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Qld booze bans don’t breach race laws

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QUEENSLAND: In a ruling handed down in Canberra on Wednesday, the court rejected arguments that the management plans, which restrict and sale and possession of alcohol, breach both United Nations and federal racial discrimination laws.

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Tribes help protect large area of Qld

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QLD: Eight Aboriginal tribes in far north Queensland have been tasked with helping to protect more than a million hectares of land.

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University evades remote students

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QLD: High school students from remote and disadvantaged Queensland schools are less likely to be accepted into university.

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Government fight over lack of Torres Strait water

The Torres Strait Islands, off the northern coast of Queensland.

TORRES STRAITS: The Queensland government has hit back at claims from Canberra that it is leaving Torres Strait Islander communities high and dry without fresh water.

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Law protects early-term fetus, judge says in Saibai Island case

A map of the Torres Strait Islands.

NATIONAL: A judge has rejected a man’s last-ditch attempt to have his trial for killing an unborn baby thrown out, ruling the legislation was wide enough to protect the early-term fetus.

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Djungan people win native title in FNQ

The Djungan Indigenous Land Use Agreement.

QUEENSLAND: The Federal Court has granted the Djungan people native title to over 150,000 hectares of land in far north Queensland.

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Boat with 3 intercepted in Torres Strait

Boigu Island in the Torres Strait... the Australian island is only a short distance from the Papua New Guinea mainland.

TORRES STRAITS: Authorities have intercepted a boat carrying three suspected asylum seekers off the North Australian coast.

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Child inquiry chief won’t stand down over perceived bias

Tim Carmody SC.

QUEENSLAND: The state’s child protection inquiry chief has dismissed requests to stand down because of perceived bias over the so-called Heiner affair, in which evidence about the sexual abuse of a girl in state care was destroyed.

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Tracker search suspended for Queensland prospector

The rugged country in Palmerville Station, and INSET: Missing man Bruce Schuler... police are using an Aboriginal tracker to help find him in the rugged country.

FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND: A search for a prospector missing on Queensland’s Cape York, which includes one of the last government employed black trackers, has been abandoned as police follow “other lines of inquiry”.

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Libs taken over by ‘tea party’ loopies, says Swan

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan.

NATIONAL: Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the Liberal Party has been taken over by Tea Party-type activists.

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