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Wild weather hits Valley

THE Lockyer and Somerset region was battered by a severe thunderstorm which swept in from the west after 1.30pm last Friday.

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Council enters guilty plea

LOCKYER Valley Regional Council has finally admitted it was in the wrong when it cleared an internationally recognised fauna habitat.
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Water scheme idle as farmers struggle

FUSING into the already created infrastructure in the Lockyer Valley is a no-brainer according to LNP spokesperson, Jeff Seeney.
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Farm underpaid workers

A LOCKYER Valley business has come under scrutiny after it allegedly underpaying seven of its workers.
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News

Rudd wants to lift legal drinking age

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says he'd personally like to see the legal drinking age lifted to 21 years.
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Entertainment

Joel Edgerton to star in 'The Thing'

AUSSIE actor Joel Edgerton has been cast in the Hollywood remake of 'The Thing', about a shape-shifting alien who terrorises a group of people in Antarctica.

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Lifestyle

Soft drinks 'tied to pancreatic cancer'

PEOPLE who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published on Monday shows.

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