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							<title>Cancer survivors challenge State&apos;s health services commitments</title>
							<description><![CDATA[A TRIO of cancer survivors fighting for the Gladstone community's needs met with Queensland health minister Stephen Robertson yesterday morning and asked hi...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Darryl bowls his way back through team bonding</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IT was a comeback Port Curtis indoor bowler Darryl Austin will never regret making. 


After quitting the sport a few years ago, camaraderie dragged Aust...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Owner shows resolve after repeated robberies hit hard</title>
							<description><![CDATA["WE will not give into the criminals, we will not be intimidated by them," Paul Kent, owner of Toolooa 7 Day Pharmacy, said yesterday following news of yet...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>On the prowl in Pacific Ranch</title>
							<description><![CDATA[A PACIFIC Ranch household is locking its doors against intruders and warning others to be more vigilant about security after discovering a prowler at about...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Speak now or forever say goodbye to Marley Brown Oval</title>
							<description><![CDATA[WHEN it comes to Marley Brown Oval, Gladstone residents need to speak now, or say goodbye. 


The fate of Marley Brown Oval was on the cards for discussion a...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Rugby team claims state titles</title>
							<description><![CDATA[KIN KORA Primary's Sam Smith was part of the Capricornia Under-12 Rugby League team who rolled all of their opposition at the recent state championships to...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Sun shines for flag raising</title>
							<description><![CDATA[GORENG Goreng elder Jacqueline Johnson stood proud as the skies parted and the sun shone for the traditional NAIDOC week flag raising ceremony at Gladstone...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Knife wielding woman robs pharmacy</title>
							<description><![CDATA[BRANDISHING a kitchen knife and demanding drugs a woman held up the Toolooa 7 Day Pharmacy last Saturday night.


About 6.15pm the woman entered the phar...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Water pipeline not an &apos;if&apos; but a &apos;when&apos;</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SECURING the Gladstone region's future water supply has become more of a 'when' rather than an 'if' after the Australian Government handed $10 million in fu...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Remorse as the mighty league falls from grace</title>
							<description><![CDATA[When it's not just a club but a whole sporting venue in danger of collapsing, the waiting and watching to see what will happen can be very stressful for som...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Jenny passionate about women&apos;s centre</title>
							<description><![CDATA[JENNY Cockerill is no stranger to the Gladstone Women's Health Centre.


She worked at the centre for nearly three years as a counsellor and community ed...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Residents lose sleep over noisy road works</title>
							<description><![CDATA[MOTORISTS are being asked to drive safely while road works along the Dawson Highway, Kirkwood Road and Don-Young Drive intersection are wrapped up.


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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Wally is ready to roll</title>
							<description><![CDATA[WALLY Bird cannot thank his friends at Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) enough for building a ramp so that he could drive his scooter into the house with ea...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Turnovers prove costly for flickering Sparks</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SPARKS dug deep in their Central Queensland Extended League hockey match against table leaders Wanderers on Saturday at Rigby Park, but unfortunately it was...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Trio thinking &apos;green&apos; for make-over of Quoin Island</title>
							<description><![CDATA[DESPITE gaining interest from as far as Dubai and China, Quoin Island Resort has been sold to a consortium of shareholders from Gladstone and Bundaberg....]]></description>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Dan to dance like an emu and box like a roo for Australia</title>
							<description><![CDATA['Dance like an emu, box like a roo'.


That is the motto Daniel Beahan's support crew will shout to the roof top when they attend the 2008 Beijing Olympi...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Sporting facilities in Gladstone come under fire</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THERE'S conflicting opinions between local council and the local sporting clubs following criticism made about the state of playing fields in the Gladstone Regi...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Power learn to turn the screws</title>
							<description><![CDATA[YARALLA Port City Power men's team rallied from an early deficit and then "turned the screws" to record a 108-96 triumph over Ipswich Force at Kev Broome St...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Dad&apos;s field of dreams lost</title>
							<description><![CDATA[REX Brown doesn't need a football field to remember the 40 years of hard work his father put into Gladstone Rugby League.

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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Skirting around the question</title>
							<description><![CDATA[GLADSTONE Cancer Support and Pamper Group spokesperson Pat Read has labelled Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson's response to a lack of public o...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Residents angered by desal decision</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE GLADSTONE Regional Council met a volley of disapproval from ratepayers in Agnes Water on Thursday night over Tuesday's shock decision to give the cont...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Gladstone boys rally to stay in top division</title>
							<description><![CDATA[THE Under-13 Boys State Hockey Championships got down to the business end of competition yesterday as finals were battled out at Rigby Park with Gladstone...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Pump up the jam</title>
							<description><![CDATA[DANIEL Simanic gets his adrenalin fix from playing basketball. 

Yaralla Port City Power's shooting point guard said nothing compared to the hit he got...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Children create visions for NAIDOC Week</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IF the old saying 'you can tell how much fun a child is having by the amount of mess they make' is true, then the children of Gladstone must have been having a...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Island foot mystery has our authorities stumped</title>
							<description><![CDATA[MORE than four years after a group of school children found a human foot on Facing Island, authorities are no closer to identifying who it belongs to.

Th...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Fire rages in bush, cause unknown</title>
							<description><![CDATA[PLUMES of smoke and ash covered the skies of Gladstone yesterday afternoon as fire ragged in bushland.

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Gladstone stati...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Golden Guse hits Adelaide jackpot</title>
							<description><![CDATA[GLADSTONE'S Matthew Guse won the senior division at round two of the inaugural Australian Mini Moto Series in Adelaide at the Port Elliot Track last weekend....]]></description>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Mines help water down dust problems</title>
							<description><![CDATA[COAL companies are set to take action in the battle to minimise dust emissions from the Port of Gladstone. 

It was announced yesterday that the companies...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>McGuire&apos;s Oceania glory</title>
							<description><![CDATA[AFTER hurtling 7.25kg of metal 46m across a field at the recent Oceania Games, Tom McGuire returned to Gladstone as the proud owner of the open men's hammer...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Lee fed up with the rotten smell</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SOMETHING smells rotten in Tannum Sands, and residents aren't happy about it.

Curlew Park, home to recreational bushland and a children's playground, is...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Aldoga could go steel</title>
							<description><![CDATA[AFTER sitting idle on the outskirts of Gladstone for almost a decade, the patch of dirt known as the failed Aldoga site may have a new $1 billion tenant....]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Anglers ask for a break</title>
							<description><![CDATA[TOURISM in Central Queensland is taking a huge hit, with interest rates, skyrocketing fuel prices and the general downturn in the economy all taking their t...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Steel giant to call city home</title>
							<description><![CDATA[A BIG time steel manufacturer has snubbed Ipswich in favour of constructing a $700 million plant in Gladstone. 

This week, the directors of Boulder Steel...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Hayden hurdling the junior hockey heights</title>
							<description><![CDATA[A COUPLE of years ago, Gladstone's Hayden Baynton took a break from hockey to try his hand at rugby league, but the 12-year-old could not resist the urge to...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Deb unlucky but shows a spoon for talent</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SHE clicked and clattered to some inpressive tunes but former Tannum Sands resident Deb "Spoons" Perry has missed out on winning this year's Australia's Got...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>High fuel prices fails to keep grey nomads away</title>
							<description><![CDATA[DESPITE skyrocketing fuel prices, the migration of the grey nomad is in full swing on The Discovery Coast, with the Miriam Vale Shire Museum a major drawcar...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Commercial fishing boats seized in crackdown</title>
							<description><![CDATA[Three commercial reef line vessels from Gladstone and two from Mackay have been seized during a crackdown on illegal fishing last month. 

Great Barrier M...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Gladstone guns get Qld call</title>
							<description><![CDATA[NINE Gladstone veterans will don maroon representative jerseys at the upcoming National Touch Rugby Association State of Origin tournament at Coffs Harbour...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Shay-ke, rattle &apos;n&apos; roll</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IN her first ever game of basketball 20 years ago, Yaralla Port City Power point guard Shay Thetford broke her nose. 

"But I still came back for more   y...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Lucky break for speedster</title>
							<description><![CDATA[SPEEDSTER Bryce David Liddell didn't stop his motor vehicle for Gladstone police on March 31 this year because he didn't want to get caught for "going to fa...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>Principal graduates from school</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IT'S taken him 14 years but Gladstone Central State School (CSS) principal Alan Whitfield has finally graduated and is on his way to high school.

The soo...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[ANY perceived land shortage in Boyne-Tannum is about to be eased with 16 new residential blocks to go under the auctioneer's hammer next month.

Strong in...]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[PLAYMAKERS Jonnie Stewart and Alan Hilcher are keen to finish off Mad Dog's season on a high note when they clash with Steelers tonight in the Gladstone Tou...]]></description>
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							<title>Beahan, Daly bound for Beijing glory</title>
							<description><![CDATA[STRENGTH and honour.

That is the motto which Daniel Beahan lives and dies by, and he wears it as a metaphorical heart on his sleeve, having the Japanes...]]></description>
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							<title>$34,000 in fines but no jail time</title>
							<description><![CDATA[WITH a $34,000 State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER) debt hanging over his head, habitual offender Christopher Neil Tranter was lucky to walk out o...]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[FORMER Gladstone Mayor Peter Corones said Gladstone was the best place for it

He said it would be wrong Gladstone for the state government or the propo...]]></description>
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							<title>Island paradise sells at top price</title>
							<description><![CDATA[IT looks like a little piece of the legendary Shangri-La.

White sand, coconut trees swaying gently in the wind and view that extends for miles and mile...]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[NOT wearing a seat belt was nearly the undoing of a 35-year-old male driver who was involved in a serious single motor vehicle accident on Wednesday night...]]></description>
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							<title>Parker back on track in off-roads</title>
							<description><![CDATA[NATIONAL female enduro-bike champion Alison Parker was back in action at the weekend with a flawless performance at rounds five and six of the Yamaha Aust...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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							<title>BRAVE NEW WORLD</title>
							<description><![CDATA[GLADSTONE'S harbour is about to enter a brave new world in a hurry.

Major world energy players are hovering, angling for a position in an industry that...]]></description>
							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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