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Katter plans 12 month dairy fix

4:00 AM | AN arbitration panel to adjudicate on dairy prices is the latest policy proposal from Katter’s Australia Party.

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Barcoo mayor retires

11 Feb 12 | BARCOO Shire mayor Bruce Scott might be a reluctant politician, but after almost two decades in local government he admits to being a little hesitant to go.

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11 Feb 12 | A JOINT parliamentary committee made up of equal numbers of LNP and ALP MPs has cleared the way for the Bligh government to tax Queensland grazing by charging rent on stock routes and road reserves.

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Katter is no One Nation, say pundits

09 Feb 12 | KATTER'S Australian Party is predicted to win four seats at the upcoming Queensland election but is unlikely to replicate the success of One Nation, according to key election analysts.

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Flood anger as disaster strikes again

09 Feb 12 | THE irate mayor of the flood-damaged Balonne Shire wants to know why State Government authorities turned their back on her region and failed to help prepare for this year's flood disaster. |

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Katter the younger no fan of dad's style

06 Feb 12 | Rob Katter confesses he feels like ''a bit of a copout'' because he doesn't go in for the theatrics of his famous father, the maverick north Queensland MP Bob Katter. |

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Rudd raises profile in Qld

02 Feb 12 | KEVIN Rudd declared that ''of course'' Julia Gillard had his full support, hitting the campaign trail in the most high-profile seat in Queensland as part of his bid to dislodge her.

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Floods Commission of Inquiry seeks further statements

02 Feb 12 | THE Floods Commission of Inquiry has issued a number of new requirements for statements to the Commission Premier Anna Bligh said.

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It's raining cats, dogs and politicians in Charleville

01 Feb 12 | Flood-hit residents in Queensland's southwest will find themselves at the centre of a new deluge today - a political deluge.

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Nine flood warnings across the state

31 Jan 12 | Nine flood warnings have been issued across the state as the rain continues to fall, cutting off towns and causing sewage to spill in to the street in Bundaberg.

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Many votes still to be won: straw poll

31 Jan 12 | CAMPBELL Newman and Anna Bligh have just under two months to convince Queenslanders of their fitness to govern Queensland. |

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Rubber hits the road on strategic cropping land: QFF

31 Jan 12 | THE Queensland Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the State’s Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) laws coming into effect yesterday, after a two-year development process.

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Qld knuckles down for 8 week campaign

31 Jan 12 | QUEENSLAND farmers will be looking for all political parties to set out visionary policies that drive productivity growth and profitability in the agricultural sector, now that the election date has been set at March 24, says the Queensland Farmers' Federation.

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Greens won't be 'preference tool'

30 Jan 12 | THE Queensland Greens have played down suggestions party headquarters will strike preference deals ahead of the looming state election, saying “if we become a preference tool we become irrelevant”. |

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ALP out to take down Newman

30 Jan 12 | IF LABOR is destined to lose in Queensland, it is going to do its best to take Campbell Newman down with it. |

Comments (2) | Bligh the underdog as state ... | Rudd factor nothing to fear, ...

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Make Queensland low-tax state again

27 Jan 12 | LEADING business figures have called on Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman to regain the state's reputation as a "tax friendly" state before the election on March 24. |

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Rudd factor nothing to fear, says Newman

26 Jan 12 | LNP leader Campbell Newman says he sees no threat in Kevin Rudd's impending presence on the Queensland campaign trail.

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Bligh the underdog as state heads for election

26 Jan 12 | QUEENSLAND'S Labor government will go into a March 24 election as the clear underdog, with federal Labor worried about the potential destabilising fallout if there is a state defeat. |

Comments (2) | Countdown to election begins

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Countdown to election begins

25 Jan 12 | SUPPORT for agriculture and the management of mining growth as well as regional infrastructure, education and health standards, bureaucracy and financial management – all are up for grabs in the countdown to a March 24 election.

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Bligh calls Qld election on March 24

25 Jan 12 | EMBATTLED Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has set the date for the State election as March 24 - almost exactly three years since she became the first elected female Premier in Australia on March 21, 2009. |

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