Last Top Stories: Townsville, Burdekin now drought declared, Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Townsville, Burdekin now drought declared, Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Townsville, Burdekin now drought declared, Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne saysUpdatedNovember 26, 2015 16:27:57 Another seven Queensland regions have been drought declared, including Townsville and the Burdekin region, which are in the usually wet areas of north Queensland.More than86 per cent of the state is now in drought.Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne made the extra declarations in a visit to Giru in the Burdekin.He said the spread of the drought out of the west and along the..

  >> view original



• Car chase teens were part of Townsville juvenile crime gang, police say

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Nine boys arrested in carA police pursuit in north Queensland results in nine boys arrested after they were driving in a stolen car early Thursday morning.PT1M15S620349Nine teenagerscaught in a stolen car near Townsville in the early hours of Thursdaywere part of a juvenile crime gang that went on a four-day theft spree across much of northern Queensland, police have alleged.Police chased the car along the Bruce Highway for half an hour in a low-speed pursuit from All..

  >> view original



• New Raging Bull in Townsville - NRL

  

  Willie Minoga will swap the colours of the PNG Hunters for the black and green of Townsville in 2016. Copyright: SMP Images/QRL Media. He has been dubbed 'Freight Train' and the 'Rag..

  >> view original



• Melbourne United out to avoid fourth straight loss against Townsville Crocodiles | HeraldSun

  

  Melbourne United need to shake it up0:54NBL: Former NBL Champion Chris Anstey says Melbourne United will be back to winning ways if they can make changes and become less predictableMELBOURNE United will look to avoid a fourth straight defeat on Thursday, but star big man Hakim Warrick says his side has not pushed the panic button.United started the NBL season with nine straight wins, but has since dropped three consecutive games.Melbourne meets a Townsville side that caused a stunning upset at H..

  >> view original



• Horse to get used to racing in a different direction

  

  HORSE RACING:Townsville trainer Olivia Cairns is confident five-year-old gelding Alakris will race well in today's Mackay Turf Club meet.The 1800m race four, will be Alakris's first meet in north Queensland."I'm pretty happy with him, he's been up here for about a month now," Cairns said."It's a nice race for him, we're happy with what he's done in the past month."Alakris's last start was in Ballarat where he was well beaten.Cairns said she had targeted today's race because it was a set weight r..

  >> view original



• JBS shuts north Queensland plant several weeks early, extends...

  

  JBS shuts north Queensland plant several weeks early, extends closure of other plants as cattle supply dries upPostedNovember 26, 2015 15:36:33 North Queensland's only major export meatworks shut its doors yesterday for the summer break almost a month earlier than usual.The closure at the JBS Stuart plant, south of Townsville, which processes 900 cattle a day, means 580 permanent staff will be forced to take leave until the plant re-opens next year.The state's other JBS facilities also will ..

  >> view original



• Souths keep Dylan Walker, Aaron Gray after accidental overdoses

  

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

  >> view original



• Lawyers, advocates push for government plan to address soaring...

  

  Lawyers, advocates push for government plan to address soaring Indigenous women incarceration ratesPostedNovember 26, 2015 15:30:38 More than a third of the prisoners in women's jails are Indigenous and they make up the fastest growing sector of the prison population in Australia.Lawyers, judges and Indigenous leaders are in Sydney today talking about Aboriginal Australians behind bars.The Law Council of Australia said Aboriginal families and communities are being torn apart because so many ..

  >> view original



• Illawarra Hawks fan pours beer on Sydney Kings import Marcus...

  

  Illawarra Hawks fan pours beer on Sydney Kings import Marcus Thornton in NBLUpdatedNovember 26, 2015 15:00:17 The NBL is now meeting with the Illawarra Hawks to determine the fate of a fan who poured beer on Sydney Kings import Marcus Thornton during the match on Wednesday night.Meanwhile, the company which rented the corporate box, Figtree Private Hospital, released a statement to Fox Sports on Thursday apologising for the incident and saying the man has a "cognitive impairment"."Figtree Pr..

  >> view original



• Clive Palmer's nickel refinery cuts $275m from pollution fund

  

  But the Townsville nickel refinery's 2015 accounts show that the nickel business lent large sums to other companies controlled by Mr Palmer in the past three ...

  >> view original