violence protection orders for abusing family members. Queensland Police Service data shows children aged 10-18 years committed more than 1500 incidents of family abuse in the three years to December last year. The data also reveals 967 children and teens breached their DVOs in the same period. There were 213 breaches in the southern police region that covers Ipswich, Toowoomba and Warwick. David Nugent, one of Australia's leading ex..

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• TODDLER DEATH: Dad shares heartbreaking photos of son

  

  THEY say a picture can speak a thousand words. It is certainly the case with a two baby photos of Hunter Young, the three-year-old who died earlier this week from head injuries sustained at Inflatable World. The Gold Coast toddler was found convulsing at the bottom of one of the inflatable sides about 1pm on Sunday. Hunter Young died after injuries sustained at Inflatable World. He was taken to Toowoomba Hospital and later airlifted to Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospi..

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• Darling Downs trainer takes Warwick Cup

  

  sport Darling Downs trainer takes Warwick Cup David Littleproud, face of Warwick Cup Sophie Amos, Lawrence Sprinborg, trainers Neville Petersen and Kath Carroll, Racing Queensland CEO Eliot Forbes, Warwick Turf Club president Phil Grant and Warwick Credit Union CEO Lewis Von Stieglitz present the 2016 Warwick Cup. Photo Sophie Lester / Warwick Daily News Sophie Lester TOOWOOMBA region trainer Kath Carroll was over the moon with the big win of the day at t..

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• Fame in the midst of two deadly Egyptian uprisings

  

  EGYPTIAN life brought Imam Zainadine Johnson unexpected fame and put him in the midst of two deadly national uprisings. He and his family landed in Alexandria in 2010 after an ill-fated attempt to enter Jordan. Imam Zainadine set about quenching his thirst for Islamic knowledge. His studies focused on the Quran and he took lessons on Islamic belief, not so much in the style of university studies but more his own curriculum. The following year he was accepted to study at Mohammad B..

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