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Pip Courtney takes Landline's centre stage

4:00 AM | IT'S been almost 26 years since a young ABC cadet from Tasmania began her career in journalism and current affairs.

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Second solar plan for Cloncurry

4:00 AM | AN ambitious plan to build one of Queensland's biggest solar energy farms in Cloncurry was tabled at the Cloncurry Shire Council meeting last week.

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Remembering Yasi

11 Feb 12 | A YEAR to the day that North Queensland experienced the biggest cyclone in recorded history, emergency personnel whose assistance bordered on the heroic, and locals who lost homes, cars and their most

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Tully State High School being rebuilt better than before

10 Feb 12 | STUDENTS attending Tully State High School will benefit from millions of dollars in additional facilities that didn’t exist before Yasi tore through the school, Premier Anna Bligh said.

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Western rail links to be restored Monday

10 Feb 12 | TRAINS will finally run west from Roma to Mitchell and Longreach by Monday after track workers today finish repairs to the flood affected main western rail line today.

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Is flood funding enough?

10 Feb 12 | BURKE Shire Council's chief executive officer has said it would be hard to tell if the government's disaster relief funding would be sufficient until floodwaters cleared the Gulf.

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Rescue and salvage as flooding hits

10 Feb 12 | SEVERAL people have been rescued over the past fortnight as floodwaters swept across Central and North West Queensland.

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Keep watch for flood-related animal diseases

09 Feb 12 | PRODUCERS are warned to keep an eye out for animal diseases in parts of Queensland affected by severe flooding.

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Gilmour honoured for Yasi work

09 Feb 12 | MANAGING the Cyclone Yasi clean-up was a tough job, but it proved to be one of Russell Gilmour's more rewarding experiences in his 26-year career with the Queensland Government. Mr Gilmour

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Hunt on for wild dog co-ordinator

09 Feb 12 | AGFORCE says it is pleased to announce another weapon will soon be available in the ongoing battle to control wild dog attacks on sheep and cattle.

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Floods hit properties hard

08 Feb 12 | WHILE there is understandable concern about the impact of flooding in South West Queensland towns, aerial surveys show outlying properties have also been hit hard by record river heights. Ag

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First radioactive dump gets the green light

08 Feb 12 | AUSTRALIA is set to get its first radioactive waste dump with the government agreeing to a Coalition demand for $10 million for the Northern Territory, which will host the dump.

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National survey into remote health work launched

08 Feb 12 | A NATIONAL survey has been launched this week as part of an innovative project, Working Safe in Rural and Remote Australia.

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Backers ask for faith in northern farmers market

08 Feb 12 | A LOCAL produce supplier said while a new farmers market was a good idea, Townsville didn't have the strong trading base to support it.

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And then there was one - Mount Isa markets dying off

07 Feb 12 | IT'S the "last man standing" when it comes to local markets in Mount Isa after the Mount Isa RSL closed its doors on stall holders for the final time.

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Is flood funding enough?

07 Feb 12 | BURKE Shire Council's chief executive officer has said it would be hard to tell if the government's disaster relief funding would be sufficient until floodwaters cleared the Gulf.

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Corfield to come alive

07 Feb 12 | LOCATED a little over 100km south of Hughenden and 85km north of Winton, the tiny outback community of Corfield will come alive on August 3-4 for the renowned Corfield Races.

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Cungulla thinking outside the square

07 Feb 12 | THEY'RE a resourceful bunch in Cungulla. The small seaside community 40km south of Townsville is a fishing hub, dotted with boats moored in the front yards of shacks and humpies.

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Weaker La Nina hits peak

06 Feb 12 | THE La Nina climate pattern behind the latest floods in Queensland and northern NSW has reached its peak, the weather bureau says.

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Nth Queenslanders gear up for Oak Park Races

06 Feb 12 | FOR more than 80 years North Queenslanders have headed out to Oak Park for famous Oak Par Races and they will be doing so again this year.

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