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Pink balloons at funeral of Trinity Bates

MORE than 40 pink balloons were released outside a Queensland church just after 11.20am today as the city farewelled murder victim Trinity Bates.

Abducted girl found dead in drain

POLICE have found the body of a young girl abducted from a home in the Queensland city of Bundaberg.

Jetstar plane ‘nearly hit city buildings’

A PASSENGER on a commercial aircraft attempting to land at Cairns Airport during a torrential downpour and low visibility said the pilot had to accelerate and pull up steeply to avoid crashing into buildings.

Ticketed man ‘tried to run down inspectors’

A MAN has been charged with assault, accused of trying to run down two Brisbane City Council parking inspectors in the city’s CBD after they gave him a ticket.

City launches aerial war on feral pigs

AUTHORITIES in an Australian city say they had been forced to resort to an aerial shooting raid to fix a feral pig problem.

Power restored to homes after storm

POWER has been restored to 3000 homes that were left without electricity after extensive lightning storms ripped through parts of southeast Queensland.