• Union says BHP workers will strike next week

  The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says workers at BHP Billiton’s coking coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin will strike again from next Thursday.

• Veteran woodchopper fails to make the cut

  Champion veteran woodchopper Vic Summers has finished second in the double saw competition at the Gympie show.

• Five child porn charges dropped against MP

  Prosecutors have dropped five charges against a South Australian MP accused of child pornography offences.

  The MP was facing a total of 12 charges and has pleaded not guilty to the remaining seven.

• Media shut out of ‘missing’ girls hearing

  The Family Court in Brisbane has excluded the media from its proceedings over an international custody dispute involving four Italian-Australian girls.

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