Residents of Townsville are up in arms because north Queensland does not have its own PET scanner, Angela Merkel takes a train, and climate map galore.
Townsville
Political snippets: Townsville’s PET problems
NSW voters: get your form letters ready
The deadline for objections to new NSW electoral boundaries close at 5pm today and the electoral commission is bracing for a last-minute flood of paperwork — or not.
Tips and rumours: Townsville prepare for car racing, sexual assault
Tasmanian pollies get cosy, Townsville gears up for the fallout from randy rev-heads, why Chris Bath will assuredly get the 6pm newsreading gig, and more from our tipsters.
The NRL gets its wish – two close contests
On a weekend in which even the most insatiable sports fan can be fully occupied, the NRL will be well pleased that its two semi finals matches look like being very even contests.
