Qld moves to boost Townsville jobs and other top stories.

• Qld moves to boost Townsville jobs

  

  The boss of Queensland Nickel says north QLD should be happy Clive Palmer invested in the refinery. Clive Palmer personally paid $2.5 million for the Christmas pay packets of workers at his Townsville nickel refinery, the head of Queensland Nickel says.Managing director Clive Mensink said North Queensland should be happy about Mr Palmer's investment and blamed the Queensland government for failing to help the troubled refinery.Chief financial officer Daren Wolfe also denied reports that a..

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• Townsville Mayor battle becomes a three-way-race

  

  Bill Hankin of Rollingstone has put his hand up to run as mayor for the next council election in March 2016.THE battle to become Townsville’s next mayor is no longer a two-horse race, with One Nation party member Bill Hankin announcing he will run for the city’s top job.The former One Nation candidate for Hinchinbrook will take on Mayor Jenny Hill and challenger Jayne Arlett.“I’ve been stewing on this for a while,” Mr Hankin said.“There are too many issues not being addressed in Townsville. I’ve..

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• Scientist to face court

  

  Dr Daniel Alongi. AIMS scientist.A DISTINGUISHED climate scientist will face court this morning over allegations he defrauded the Federal Government of more than $550,000.Dr Daniel Alongi is due to face Townsville Magistrates Court accused of claiming fraudulent reimbursements to the tune of $556,508 while he worked for the Australian ­Institute of Marine Science.His alleged seven-year criminal offending came to light when his home and office were raided on September 6.Dr Alongi was charged with..

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• Monster snake catch

  

  Snakehandler Townsville Branch catcher Trish Prendergast, homeowners Simon Igloi and Tracy O'Sullivan and snake wrangler Beau Ginn with the monster 4.8m python caught trying to eat a pet duck at Bluewater.MOST people have things such as skydiving or travelling the world on their bucket list.But for Townsville snake catcher Trish Prendergast, wrangling an almost 5m scrub python was the dream that came true on Saturday night at Bluewater.The head of a monster 4.8m python caught at Bluewater.Ms Pre..

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• Ipswich takes state crown as fierce rivalry continues

  

  IPSWICH and Townsville may be at opposite ends of the state, but there's no love lost between the two cities when it comes to sporting rivalry. Four months ago, the Ipswich Jets won their maiden Intrust Super Cup rugby league title after an upset 32-20 victory over minor premiers Townsville Blackhawks. However, the rivalry between the two cities goes back further than rugby league. Ipswich and Townsville have been the dominant associations of the past decade in Queensland vigoro, squ..

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• Dennis refuses to blame referees for Crocs loss

  

  NBL Basketball Townsville Crocodiles V Adelaide 36's played at the Townsville Entertainment Centre. Mitch Norton gets pushed by Petrie.SHAWN Dennis has flatly refused to blame the officiating for the Townsville Crocodiles narrow home loss to the Adelaide 36ers on Saturday night.Townsville fans were left furious as the home side were called for a whopping 32 fouls compared to Adelaide’s 24 in the five-point loss, with the visitors also making a staggering 43 trips to free throw line.While a quick..

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• Lifeguards to boy's rescue

  

  Lifeguard Lachlan Parker looks over Riverway pool yesterday after a near-drowning on Friday night.LIFEGUARDS have been praised for saving the life of a young boy who nearly drowned in a Riverway lagoon.The Bulletin understands the boy, 5, had been swimming in the shallow end of the ­lagoon when he was found ­unconscious below the surface just before 8pm on Friday.He was pulled unconscious from the pool by a group of children after he spent about 60 seconds underwater.Lifeguards performed CPR and..

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• Hawks' win lifts Sixers into top four

  

  Hawks pluck reigning NBL champs in NZ and Adelaide 36ers now back in the top four Illawarra matchwinner Kevin Lisch tries to strip the gall from New Zealand’s Tom Abercrombie. The Hawks’ win put Adelaide into the top four. Picture: Phil Walter (Getty Images) Source: Phil Walter / Getty Images IT took a long, gutsy, double-overtime road grind from Illawarra over reigning NBL champion New Zealand, but the win has jumped the Adelaide 36ers back into the top four. The H..

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• Palaszczuk to fast-track plan to create 180 jobs in North Queensland

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Sacked workers: 'pretty heartbreaking' Workers sacked at Clive Palmer's Townsville nickel refinery on Friday say they "can see the place folding in six months anyway". Nine News PT1M24S 620 349 Road and construction jobs worth $61 million will be fast-tracked in North Queensland in response to Queensland Nickel's decision on Friday to sack 270 staff.Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – in her first media conference for 2016 - announced on..

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• Sacked workers: 'pretty heartbreaking'

  

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Clipper Round The World Race: Locals lap up the fleet in Airlie Beach .	Townsville shines in 2016 .
Former Essendon coach James Hird opens up on AFL spin and how trust was broken .	Queensland Nickel: 237 workers to lose jobs at Clive Palmer's ... .