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  Friendship helps Townsville Fire's international basketballers feel at home in north QueenslandPostedJanuary 14, 2016 18:36:15 Canadian Tamara Tatham and American Natalie Novosel live together, work together and play together and they know that when you are thousands of kilometres from home, it can help to have a friend by your side.The pair play for the Townsville Fire in north Queensland, in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).This is Tatham's first season in Australia, after pla..

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• Queensland unemployment level drops below 6 per cent

  

  Acting Premier Jackie Trad says Queensland's falling unemployment rate was a "big tick" for the Palaszczuk government.Photo: Chris HydeQueensland's unemployment rate has dropped to below 6 per cent for the first time in two years, leading the state's Labor government to spruik its performance since taking power almost a year ago.But the state opposition would not have a bar of that, saying Queensland was simply following a national Australian trend.Australian Bureau of Statistics figures release..

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• Qld dog attack cruel, cowardly: cops

  A chihuahua is expected to recover after it was "cruelly" bashed over the head with a blunt object by burglars in north Queensland.Police say intruders stole a flag outside the unlocked home in Townsville before walking inside.Senior Sergeant John Mahony says when the small pooch started barking one of the burglars bashed it over the head with a blunt object. The homeowner was woken by the distressed yelps of their pet, which had lost "a lot of blood" by that time, and rushed the dog to..

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