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Tiffany Drinkwater and Jessie Macdonald, pictured at the Observer office in Gladstone, are travelling to Peru in November to help change the lives of children living in poverty. Picture: BIANCA BOX peru110310-

Friends pursue dreams in Peru

TOOLOOA State High School graduates Tiffany Drinkwater and Jessie Macdonald are going on a journey together to Peru to help change the lives of people in need.

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Airstrip has town school in a flap

A COMMUNITY group in Yarwun is up in arms about a private airstrip in their town, just 50 metres from Yarwun State Primary School where children play.
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Fined for abuse of police

A MAN with a vehement dislike of a policeman launched expletives and threats at the officer when their paths crossed last year.
Police to begin child seat checks

POLICE will be checking motorists are following new child restraint laws, but they may find government coffers get little topping up.
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PM rejects hospital job loss claims

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has rejected claims that up to 20,000 people will lose their jobs under the Federal Government's planned health reforms.
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Madge, Lourdes to start clothing line

MADONNA and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are to launch a new line in teen clothing called Material Girl in the US this August.

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