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Neighbours want police dog dead

AN IPSWICH boy is in hospital with deep wounds to his leg after being attacked by a police dog who that was searching a Goodna house on Lang Court yesterday.
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Wilkie sides with Labor

INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie says he has decided to back a Labor minority government.

Girl, 3, hit for waving Aussie flag

A MAGISTRATE has told a Maroochydore man that he had no right to discipline a three-year-old girl who was waving a small Aussie flag in his face.

Fred Nile denies viewing porn

NSW Christian Democratic MP Fred Nile says a member of his staff viewed pornographic websites 'for just a few seconds' for research purposes, not for a 'perve'.

Man 'threw schoolgirl at bus'

POLICE have arrested a man for allegedly trying to stab a schoolgirl with a syringe and throw her in front of a bus in Maroochydore this morning.

Labor defends deal with Greens

LABOR'S agreement with the Australian Greens is common sense, Treasurer Wayne Swan says, but the coalition has attacked Labor for selling its soul.
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Cheyne sole survivor of PNG crash

UPDATE: INVESTIGATORS have retireved the black box of a flight that crashed in Papua New Guinea, of which Toowoomba pilot Kelby Cheyne was the sole survivor.
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Seat of Flynn under investigation

THE seat of Flynn has become embroiled in a ballot bungle with an investigation now underway into the incorrect handling of 452 postal votes.
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Porn, gambling makes Minister quit

A NSW minister has resigned from the frontbench after using a parliamentary computer to visit gambling and adult websites.

Mid-air explosion on Qantas plane

QANTAS will fly a replacement aircraft engine to the US after a mid-air explosion forced one of its 747s carrying 230 people to make an emergency landing.