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Townsville, Charters Towers, Palm Island chosen as NDIS trial sites in north ...

People with a disability under the age of 18 in Townsville, Charters Towers and Palm Island will be able to access the scheme from early next year. Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland, Coralee O'Rourke, said they were ideal early launch ... >> view original

Townsville's SafetyCulture 'desperate' for engineers, raises $6.1m at $50m ...

Townsville-based safety auditing startup SafetyCulture is “desperate” for engineers and to attract them has just completed a $6.1 million Series A funding round struck at a $50 million valuation, which includes Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar ... >> view original

Ben Currie aims to Toast a Townsville Cup triumph

Currie has never been afraid to travel his horses and hopes the policy will pay dividends again with Honey Toast in Saturday's $100,000 Townsville Cup. “I've won cups in Goondiwindi, Beaudesert and Roma, but this would be the biggest one if we can pull ... >> view original

Rugby World Cup: Fringe Wallabies to stake selection claim as second-string ...

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika believes the jury is still out on how good his side is but the picture is unlikely to be much clearer after their second Pool A clash against Uruguay on Sunday night (AEST). With only a four-day turnaround after Thursday ... >> view original

AFL finals 2015: Violence reaches dangerous threshold

Mock rage: A Fremantle fan and Hawthorn fan face off before Friday night's match. Photo: Getty Images. AFL football must realise it is on a dangerous threshold right now. Friday night's ugliness at Perth's Domain Stadium was the canary coughing in the ... >> view original

Dwayne and Dylan Dunn deliver running double for Lindsay Park

Afleet Esprit and Dylan Dunn loom large down the outside to win the Pancare Foundation Plate from Japhils. Picture: Norm Oorloff. DWAYNE Dunn is often burdened with more pressure than any other jockey. Sometimes he has to ride against his son, Dylan. >> view original

Fast and fearless Pat Cummins ready to rebrand and relaunch a career in waiting

Injured fast bowler Pat Cummins did an exam for his marketing degree during the week and it was interesting, in light of the news he received afterwards, that the subject was how he would launch a new brand. The 22-year-old will relaunch himself again ... >> view original

Wayne Bennett will not let Justin Hodges's possible ban distract Brisbane ...

Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett says he will simply not allow the small matter of his captain possibly missing out on a premiership farewell to become a distraction in the lead-up to next week's decider. Bennett has won all seven of his grand ... >> view original

AFL finals: Adam Simpson puts West Coast Eagles in prime to win AFL premiership

Tony Abbott says public trust will be hard to restore under the 'febrile' politics which has led to coups. Sky News; 26 September 2015; 1 hour ago; News; News. Pope celebrates Mass at Madison Square Garden2:29. Featured Video. Pope celebrates Mass at ... >> view original

Western Sydney Wanderers' Red and Black Bloc vow to fight police moves to curb ...

THE Red and Black Bloc have vowed to continue an “ongoing battle'' over match day traditions as police prepare for a crackdown on unruly crowd behaviour at Western Sydney Wanderers games. The fight comes as the RBB — the club's supporter group ... >> view original