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All hands on deck for shipwreck survey

26 May 12 | Redland boaties are being asked to help document shipwrecks off the Queensland coast as part of National Archaeological Week, which ends on Sunday (20 - 26 May).

News - General

Mayhem is a drag!

25 May 12 | CHAMPIONSHIP mayhem can be expected this Queen's Birthday long weekend at Willowbank Raceway, with a number of title battles set to come down to the wire at the season-finale Fuchs Winternationals on

Sport - Motor Racing

Drivers get set for Battle of Hill

25 May 12 | THE annual MG and Sports Car Hillclimb will be held at the Mt Cotton hillclimb track, Gramzow Road, Mt Cotton, this Sunday, May 27.

Sport - Motor Racing

New bid for Go Card for island ferries

25 May 12 | The use of Go Card to catch a ferry to North Stradbroke or the Southern Moreton Bay islands is being considered in a plan being developed by the Newman government. |

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Drivers eyeing title

25 May 12 | KARTERS will use tomorrow's Mount Isa Go-Kart Club round four races as a final chance to fine tune their machines ahead of next month's 2012 Hilton Training Club Championships. The Cadets class w

Sport - Motor Racing

Buffalo Bills on a winning streak

25 May 12 | BUFFALO Bills will be aiming to extend their winning streak to six games when they battle Buffs JMI in a round 12 local derby in Mount Isa Pool Association competition on Sunday. Buffs JMI are in

Sport - Other

PBs in the sights of Isa-Curry athletes

25 May 12 | PERSONAL bests will again be on the radar of athletes when Mount Isa and Cloncurry Athletics Clubs hold their next competition days tomorrow. During the last club meeting, seventeen dedicated ath

Sport - Athletics

Gun sprinters in do battle at the park

25 May 12 | THE best sprinters in Western Queensland will go head-to-head tomorrow when the barrier at Buchanan Park flies open in the Gulf Grunter Open Handicap. The 1100 metre race is

Sport - Horse Racing

Record gymnast numbers

25 May 12 | MORE than 110 gymnasts in Mount Isa will vault, balance and jump this weekend when Leichhardt Gymnastics Club holds its two-day competition. Starting tomorrow, the club will host a record number

Sport - Other

Driver not seriously injured in rollover

25 May 12 | MOUNT Isa emergency services responded to a single vehicle rollover on Duchess Road, about 40 kilometres from Mount Isa. The accident occurred on Wednesday shortly after 6pm. Queensland Fir |

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News - General

Migration change to help NW businesses

25 May 12 | MORE migrant workers can be expected in the North West after the Australian Government announced reforms to its skilled migration program. Immigration officers say the main |

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News - General

FarmReady scrap a blow to region

25 May 12 | THE discontinuation of the commonwealth's FarmReady funding program is just another blow to small outback towns like Julia Creek, says third generation grazier, Scott Harrington |

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News - General

School of the Air bus keeps eye on rain

25 May 12 | Year 6 students from the School of the Air will be keeping a close eye on the weather today, hoping for sunny skies. The students are on a camp in Adels Grove and for the first time in 20 years

News - General

Survey shows we want a greener town

25 May 12 | MORE greenery, street beautification, better roads and comedy shows for Mount Isa were among the most popular items listed on a city council survey. About 100 surveys were completed at l |

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News - General

Carbon tax cost on council agenda

25 May 12 | THE IMPACT of the carbon tax on ratepayers will be on the agenda when senior officers from the Climate Change and Energy ministry visit Mount Isa on Tuesday. Mayor Tony McGrady said he and Climat

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Annual day to apologise

25 May 12 | COMMEMORATING National Sorry Day, Spinifex Senior Campus students and staff held a special parade alongside elders in the city yesterday. The afternoon included Indigenou

News - General

Fuming mad

25 May 12 | IT could be paint, petrol or deodorant - chances are that a child in Mount Isa will inhale it today to get high. Kids are chroming their lives away. |

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News - General

Former MKM boss pleads innocence

25 May 12 | THE man accused this week of not paying building contractors in Cloncurry nearly $1 million says he is innocent. "I've done nothing wrong," said Mladen (Mike) Kljaic, for |

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Devils keen to atone

24 May 12 | THE Red Devils will be out to atone for last week's loss when they take on Eastern Suburbs on Saturday night.

Sport - General

Bulldogs on the march

24 May 12 | THE rampant Bulldogs pack, on a high after a win last week, will be looking for all three points when they meet the luckless Souths United here on Sunday afternoon.

Sport - Athletics