QLD:Main stories on Seven News

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2010
QLD:Main stories on Seven News

BRISBANE, Aug 2 AAP - Main stories in Seven News:

- Convicted pedophiles will face mandatory jail time under new laws to be in place
by the end of the year.

- Police investigating the suspected murder of a Coomera grandmother are unsure how she died.

- A Brisbane police officer who admitted driving at 210km/h on Gympie Road has lost
his licence for eight months.

- David Jones and its former boss Mark McInnes are being sued for $37 million dollars.

- Families got a boost from Julia Gillard with Labor extending its tax benefits to
encourage teenagers to stay at school beyond 16.

- A Gympie woman has been banned from Facebook after vandalising a tribute page honouring
a Sunshine Coast murder victim.

- The EKKA begins on Thursday and officials are expecting huge crowds with no major
flu threat to scare them off this year.

- Tourists on a whale watching cruise off the Gold Coast have been treated to a close
encounter with a baby humpback.

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