Anti-abortionists call for clinic's closureBRISBANE — Anti-abortion group Right to Life chairwoman Margaret Tighe and National Party leader Rob Borbidge have called for police to raid an abortion clinic here and
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Police to be charged over abductionsBRISBANE — Six police officers here face charges of deprivation of liberty after they admitted dumping three Aboriginal children at Pinkenba, on the city's outskirts, as
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Moura inquiry: warning signs existedBRISBANE — Coal miners at the Moura No 2 mine, which suffered an explosion on August 7 killing 11 workers, have given evidence to the mining warden's inquiry at Gladstone that
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Aborigines occupy Qld national parkBRISBANE — More than 30 Aborigines are occupying the Lawn Hill National Park, about 240 km north-west of Mount Isa, in support of their demand for involvement in the management
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Miners threaten strike over Moura claimsBRISBANE — The United Mine Workers Union has warned of a possible statewide strike because de facto spouses of coal miners killed in the Moura underground mine disaster
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Secret CJC inquiry clears Goss advisersBRISBANE — A nine-month investigation by the Criminal Justice Commission, conducted in secret, has refused to support any allegations against current and former staff of
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Brisbane meeting for 'Reworking Australia'BRISBANE — "Economic rationalism in practice has proved irrational. It has produced injustice, poverty and unemployment", Professor Frank Stilwell, from the Sydney
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Nurses stop work over staffing crisisBRISBANE — Nurses and other health workers at the Princess Alexandra Hospital picketed the hospital on September 9 demanding more funding for the state's ailing public health
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Rainforest protest occupies shipBRISBANE — More than 40 members of the Brisbane Rainforest Action Group occupied a Philippines cargo ship here on August 23 in protest at the import of rainforest timber from Indonesia.
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Disabled win building accessBRISBANE — The Anti-Discrimination Tribunal on August 24 ordered the Queensland government to provide access for the disabled to Brisbane's new Convention and Exhibition Centre. The tribunal
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BRISBANE — The 11 miners buried underground after an explosion at the Moura No 2 coal mine on August 7, along with their suffering families, are the victims of the profit drive of BHP and other corporate mining giants.
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Right reinforced in Qld ALPBRISBANE — The right's stranglehold on the Queensland branch of the Labor Party was strengthened at the party's triennial state conference during the week June 27 to July 1. The dominance of