Portal:Queensland/News/Archive

This is an archive for all listings used at Portal:Queensland/News, in reverse chronological order.

2013

 * 13 Jan: Stage, film and television actor Bille Brown dies, aged 61.

2012

 * 29 Nov: Queensland Parliament Member for Yeerongpilly Carl Judge and Member for Gaven Alex Douglas quit the Liberal National Party to serve as Independents.
 * 24 Nov: Queensland Parliament Member for Condamine Ray Hopper resigns from the Liberal National Party and joins Katter's Australian Party.
 * 14 Nov: Bruce Flegg resigns as the Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works after a series of damaging allegations are made public.
 * 11 Jul: It is announced that Brisbane will host the 2014 G-20 Australia summit in November 2014.
 * 29 May: The first mine proposed to be developed in the Galilee Basin, known as the Alpha Coal Project, is approved by the Government of Queensland.
 * 24 Mar: The Liberal National Party of Queensland wins the 2012 Queensland state election.
 * 16 Mar: The Commission of Inquiry into the 2010-11 Queensland floods hands its final report to the Premier of Queensland.
 * 27 Feb: Brisbane based WOW Sight & Sound enters liquidation due to a decline in revenue and bad debts.
 * 22 Feb: Kevin Rudd (pictured), resigns as Minister for Foreign Affairs, sighting the 2012 Queensland state election as a significant reason.
 * 17 Feb: Brisbane-based Air Australia is placed into administration and all of its flights are cancelled.
 * 15 Feb: Brisbane Airport announces that work on the second parallel runway would commence in July 2012 and be operational by 2020.
 * 16 Jan: Premier Anna Bligh calls the 2012 Queensland state election for 24 March.

2011

 * 10 Dec: Environment Minister Vicky Darling announces Wild river declarations for the Cooper Creek, Georgina and Diamantina catchments.
 * 1 Dec: Arthur Beetson (pictured), the first Indigenous Australian to captain his country in any sport, dies on the Gold Coast, aged 66.
 * 30 Nov: The Queensland Legislative Assembly passes a law recognising same-sex civil partnerships in Queensland.
 * 11 Nov: The Gold Coast wins the right to hold the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
 * 6 Nov: The Kurilpa Bridge (pictured) in Brisbane is judged World Transport Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.
 * 30 Oct: Shane Knuth, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing Charters Towers since 2004, resigns from the Liberal National Party to join Katter's Australian Party.
 * 25 Oct: The Queensland Government announces plans for two new natural gas power stations, the Aldoga Power Station at Gladstone and the Blackstone Power Station in Ipswich.
 * 6 Oct: Diane Cilento passes away at Cairns Base Hospital after a long battle with cancer.
 * 28 Sep: Part of the Warrego Highway between Ipswich and Toowoomba is renamed Darren Lockyer Way in honour of Darren Lockyer.
 * 28 Aug: Queensland Police confirm that the remains found in bushland at Beerwah match Daniel Morcombe's DNA.
 * 1 Aug: An interim report from the Commission of Inquiry into the 2010-11 Queensland floods is handed to Premier Anna Bligh.
 * 11 Jul: A truck collides with the The Sunlander at a level crossing in Bambaroo, injuring two people.
 * 6 Jul: The most northerly and most complete ever discovery of a Diprotodon is found near Burketown.
 * 4 Jul: The Federal Court grants title over North Stradbroke Island and other parts of Moreton Bay to the Quandamooka people.
 * 28 Jun: A horse dies from the Hendra virus at a property near Beaudesert.
 * 12 May: Corrupt former Minister Gordon Nuttall appears before the Queensland Parliament, denying he intentionally did anything wrong, before being fined $82,000.
 * 4 May: Anna Bligh's privatisation of Queensland government owned assets is completed with the sale of the Abbot Point coal terminal to the Adani Group.
 * 19 Apr: Evacuations occur in low lying areas of Roma as Bungil Creek floods the town.
 * 11 Apr: The Commission of Inquiry into the 2010-11 Queensland floods begins proceedings.
 * 31 Mar: Persistent, heavy rain in the Whitsunday Region result in landslides at the coastal community of Hideaway Bay.
 * 27 Mar: The third Toad Day Out kills 14,000 of the introduced, pest cane toad (pictured) in north Queensland.
 * 19 Mar: Prince William arrives in Townsville before he tours Queensland and Victoria.
 * 15 Mar: A protestor at a blockade to stop a coal seam gas development is arrested at a Tara property.
 * 8 Mar: Record flooding in the Channel Country, particularly near Bedourie is expected to leave farmers isolated for months.
 * 18 Feb: Simon Finn, Jan Jarratt and Curtis Pitt join Anna Bligh's cabinet.
 * 2 Feb: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (pictured) crosses the coast at Mission Beach.
 * 30 Jan: Tropical Cyclone Anthony crosses the coast near Bowen.

2010

 * 28 Dec: The Dawson River floods above the 1956 record, resulting in severe flooding in Theodore.
 * 27 Oct: Former Queensland Minister Gordon Nuttall is found guilty of corruption and perjury at a trial in the Brisbane District Court.
 * 23 Oct: Approval is granted by Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke for two major coal seam gas projects in Central Queensland which involves the construction of an export pipeline from Miles to Gladstone.
 * 14 Oct: A Cairns couple are found not-guilty of procuring an illegal abortion.
 * 6 Oct: Water from Burdekin Dam flows over the spillway, a rare event for October.
 * 4 Oct: Water is released from Wivenhoe Dam for the first time since 2001.
 * 28 Sep: Tourism Queensland replaces the "Where Else But Queensland" tag line with "Queensland, Where Australia Shines".
 * 4 Sep: The 2010 Birdsville Races are cancelled for the first time because of flooding on the track.
 * 5 Aug: The Queensland Government offers a reward of AU$200,000 for information leading to a conviction in the poisoning of millions of seedlings in Bowen.
 * 2 Aug: A report in the Medical Journal of Australia highlights alarming blood lead levels in children living in Mount Isa. (pictured)
 * 28 Jul: Both major political parties, the Queensland Government and Moreton Bay Region pledge support for the Kippa-Ring railway line to be built by 2016.
 * 16 Jul: Cougar Energy's trial of an underground coal gasification plant near Kingaroy is halted after carcinogenic chemicals were found in bore water.
 * 29 Jun: A manslaughter trial against former surgeon Jayant Patel reaches a verdict of guilty on all four charges in the Supreme Court of Queensland.
 * 15 Jun: Premier Anna Bligh announces that Queensland Police are to be given the power to issue on-the-spot fines of up to AU$300 for public nuisance offences.
 * 7 Jun: Completion of the Springfield railway line is brought forward two years to 2013.
 * 4 Jun: The Wenlock River in Far North Queensland is declared a wild river.
 * 31 May: Public comments for a proposal to conduct a state referendum on the introduction of daylight saving time in South East Queensland close today.
 * 28 May: The Queensland Competition Authority approves electricity price rises of 13.3% for the state beginning from the start of the next financial year.
 * 26 May: Alwal National Park on Cape York Peninsula is opened by Acting Climate Change Minister, Annastacia Palaszczuk.
 * 24 May: Queensland Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin announces AU$600,000 worth of funding to further research into a vaccine for the deadly Henda virus.
 * 20 May : Former Liberal Party of Australia member Michael Johnson (pictured), representative for Ryan, was expelled from his party after allegations of financial impropriety were raised in The Australian.
 * 18 May: Queensland Forestry Plantations is the first commercial business to be sold under the Government of Queensland asset sale.
 * 13 May: The process of unloading coal from the damaged MV Shen Neng 1 began, 50 km off the Bundaberg coast.
 * 3 Mar: Heavy rains ease after days of record rainfall caused the 2010 Queensland floods.

2007

 * 26 Dec: Reports claim Queenslanders are the highest producers of greenhouse gases in the world, emitting 38.9 tonnes per person every year.
 * 22 Dec: Queensland Health say they will review any new application for employment from Mohamed Haneef at Gold Coast Hospital (pictured), where he worked prior to his visa being cancelled.