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• Woman's arm caught in boat rotor, airlifted to Townsville | Mackay Daily Mercury

  

  RACQ CQ Rescue flew a New Zealand tourist to Townsville with very serious injuries this afternoon after a serious boating accident in the Whitsundays.The 50-year-old Dunedin woman, who was holidaying on Hayman Island, suffered severe lacerations and fractures to her arm when she was struck by a boat while swimming about midday.According to an Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman, the woman's arm was caught in a boat's rotor.The rescue helicopter landed on Hayman Island about 1.30pm to stabil..

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• Former Townsville bouncer jailed for stabbing policeman in the neck - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  Former Townsville bouncer jailed for stabbing policeman in the neckBy Isobel RoePostedNovember 13, 2015 12:17:10 A former Townsville security guard will spend at least six years behind bars after stabbing a police officer.However, a jury has found him not guilty of attempted murder.The Supreme Court jury took just under 24 hours to find Andrew Max Wilson, 30, not guilty of the attempted murder of Senior Constable Luke Weiks in December 2013.He was found guilty of the lesser charge of malicio..

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• Townsville para-athlete trades shot-put for skeleton to compete in Canada - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Townsville para-athlete trades shot-put for skeleton to compete in CanadaPostedNovember 13, 2015 14:53:09 Three Queenslanders with disabilities walk into a bar and decide to form Australia's first para-bobsled and skeleton team. I think a podium is out of the question but then again you never know; I might do a Bradbury and everyone else go busters on it. Jason Lettice, Australian para-skeleton athlete It sounds like the premise for a movie, but accordi..

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• Photographers asked to edit grass into real estate photos after...

  

  The grass in this photo has been digitally altered to appear more green. Picture: Supplied.MONTHS of dry conditions have left Townsville’s real ­estate photographers constantly pressured to Photoshop lush lawns into their pictures.Photographer Michael Chambers, who specialises in real estate photography, said he was now regularly being asked to “green up” pictures of houses in the region.“The requests have always come but with the current weather situation it’s now a lot more common,” he said.“Y..

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• Leaked Groovin The Moo Letter Reminds Us How Tough Touring...

  

  13 Nov 2015/Greg MoskovitchLeaked Groovin The Moo Letter Reminds Us How Tough Touring Regional Australia Is The dates fornext year’s Groovin The Moo festival were announced yesterday, no doubt delighting music fans around regional Australia, who are normally forced to travel to their respective inner cities to experience live music.While Groovin The Moo stands as a shining example of the success promoters can have with staging regional events, an internal ..

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• Lightning wait to complete Standish import cycle

  

  Kayla Standish in action for Townsville Fire.ADELAIDE Lightning is racing the clock to have new American forward Kayla Standish cleared in time to join the team in its WNBL clash with the Flames in Sydney tonight.Standish, 26 next week and a 188cm power forward who came through the Gonzaga University program, is the sister of American forward Tami Willey who played for Adelaide as an import in 2005-06.The siblings continue to play together for the Mackay Meteors in the QBL where Standish has bee..

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• Women shine at rugby 7s

  

  RUGBY UNION: A group of girls from Mackay, Bowen and Whitsunday put their best foot forward at a rugby 7s carnival in Townsville, returning having exceeded expectations.Mackay Rugby Union development officer Rama Chand took two squads to the Townsville 7s over the weekend, fetching third and fourth respectively.The BMW (Bowen, Mackay and Whitsunday) won three of their five games, falling only to the Townsville-based squads that came first and second.The Stingers' development squad finished the w..

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• Mystery Queenslander wins $23 million Powerball jackpot

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Mystery Queenslander wins $23mWorkers at a small north Queensland convenience store in Ayr are "so excited" to have sold a winning $23 million Powerball ticket, one of three tickets to share in $70 million.PT0M54S620349The winner of $23.3 million is last night's Powerball draw has been Located in Ayr.The couple found out they had won after a friend had joke about winning it."So my husband and I decided to jump on the internet and check our entry and we couldn't believ..

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• Greg Hire: consistent basketball needed at Perth Wildcats in NBL

  ARGUABLY, the past week has been one of the hardest we’ve had to deal with at the Perth Wildcats in terms of disappointing NBL results, injuries and plenty of passionate criticism.I would be surprised if someone hadn’t seen or heard about the incident between Brian Conklin and Damian Martin.Much has been spoken about the whole ordeal but I’m definitely glad it’s over and we can continue improving as a team.Townsville are one of the grittiest teams I’ve come across, young and full of confidence.T..

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• Organic farmers 'WWOOFing' mad as willing workers hit hard by...

  

  Organic farmers 'WWOOFing' mad as willing workers hit hard by working holiday visa changesUpdatedNovember 13, 2015 14:38:23 Organic farmers say a 50 per cent drop off in volunteer workers on their farms is a direct result of recent changes to the working holiday visa program.Until recently,Willing Workers On Organic Farms(WWOOF) — known as 'WWOOFers' — were able to apply for a second-year working holiday visa as long as they spent 88 days in a rural or regional area.But now, the Federal ..

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