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ABC Local News: Wide Bay
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is reviewing rival bids from smallgoods manufacturers interested in buying Hans Continental Smallgoods.
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business-economics-and-finance, retail, takeovers, australia, nsw, blacktown-2148, qld, brisbane-4000, kingaroy-4610
Queensland's acting Emergency Services Minister Andrew Fraser says he is disappointed by three hostels in the Bundaberg region that have failed to meet fire safety standards.
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It has been a busy 24 hours for emergency services in the Wide Bay Burnett.
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disasters-and-accidents, maritime-accidents, emergency-incidents, fires, qld, biggenden-4621, burnett-heads-4670, gunalda-4570, gympie-4570, north-aramara-4620
One of two men charged with killing a 30-year-old emu at Bundaberg's Alexander Park Zoo has been released on bail.
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Emergency patients at hospitals in the Wide Bay-Burnett are facing a longer wait for a bed.
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A Bundaberg fisherman says windy conditions over the past week have caused significant losses for smaller operators who cannot leave port.
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business-economics-and-finance, small-business, rural, fishing-aquaculture, qld, bundaberg-4670
A reptile handler has been treated in hospital after being bitten by a brown snake at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.
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New figures reveal the extent of the Qld Govt's spending on health advertising.
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community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, information-and-communication, advertising, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
An organisation that provides jobs and training for Indigenous youth in the South Burnett has expansion plans.
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Last year was a wetter year than average for parts of the Wide Bay-Burnett region, but that was not the case across the board.
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