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• Qld climate change pilot study shows 4400 properties could flood in...

  

  Several studies have found that climate change has its finger prints on Australia's weather.Photo: Leigh HenninghamThe Queensland Government is silently preparing Queensland for an 80cm sea rise, which would impact tens of thousands of homes by the end of the century, with pilot projects beginning along the Queensland coast.The first test pilot in Townsville was completed in July 2015 and shows almost 4400 properties would be flooded.The step comes as Queensland's climate change strategists meet..

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• Melbourne United to lock down on defence ahead of Townsville Crocs clash

  

  Daniel Kickert of Melbourne United controls the ball as Nicholas Kay of the Townsville Crocs defends.Photo: Getty-ImagesMelbourne United will stop opposing sides slowing down play as they look to end their three-game losing slide.The NBL's top side is back on court Thursday night when they visit Townsville Crocs at Townsville Entertainment Centre, giving Melbourne (9-3 win-loss) the chance to atone for their upset loss to the Crocs (4-8) at Hisense Arena last Friday night.Crocs coach Shawn Denni..

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• Townsville Crocs on the brink? | The Roar

  

  Can the Crocodiles survive their off-field woes? (Image: AAP)Related coverageNBL owner Larry Kestelman has urged Townsville basketball fans to get behind the Crocs and turn up to matches or face the real possibility of losing them for good.While the NBL competition as a whole has had a great 2015-16 season to date, the Crocs attendances have dropped to average just 1700 for their home games in Townsville.Kestelman made the comments while in Townsville for talks with both the club and local busin..

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• Sugar giant, Wilmar Sugar, welcomes breakthrough as 22 growers...

  

  Sugar giant, Wilmar Sugar, welcomes breakthrough as 22 growers sign new marketing dealEliza Rogers and Charlie McKillopPostedNovember 24, 2015 16:13:41 Australia's largest sugar producer says securing an interim agreement with 22 individual growers is a "breakthrough" to the current impasse about how export sugar is marketed.Wilmar's global head of sugar Jean-Luc Bohbot, travelled from Singapore to personally sign off on the deal at Pioneer Mill at Brandon, south of Townsville, today.Around ..

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• Crown-of-thorns: Scientists turn to genetics to predict where next...

  

  Crown-of-thorns: Scientists turn to genetics to predict where next destructive outbreak of starfish will occurBy Jesse DorsettUpdatedNovember 24, 2015 12:04:40 Experts says they are able predict where the next destructive outbreak of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfish will be by using genetic testingCoral-hungry COT starfish larvae has been discovered on reefs between Cairns and Townsville and near Hinchinbrook Island in North Queensland.Marine biologists from the Australian Institute of Marine ..

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• OPINION: Vacancy rates in residential housing remain static

  THE Real Estate Institutes Residential Vacancy Rate statistics for September were recently released with the vacancy rates in residential housing in Mackay and Townsville remaining static.Mackay dwellings remain at 9.1% and 5.3% for Townsville - the same rates were recorded in June.The increase in the number of rented dwellings is an unknown though. At the Census in 2011, Mackay registered 11,360 dwelling as being rented.Many more dwellings were constructed by investors in 2012 and 2013, and sin..

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• Brisbane, North Queensland for Good Friday

  

  ... into golden point extra time with a last-second try, before their captain Johnathan Thurston landed a field goal to hand the Townsville club its first premiership.

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• More wild horses culled near Bluewater in bid to boost Bruce...

  

  More wild horses culled near Bluewater in bid to boost Bruce Highway safetyBy David ChenUpdatedNovember 24, 2015 13:19:59 A Townsville city councillor says a program to cull feral horses near Bluewater, in north Queensland, appears to be preventing fatal car crashes.About 20 horses have recently been culled in the Clemant State Forest since a mass shooting from helicopters last month.The Queensland Government started the operation in response to car crashes caused by horses wandering onto th..

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• 2016 Intrust Super Cup draw released

  

  The Ipswich Jets will launch their title defence at home against Norths Devils in Round 1 of the 2016 Intrust Super Cup. Credit: Scott Davis. Copyright: SMP Images/QRL Media. The Ips..

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• Cats facing NBL's finest: Jervis

  

  Wildcats players Tom Jervis and Nathan Jawai at training today at the Jack Bendat Basketball Centre in Floreat. Picture: Mogens Johansen/The West AustralianPerth Wildcats centre Tom Jervis has labelled the New Zealand Breakers the team to beat ahead of back-to-back games between the fierce rivals.The Wildcats have a 1-1 record against the Breakers this year, and round out their season series against the reigning champions with a game at Perth Arena on Friday and a return bout in Auckland five da..

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