Logan City Council have proposed to ban poker machines from being built in new venues, and stop existing venues from adding more.
Figures say the city is the states gambling capital, with losses of more than ninety two million dollars a year.
Local Councillor Sean Black said the policy is well overdue, and it will be Queensland's first major move to stop the spread of pokies if the vote passes.
A mini riot broke out at a nude swingers party after a Brisbane man refused to take his clothes off.
The party, held at the White Cockatoo Resort at Mossman, turned nasty when four women felt uncomfortable when approached by the fully clothed man.
The manager asked the man to show some respect and take his clothes off. When the man refused, threatening actions followed.
The White Cockatoo Resort is known for its distinct holidaying seasons. It operates as a Family holiday resort and at other times a Nudist Colony.
The New South Wales Shooter's Party and Christian Democrat Reverend Fred Nile have voted with the state government to ensure there is restricted public access to documents regarding the proposed Tillegra Dam.
Earlier this morning we spoke with Greens member of parliament, John Kaye, who claimed New South Wales remains the state of secrecy.
He said the state's population deserved to know the reasons for a proposal he deemed expensive, unnecessary and socially and environmentally damaging.
Mr. Kaye likened the project to Queensland's Mary River Dam, where the governments are locking the states into the proposed dams by spending millions of dollars before being formally approved.
The Parks and Wildlife Service of Tasmania have returned 54 beached whales and five bottlenose dolphins to the sea.
The last whale was rescued this morning.
200 pilot whales and some bottlenose dolphins were beached at Naracoopa off the Bass Strait on Monday.
The Liberal National Party expelled a member yesterday for running against an endorsed candidate over the issue of daylight saving.
Shannon Crane of the Mermaid Beach electorate has been expelled because he said the daylight savings issue was "too important to ignore".
The party said daylight saving is not an issue, even though both parties had a strong stance before the merger.
A vast majority of former National Party members vehemently opposed daylight saving, while many southeast Queensland-based former Liberals strongly supported it.
LNP State Director Michael Dwyer confirmed Mr Crane's expulsion.
"Anybody who does hold the electorate's trust and cannot hold loyalty does not belong in the LNP," Mr Dwyer said.
Mr Crane has decided to run as an independent.
Three quarters of undecided voters in the Queensland election said the environment is a top priority, according to a poll commissioned by World Wildlife Fund.
The poll found that while three in ten people were unsure of who they would vote for on March 21, two thirds of respondents said protecting rivers and coasts, the Great Barrier Reef and stopping the destruction of wildlife habitat as supremely important.
Queensland Program leader Nick Heath said the poll also highlighted that Queenslanders were unaware of the state's poor rating on greenhouse gas emissions.
Sydney scientists have made breakthrough stem cell research into a cure for muscle-wasting diseases.
The University of NSW and Childrens Hospital Westmead have found a way to replace the bad gene in stem cells and then use chemotherapy for it to repair and grow.
The procedure has been successfully tested on mice, but not on humans yet. Scientists said if its successful, the treatment could be available in three years.
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