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The Queensland Greens have urged treasurer, Andrew Fraser, not to cut back on public transport spending.
Greens MP Ronan Lee says, Mr Frazer needs to decide which sort of infrastructure will be a solid investment in the future.
The Greens will be campaigning hard in the lead up to the forthcoming state election on a massive and rapid development of Queensland's public transport and cycling infrastructure.
The Commonwealth has announced it will match Queensland’s two million dollar commitment to the search for the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur.
268 people were killed when the ship sank 65 years ago, including 39 Queenslanders.
The final resting place of the ship remains a mystery, but is believed to be somewhere off North Stradbroke Island.
The European Union has included 11 new Zimbabwean officials in its blacklist, bringing the tally to 171.
This means they are not allowed to travel within the European Union.
In addition, this follows a catastrophic outbreak of cholera that has claimed almost 600 lives.
US security guards working for a private security company in Iraq have been charged over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians and the injuring of 20 others in 2007, Al Jazeera has reported.
Five men from security firm Blackwater have been charged in a US court with manslaughter, attempt to commit manslaughter and weapons violations.
A sixth man involved pleaded guilty to charges last week.
Authorities in Amsterdam have announced they plan to halve the number of brothels and marijuana shops in the cities red light district.
The deputy major of Amsterdam says they want to fight money laundering, human trafficking and extortion.
He also says the city can keep the sex and the drugs, but in a way that shows the city is in control.
A rhino broke out of its enclosure at a South Australian zoo yesterday morning in an attempt to reach two female rhinos in a separate enclosure.
Zoo staff say the public were not at risk as the rhino remained within the zoo's outer fence.
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