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Careers WHEN Paul Ryan thinks back on his work in Ballina over the past 48 years, he can be assured that he upheld the creed of his job – even at gunpoint.

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News IN desperation to cope with her ice-addicted teenager, one Rockhampton mother has spent more than $3000 to build an in-house cage.

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News POLICE have apprehended one man after a car rolled over in a quiet Mooloolaba street overnight, and are continuing their search for the remaining occupants.

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News IMMIGRATON Minister Peter Dutton has accused Fairfax and the ABC of trying to topple Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Coalition Government.

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News TAMARA Andrews was reaching down to the bottom shelf in the supermarket for a packet of biscuits for her daughter when she heard the titters of two young women.

News BREEANA Feeney was halfway across the road when a large four-wheel-drive collided with her, hurling her more than five metres down the road.

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News A YOUNG woman who allegedly mooned police in daylight was charged with a string of offences including public nuisance and wilful exposure.

News A TRUCK driver has been charged over the accident which killed three Aurizon workers near Stanwell last year.

News WHETHER you call them drones, unmanned aerial vehicles or remotely piloted aircraft, their popularity is making at least one rescue helicopter pilot nervous.

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Health EXCISE hikes from today will add 12.5% to the price of cigarettes and continues the cost increases to smokers meaning many pay more than a dollar per fag.

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News THE FATHER of a man who was driving a racing car when it crashed and killed his passenger has suggested racing cars should be designed for only one person.

News YOUR SAY: AT the moment we are inundated with cooking shows via TV and all the relevant magazines.

News CUMMINGS and Hogan are second cousins. Many Australians will remember the man who led 12 racehorses to Melbourne Cup victory as a great sporting legend.

News NO ONE in the Immigration Minister’s office read the controversial Border Force press release that led to massive protests in Melbourne on Friday.

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Crime AN ANTI-mosque protest in Bendigo turned violent over the weekend when protesters broke through police lines to attack anti-racism protesters.

Business THREE APN Australian Regional Media journalists have been honoured for excellence at Queensland’s 2015 Clarion Awards.

Motoring WEARING helmets on quad bikes could be made mandatory and children banned from riding adult-sized bikes under proposed urgent reforms.

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Horses BART Cummings has been remembered as one of Australia’s greatest sporting legends.

TV THE 16-year-old schoolgirl has graduated to recording artist and delivered her coach Jessie J her first win on the reality singing show.

Technology WHAT do you get when you put four Americans, a French astrobiologist and a German physicist in an 11m dome? A simulation of life on Mars, apparently.