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Search for man overboard off MackayFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:06PMA search is underway for a man believed to have fallen overboard from a boat off the Nth Queensland coast.

Devastating locust plague fearedFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 1:51PMFarmers are warning of a record locust plague saying they have laid eggs over an area the size of Spain.

A beautiful slogan one day … gone the nextFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:24PMIn the face of fierce competition, Queensland's tourism body is about to ditch the slogan that has come to define the Sunshine State.

More void votesFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:21PMThe AEC revealed yesterday it had excluded another 854 votes from being counted in the central Queensland seat of Flynn because of undisclosed errors.

Dialogue the key to impasse in the KimberleyFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:19PMSHELL AUSTRALIA'S chairman, Ann Pickard, has warned Woodside and the West Australian government not to ''back stakeholders into a corner'' in developing the $30 billion Browse liquefied natural gas project.

Japanese builder in venture with Lend LeaseFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:18PMAFTER two decades of rebuilding their balance sheets, Japanese investors have returned to the Australian market.

Few certainties in Gillard's second turn at the helmFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:18PMThe long wait over the make-up of a new government is over but many investors are still taking a wait-and-see approach before getting back into the market, writes Ian McIlwraith.

A growth industry set up to failFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:17PMTheir groans spoke volumes. On the ABC's Q&A this week it was clear the maverick MP Bob Katter and the Greens senator Christine Milne shared a hatred of plantation forestry managed investment schemes.

Travellers opt for a different kind of serviceFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:15PMTHE often-maligned sector of serviced apartments is tipped to become a much more dominant force in the Australian accommodation market, according to a report from CBRE Hotels.