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• Youth allowance boost welcomed by remote parents
  The Isolated Childrens' Parents Association (ICPA) has welcomed a Senate recommendation to boost payments for students who have to move away to attend university.
• 'Thousands more shipwrecks' to be discovered
  Queensland Maritime Museum CEO Ian Jempson says there are thousands more shipwrecks to be found off the Australian coast.
• Hope for community buses to cut car use
  The Gold Coast Mayor hopes community buses will encourage some people out of their cars and onto public transport.
• Moreton Bay oil spill hearing scheduled for July
  The employer and the captain of a cargo ship that spilled more than 270,000 litres of oil off the south-east Queensland coast face a five-day committal hearing next year.
• Airport's international passenger numbers rise
  The owners of the Gold Coast Airport say it is unlikely international passenger numbers will ever eclipse the number of people who travel domestically.
• Tourist numbers down despite government promotions
  Domestic tourist numbers have fallen despite tens of millions of dollars being spent promoting Queensland.
• Calls for better taxis
  The Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) has renewed its calls for major changes to Australia's taxi industry.
• Public transport use drops
  Figures from Translink show the number of people using public transport in south-east Queensland has dropped, compared with the same time last year.
• Qld Christmas retail spending 'picking up'
  The Queensland Retailers Association (QRA) says it expects spending this Christmas to meet or exceed figures recorded last year.
• Foreign tourists flock to Sun Coast
  The Sunshine Coast has topped Queensland for international tourism growth.
• Gold Coast light rail a step closer
  The Queensland Government is calling for expressions of interest from companies wanting to operate the Gold Coast's light rail system in south-east Queensland.
• Council urged to invest more in buses
  The Queensland Treasurer says the Gold Coast City Council should put more cash into the city's bus services.
• Conservation groups slam national park development
  Conservation groups have criticised a Queensland Government plan that will allow eco-friendly accommodation in some national parks.
• Gold Coast to get rail boost
  The Gold Coast will get another rail service next month.
• Government 'rushing' pub glass ban laws
  The Queensland Opposition says the State Government rushed laws banning glass in some pubs and clubs.
• Clarke in Melbourne to promote Gold Coast
  The Gold Coast Mayor has returned to Melbourne today to try to lure business and investment north.
• Worst yet to come for Queensland builders
  The Australian economy may be improving, but experts say the worst is yet to come for Queensland property developers.
• Tourism feeds more than $15b into Qld economy
  Research released today shows tourism contributed $15.5 billion to the Queensland economy in 2007-2008.
• New Qld sustainable housing laws 'confusing'
  The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) says sellers have been given insufficient time to understand new laws designed to make housing more sustainable.
• Inconsistent holidays costing trucking industry
  A trucking industry body says there is a sound economic argument for coordinating public holidays around the country.
• 'Suffering' Gold Coast doesn't want rates rise
  Another interest rate rise would hit the struggling Gold Coast hard, according to the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Call to clean up night violence
  A Surfers Paradise community group says violent incidents in the tourist centre are giving the area a bad reputation.
• Tourism industry looks to better times
  Tourism Queensland says there is no disguising the fact it has been a bad year for many operators in the sector.
• Tweed development applications go online
  People wanting to build a new home in the Tweed Shire, in northern New South Wales, will soon be able to lodge their development applications online.
• Evidence needed for tourism budget boost
  A city councillor says Gold Coast Tourism will have to justify any claims for more ratepayer funds.
• Rapid transit project to seek private backing
  The director of the Gold Coast Rapid Transit Project says the organisation is nearly ready to call for expressions of interest from private firms keen to help finance, design and operate the city's light rail system.
• A-G rejects Qld a 'soft target' for skimmers
  Queensland Attorney-General Cameron Dick says the state is not a soft target for overseas-based card skimming criminals.
• Electricity complaints double since deregulation
  The Qld Oppn says deregulation of the electricity industry has led to a massive increase in consumer complaints.
• Clive Palmer in hospital after Roar match
  Queensland's richest man Clive Palmer was taken to hospital last night suffering chest pains.
• Clive Palmer hospitalised after Roar match
  Qld Iron ore baron and Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer in hospital after collapsing watching a match.
• Energy firm signs South American contract
  A firm on Queensland's Gold Coast is exporting its expertise in alternative energy.
• Jetstar worker in strife over Facebook incident
  A male Jetstar flight attendant accused of tracking down a teenage passenger on Facebook has been stood down while the airline investigates the matter.
• Master Builders concerned about housing slump
  Queensland builders say they may be forced to sack workers if the end of the first home buyers grant boost leads to a slump in the market.
• Qld loses more tourism jobs
  Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more jobs were lost in Queensland's tourism industry in the June quarter.
• Rail line extended to Varsity Lakes
  The southern Gold Coast is expected to have easier access to the Brisbane rail network by Christmas.
• Govt to cooperate with ACCC price fixing probe
  The Queensland Government says it will cooperate fully with an investigation into three companies accused of price fixing.
• Qld construction firms accused of price fixing
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched legal action against three Queensland construction companies it says have engaged in price fixing.
• Boral to close Byron Bay plant
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