Loss of Townsville Crocs has sting in tail for Snakes and other top stories.

• Loss of Townsville Crocs has sting in tail for Snakes

  

  LASTING RESIDUE: The demise of Townsville may have an impact on the Cairns Taipans.THE Taipans could prey on the Crocs’ carcass, but they concede the death of their southern rivals may ultimately hurt their own NBL future.Fears of the demise of Townsville as a national basketball outpost were confirmed this week, with NBL supremo Larry Kestelman admitting he had no choice but to pull the plug on the flagging franchise.That leaves the Snakes as the sole remaining community-run club in the league,..

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• National Youth Week: Faces of the Townsville Youth Shelter

  

  National Youth Week: Faces of the Townsville Youth Shelter Updated April 15, 2016 18:29:32 Meet the young people who are turning their lives around after calling the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service Youth Shelter (TAIHS) home.By Kathleen Calderwood I'd like to build the bridge back up with my older brother and I want to prove to him that I'm not just a disappointment and a waste of time. Callum Wyles, aged 19 After finishing high sch..

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• North Queensland Cowboys dominate South Sydney Rabbitohs ...

  

  North Queensland Cowboys dominate South Sydney Rabbitohs, winning 44-18 in Townsville Posted April 15, 2016 21:52:33 North Queensland has run rings around South Sydney in Townsville, winning their NRL clash 44-18 in another dominant display on home turf. SCOREBOARD: NQL v SOU 44-18 in Townsville, April 15 2016 Tackles Linebreaks Errors Completion rate Cowboys: J O'Neill 2, G Cooper, J Thurston, K Feldt, E Lowe, A Winterstein, M Morgan tries; J Thurston 6/8 go..

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• Thurston breaks 1000pts at Townsville

  

  JOHNATHAN THURSTON CRACKS 1000 AT 1300SMILES STADIUMMOST POINTS AT A VENUE BY A PLAYER- 1,172 at Hunter Stadium, Newcastle by Andrew Johns- 1007 at 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville by Johnathan Thurston- 953 at Peppers Stadium, Penrith by Ryan Girdler- 952 at Brookvale Oval by Graham Eadie©AAP2016

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• Palmer under the gun over Qld Nickel

  

  AAP on April 16, 2016, 12:35 pm Clive Palmer says the federal government is campaigning to end his political career. Clive Palmer is claiming the federal government is campaigning to end his political career in its pursuit of him over the collapse of Queensland Nickel.The government has promised to cover some of the $73.9 million owed to almost 800 workers sacked from Mr Palmer's Townsville nickel refinery, with the company almost certain to be put into liquidation next week.In an u..

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