Food fiesta trucks bring tasty delights and other top stories.

• Food fiesta trucks bring tasty delights

  

  AN OPEN air foodie paradise will set up shop in the Perfumed Gardens in Townsville’s CBD tonight. The city’s second Food Truck Fiesta will kick off from 5pm, and this time they’re prepared to feed thousands.Organiser Michelle Woodward said the number of food trucks would increase from 10 to 16 after thousands of people turned out to the first event earlier this month.“We all sold out very early,” she said. “We thought there was a market for it and people have been attracted.”The event coincide..

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• WIN News losing TV ratings war

  

  WIN Television insists its Townsville newsroom is not in jeopardy despite a ratings crash which followed a recent channel shake-up. New Regional TAM ratings figures show WIN Local News Townsville has so far recorded a daily average July audience of less than half the number of viewers who tuned in during June.On July 1, Southern Cross Austereo began broadcasting Channel Nine content while WIN took on Ten Network shows. As part of the change, WIN Local News moved to 6pm, the same time as Seven Lo..

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• Cowboys outclass Dogs in Townsville

  

  The entire North Queensland population is sweating on the health of superstar captain Johnathan Thurston after he left the field with a left hamstring complaint early in the second half of the Cowboys' 36-0 win over the Bulldogs on Thursday.Fresh off another State of Origin series win the Cowboys kingpin put forward a true halfback's performance – albeit for just 45 minutes – combining slick foot skills with effective marshalling of his troops and the ability to exploit gaps with his dummy and ..

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• Indecent treatment charges, Townsville

  

  Police have charged a 22-year-old man following investigations into alleged indecent treatment of a child offences at Townsville. The charges relate to the alleged offences involving a 14-year-old girl at a private residence in May. The Burdell man has been charged with four counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 and one count of possessing child exploitation material. He will appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on August 9. Anyone with information which could assist with this ..

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• Thieves strip show homes

  

  A MANHUNT is under way for a thief responsible for ransacking more than a dozen display homes across Townsville.It is understood that, over two weeks, two men broke in to several display homes at night, stealing everything from couches and televisions to outdoor settings.The Townsville Bulletin has been told the pair would also enter display homes while they were open for showings and steal items while one of the men distracted the salesperson.Display homes at property developments North Shore a..

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• Jobless rate hits worst level in 20 years

  

  TOWNSVILLE has recorded its worst unemployment rate in at least 20 years as the business community pleads for government investment in major projects to create jobs.Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released yesterday revealed a 14.8 per cent unemployment rate for June.The jobless rate is the worst in ABS records going back to 1998. The next worst was 14.2 per cent in February 2003.Read the full text of this story in today’s Townsville Bulletin or in our digital print edition: http://bit.l..

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• Close call may mean new poll

  

  A FULL recount of votes cast for the seat of Herbert began today amid mounting speculation voters could be marched back to the polls for a by-election.It follows news, revealed by the Bulletin on July 13, that up to 85 Townsville troops may have missed out on voting, and bears similarities to the 1996 Mundingburra by-election.Some voters also reported they were unable to cast their ballot on July 2 due to “administrative errors”.Read the full text of this story in today’s Townsville Bulletin or ..

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• Soldier on child abuse charges

  

  A TOWNSVILLE soldier has been charged with using social media to groom a girl before indecently assaulting her.Police will allege the 22-year-old man, who is based at Lavarack Barracks, was talking to the girl, 14, using social media networks before he allegedly abused her.Townsville Child Protection Investigation Unit officer-in-charge detective Senior Sergeant Dave Miles said the prosecution would allege the man used his knowledge of the girl to groom her online before meeting her in person.“W..

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• Stadium cash safe

  

  NEWLY appointed Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan has promised all of the Coalition’s pre-election commitments in Herbert, including Townsville’s stadium, will be met even if Labor’s Cathy O’Toole wins the seat.Senator Canavan said the “remarkable” infrastructure commitment made by the Coalition during the campaign would be part of incumbent LNP MP Ewen Jones’s legacy regardless of the outcome of the recount in Herbert.“All of our commitments are commitments we took as a government to the..

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• Water weeds a flood risk

  

  A NATURAL resources management organisation has warned Townsville’s water weed problem could increase the city’s flood risk.NQ Dry Tropics chief executive officer Scott Crawford said Ross River had one of the largest populations of plant pest species in Australia.He said the sagittaria weed – also known as delta arrowhead – was of particular concern.“Sagittaria is a nationally significant, highly invasive weed that restricts water flow and contributes to localised flooding by blocking irrigation..

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