Australia's A-League set to expand to north Queensland (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

23 July 2008, 10:35 pm

The A-League is set to expand into northern Australia, giving the Townsville-based North Queensland Football Club exclusive negotiating status Thursday to enter the 2009-2010 season.... read more

North Queensland FC have month to make it official (Tribalfootball.com)

23 July 2008, 10:28 pm

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has awarded 'exclusive negotiating status' to the North Queensland Football Club (NQFC) in its bid to have a Townsville based team in the Hyundai A-League competition from 2009-10.... read more

North Queensland expected to win A-League place (Tribalfootball.com)

23 July 2008, 10:15 pm

The A-League will be a 10-team competition by the end of 2009 with the likely addition of a North Queensland team who received a provisional admission today.... read more

BHP Says Coal Ship Loading Remains Halted at Hay Point on Winds (Bloomberg.com)

23 July 2008, 5:51 pm

July 24 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world's largest mining company, said the loading of coal ships remains halted at its Hay Point terminal in Australia's Queensland state because of high seas and wind. Shipments may restart this afternoon.... read more

Weather halts coal loading at two Australia ports (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

23 July 2008, 5:47 pm

PERTH, July 24 (Reuters) - Bad weather has disrupted loading of coal ships at two key ports in the Australian state of Queensland, port operators said on Thursday, adding however that disruptions to shipments were expected to be limited.... read more

Guest confident ahead of Rally South Australia (RallySport Magazine)

23 July 2008, 5:43 pm

Buoyed by his two second placings in last month’s Rally Queensland, Pirtek Les Walkden Rallying driver, Michael Guest, has set his sights high leading into this weekend’s Sprint Auto Parts Rally South Australia.... read more