Local, national and world news for Ipswich, QLD | Tuesday 7 October, 2008
Air force delivers red hot showcase
In the middle of the airborne action on Saturday, another special event took place, said chief organiser Air Commodore Phil Burn. "We were blessed with our first birth," Air Commodore Burn said. "A lady on Saturday went into labour and gave birth. It was a boy." Ambulance and medical staff also had...-
IGS flyer scores after shock call
IT was the biggest news in Kenneth Robertson's fledgling career, but the Australian Schoolboys newcomer was convinced the... -
Sick mother pleads for State payments
SERIOUSLY ill with life-threatening cancer, Leichhardt woman Joyce Hendrickson hopes the State Government can speed up its... -
Oktoberfest tastes success
THE first Oktoberfest at Brookwater Golf Club yesterday may be the start of an annual event. Brookwater general manager... -
Icy attraction hits Springfield
KNOWN for its fast cars and even faster planes, Ipswich is set to get a different kind of attraction. N-Ice Ponds Skating... -
Man stabbed in early hours
TWO men were taken to Ipswich Hospital early yesterday morning after a stabbing incident at Glebe Road units, Newtown....
Australian news
Lee to sit as Qld's first ever Greens MP
Former Queensland Labor MP Ronan Lee will make history on Tuesday when he sits in parliament as the state's first Greens member.Large bush fire threatens buildings
A fire is threatening a church, a shopping centre and a house in south-east Queensland.New G-G hailed as a drought breaker
New Governor-General Quentin Bryce has a talent very much in demand - she's a drought breaker.Drought hit Queensland town gets water
A drought-hit outback Queensland town has received its first shipment of water.
World news
Rows brewing in Europe over bank plan
European leaders have spent Sunday trying to shore up battered domestic banks, but a bloc-wide row was soon brewing over how best to guarantee savers' deposits.Aussie could win Nobel Prize in medicine
Australian-born US citizen Elizabeth Blackburn and American Carol Greider could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work in cancer research.30 killed in violent clashes in India
Indian police have battled with rampaging mobs, killing four people, in a bid to contain clashes that have claimed 30 lives, officials say.Obama accuses McCain of ignoring crisis
Barack Obama's White House campaign has hammered John McCain for wanting to "turn the page" on the US economic crisis and instead engage in personal attacks.
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