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Storm warning issued for western downs

October 16, 2008 15:04:00

A storm warning has been issued for the western Darling Downs region in southern Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: storm, miles-4415, surat-4417, toowoomba-4350

Big diesel plant earmarked for southern Qld

October 16, 2008 10:45:00

A company has announced plans to build a major diesel manufacturing facility in southern Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: manufacturing, oil-and-gas, chinchilla-4413, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Diesel company flags Qld manufacturing plans

October 15, 2008 18:07:00

A company has announced plans to build a major diesel manufacturing facility in southern Queensland. [MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, industry, manufacturing, oil-and-gas, qld, chinchilla-4413, dalby-4405, miles-4415

Landowners to get mine approach advice

October 10, 2008 15:00:00

Farm lobby group AgForce says it welcomes planned forums that will explain to Queensland land-holders their rights and responsibilities when resource companies seek access to their land.[MORE]

Tags: mining, rural, dalby-4405, felton-4358, injune-4454, miles-4415, roma-4455, wandoan-4419

Council laments Miles railway closure

October 3, 2008 12:29:00

The Mayor of Dalby Regional Council says the Queensland Government has shown little foresight in its move to close the railway facility at Miles on the western Downs.[MORE]

Tags: local-government, states-and-territories, rail-transport, dalby-4405, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Relief director of nursing hits the road

August 4, 2008 09:19:00

A retired director of nursing will spend the next year travelling south-westQueensland with a mobile home in tow.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-policy, inglewood-4387, longreach-4730, miles-4415, mount-isa-4825, tara-4421, texas-4385, toowoomba-4350

Firefighters contain grain silo blaze

July 11, 2008 08:11:00

It has taken fire crews seven hours to contain a fire in a grain silo west of Miles in Queensland's southern inland.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-fires, grain, drillham-4424, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Group paid $1,000 a day to monitor Ferguson

July 7, 2008 15:02:00

The Qld Govt is paying a Christian group $1,000 a day to monitor convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, crime, sexual-offences, qld, miles-4415

Bligh defends Ferguson media coverage

July 4, 2008 18:09:00

Anna Bligh has defended media coverage of the release of convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson from prison. [MORE]

Tags: media, child-abuse, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, information-and-communication, law-crime-and-justice, police, australia, qld, miles-4415

Ferguson has 'every right' to sue: Shine

July 4, 2008 14:25:00

Qld A-G Kerry Shine says convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson has every right to sue a man who threatened him.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, laws, sexual-offences, australia, qld, ipswich-4305, miles-4415

Paedophile Ferguson suing for 'victim of crime' compo

July 4, 2008 11:05:00

Convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson is suing an Ipswich man for compensation as a victim of crime.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, police, australia, qld, miles-4415

Police need more help to monitor Ferguson: Oppn

July 4, 2008 10:00:00

The Qld Oppn says police need more resources to continually monitor convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson. [MORE]

Tags: child-abuse, crime, courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-professionals, sexual-offences, qld, brisbane-4000, dalby-4405, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Ferguson fears for safety, moved again

July 4, 2008 06:02:00

Paedophile Dennis Ferguson is on the move again after community pressure forced him off a Qld rural property.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, police, australia, qld, miles-4415

Ferguson moved out of Miles following protests

July 3, 2008 22:27:00

Queensland police say convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson has been moved from a property near Miles.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, police, australia, qld, miles-4415

Protest swells outside Ferguson's property

July 3, 2008 17:05:00

Residents have gathered outside a property to protest against the relocation of convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, qld, miles-4415

Date set for Ferguson appeal

July 3, 2008 08:23:00

An appeal date against a judge's order to permanently stay child sex charges against a Qld paedophile has been set. [MORE]

Tags: child-abuse, crime, courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-professionals, sexual-offences, qld, brisbane-4000, dalby-4405, miles-4415

Man freed from Darling Downs car wreck

June 20, 2008 11:25:00

Emergency crews have freed a man trapped in a ute which ran off a bridge and hit a tree on the western Darling Downs this morning.[MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, chinchilla-4413, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Murrilla council worker to call it a day after 52 years

March 14, 2008 12:08:00

A southern Queensland council worker is retiring today after 52 years with the Murrilla Shire, which will cease to exist from midnight AEST.[MORE]

Tags: local-government, dalby-4405, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Partner of flood victim says he drove 'safely'

February 18, 2008 13:49:00

The partner of a woman who died after being rescued from floodwaters last week at Gogango, in central Queensland, says they had little time to react in the flood conditions.[MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, floods, gogango-4702, miles-4415, rockhampton-4700

Farmers welcome water boost

September 7, 2007 12:16:00

The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) has welcomed the release of an extra 17,000 megalitres of water from parts of the Great Artesian Basin.[MORE]

Tags: environment, rural, irrigation, water, inglewood-4387, miles-4415, roma-4455, st-george-4487

Gas firm moves closer to fast-tracking Murilla Shire power station

July 20, 2007 13:00:00

The Queensland Gas Company is close to making a decision to fast-track construction of a gas-fired power station in the Murilla Shire in southern Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, oil-and-gas, local-government, miles-4415

Miles school ranked third in state

April 4, 2007 14:09:00

The Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens (QCPC) says it is not surprised a state school in the state's southern inland has been ranked one of the top three schools in Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: secondary-schools, miles-4415, toowoomba-4350

Storms tear through southern Queensland

December 4, 2006 14:46:00

Storm activity across southern Queensland brought patchy falls over the weekend and disrupted power supplies.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, storm, cunnamulla-4490, miles-4415, murgon-4605, roma-4455, st-george-4487

Answers sought over runaway's house sharing with paedophile

December 21, 2005 18:40:00

Queensland Child Safety Minister Mike Reynolds says his department has assured him it did everything possible to try to keep track of a teenage girl, who wound up living in the same house as a notorious paedophile.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, police, miles-4415