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• Girl stabs teenage boy at Gold Coast school, say police

  

  The boy's family have criticised the response of school staff, who reportedly did not call an ambulance and instead left him in the care of a nurse.A 12-year-old girl has been charged after allegedly stabbing another student at a Gold Coast school.The incident, which happened on Tuesday morning in the school's car park, resulted in a 13-year-old boy suffering stab wounds to the chest about 8.30am.The boy's family have criticised the response of school staff, who reportedly did not call an ambula..

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• Corps blimey, Camilla's a class act

  

  Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, speaks to Colonel John Cook as they pose for a group photograph with Military Police at Victoria Barracks in Sydney. Picture: David MoirRoyal visit: Prince Charles and Camilla tour SydneyTHOUSANDS have turned out to see the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall as they made their way through Sydney today.The royal couple have had a hectic itinery, with visits to the NSW Mounted Police in Redfern, OzHarvest in Alexandria, and the Macquarie Group in Martin Place..

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• Aussie surf lifesaving titles worth their weight in gold | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  JASON O'Pray has lost 12.4kg and has another six to go for the Sunshine Coast councillor and former Australian Surf Life Saving Belt Swim champion to be back to his competitive weight for the national titles at Maroochydore in April next year.Nominations for the titles, the first to be held here since 1980, opened yesterday.The Division 8 Councillor may be well on the way to renewed fitness to contest the event 13 years after he last won it in 2003.But Sunshine Coast Chamber of Commerce presiden..

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• MP Ros Bates returns fire to Health Minister Cameron Dick over...

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.MP complains about throat slitting gesturePolice Minister Jo-Ann Miller is accused of making a throat slitting gesture and saying "you're a goner" to Opposition MP Tarnya Smith.PT1M50S620349LNP MP Ros Bates has returned fire against Health Minister Cameron Dick, asking that he be referred to the Ethics Committee for misleading the House, the day after he referred her to the Health Ombudsman for allegedly "working shifts" at Gold Coast hospitals without permission.Ms B..

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• Parliament chaos over Bates moonlighting argument

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.MP complains about throat slitting gesturePolice Minister Jo-Ann Miller is accused of making a throat slitting gesture and saying "you're a goner" to Opposition MP Tarnya Smith.PT1M50S620349Jarrod Bleijie has slammed Health Minister Cameron Dick as being "so up yourself" as the Queensland Parliament erupted into chaos following accusations an Opposition MP worked shifts as a registered nurse at Gold Coast hospitals, without permission.Mr Dick told Parliament he had re..

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• Queensland Labor nearly hijacks Remembrance Day on social media

  

  Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg pointed out the document failed to mention the Government's cross-river rail proposal or the Gold Coast light rail ...

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• Where you can recreate your favourite movie scenes in Queensland

  

  THE trailer for the Aussie film starring Toni Collette, Muriel's Wedding.FILMMAKERS flocked to Queensland long before pirates and superheroes.Here are just a few locations that were transformed for the silver screen.Muriel’s Wedding (1994)Scenes of the film’s fictional coastal town Porpoise Spit were filmed in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, including the feel good moment Muriel and Rhonda drive off together.To recreate this scene, drive past the Pines Shopping Centre — don’t forget to shout “goo..

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• Labor incompetence an embarrassment to QLD

  

  Labor incompetence an embarrassment to QLD Published:12th of November 2015 Comments: Queensland GovernmentTourism The Tourism Minister Kate Jones is set to jet-off overseas next week with a tourism investment guide plagued with errors, including the latest bungle where key infrastructure projects are missing. Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg revealed in Parliament today that Cross River Rail and Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 2 ..

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• Ban on police guns in Queensland courthouses 'must be overturned'

  

  The Coast's new chief magistrate, Chris Callaghan, recently banned police from carrying ... Gold Coast police Superintendent Michelle Stenner said the ban was ...

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• Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm's romance the talk of the pool deck

  

  Mitch Larkin breaks 100m backstroke record... again0:40Swimming: Aussie Mitchell Larkin broke his own commonwealth 100 metre backstroke record for the second time in a week, to top off a successful World Cup campaign.AUSTRALIA has a new power couple of the pool, with swim champions Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm secretly dating in the wake of their world title success.The Brisbane backstrokers – who dominated in Russia last July, both winning their respective 100m and 200m titles – are now the p..

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