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• Man stabbed to death at Charters Towers, Townsville | The Courier-Mail

  

  He is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court tomorrow. Investigations are continuing. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on ...

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• Melbourne Boomers captain Tess Madgen in doubt for WNBL clash...

  

  Tess Madgen, in action against Townsville last weekend, is likely to miss this weekend’s game against Bendigo with an ankle injury. Picture: Evan Morgan.MELBOURNE Boomers’ bad trot has continued with captain Tess Madgen in doubt for this weekend’s WNBL clash with Bendigo.The Boomers, who have dropped their past four games after upsetting Townsville on Cup Eve, are set to be without their star for a home game against the Spirit on Saturday night after she hurt her ankle at training on Tuesday nig..

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• Housing market remains steady or weak in regional areas

  

  THE sales market conditions have remained steady on the Fraser Coast over the last quarter as the median house price sits at $300,000.REIQ figures have revealed a very slight change of 0.2% in median house prices for the last quarter.In other regional areas, market conditions remain weak, however, latest figures show Gladstone may be turning a corner.The number of houses in the Gladstone market is slowly coming down with the annual trend recording its fifth consecutive quarterly drop.House sales..

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• Adelaide 36ers vs Perth Wildcats highlights: NBL scores

  

  Adelaide 36ers vs Perth Wildcats highlights: NBL scoresRoar Guru1Have your sayMatch Result:The Perth Wildcats secured their seventh win of the season on Wednesday night with a 6-point win against the Adelaide 36ers at Adelaide Arena.Lucas Walker led the scoring for the home side with 22 points, while Adam Gibson also chimed in with 20 of his own.For the victors, Casey Prather led the way with 21 points from an impressive 9-11 from the field.Final Score:36ers – 88Wildcats – 94Match Preview:An und..

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• Scandals to sledges: Mason's highs and lows

  

  Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.WITH Willie Mason expected to bid farewell to the NRL for the final time, we’ve decided to take a walk down memory lane.The charismatic prop has enjoyed a career that would make any player jealous but it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the man nicknamed ‘big Willie’.A walking, talking headline — Mason’s had his fair share of highlights and lowlights.So as the 35-year-old prepares to finish his career in F..

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• Toowoomba beer drinkers raise a toast to home town

  

  The True North Bottle, Toowoomba.ContributedTHERE'S nothing better than a cold beer after a hard day's work and now lager drinkers in Toowoomba can raise a toast to their home town.The Garden City was chosen as one of 36 Queensland towns to appear on the label of the limited edition XXXX Origins - a new beer that has been brewed just for Queensland locals.Queenslanders around the state are now able to raise a toast to Toowoomba as the city's name appears on the bottle in their hand.XXXX Origins ..

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• Taupau says he has no bad blood

  

  Sydney. Margie McDonald has worked in regional (Townsville Bulletin), wire services (AAP), Metro papers (Sun-Herald, The Australian) and corporate (Sydney ...

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• IN PHOTOS: Rescue crew spots missing man from the air

  

  A 40-YEAR-OLD Townsville man has been found sheltering under a tree after spending nearly three days missing on a remote cattle station near Mt Coolon, 250km west of Mackay.Bradley David Edwards was found near a large dam about 6.2 kilometres from where he has last seen at 8am on Monday.He was spotted from the air and although exhausted, disorientated and very dehydrated, was in good spirits and able to walk unaided when RACQ CQ Rescue landed nearby about 12.30pm to airlift him to Mackay Base Ho..

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• Brisbane could lose trans-Tasman Test as ARL commission puts...

  

  The clash ended up in Townsville, but now nib Stadium bosses are ready to trump Suncorp and bring Test football to the wild west after successfully hosting ...

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• NBL: Crowds at Melbourne United's home games up almost 40 per...

  

  United fall in the snake pit0:18NBL: Melbourne United's unbeated run has come to an end with a defeat at the hands of the Cairns Taipans.MELBOURNE United’s risky decision to ditch the famous Tigers name may be paying off with home crowd figures up almost 40 per cent on the same time last season.Many expressed outrage when club owners controversially decided to rebrand the Melbourne NBL club before the 2014/15 season in a bid to bring together Victoria’s fractured basketball community.Now in its ..

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