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Edited news file 11
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TitleEdited news file 11SummaryNQTV News stories compile.ContentsTownsville police warn parents of child sexual offenders, interview with Senior Constable Brad Haffner -- Competition winner mascot Cassie the cassowary designed by 16-year-old Simon Cranwell to serve as 1988 Queensland North Queensland Games mascot -- Babinda shops close down due to downturn in sugarcane industry, might meet criteria to be part of small town self-help program, interview with Small Business Development corporation Manager Peter Roberts -- Children’s entertainment trio Tic Tac Theatre company tour schools in Queensland -- Petition to police to promote invisible theft proof engraving pens for valuable households being sold by Lions Club -- Queensland Dive Tourism Association President Maureen Pryor travels to Cairns from Airlie Beach for meeting with Doctor Blewit about funding for Medevac doctors Cairns and Port Douglas -- Mulgrave Shire Council meeting about a proposed university -- Welcome ceremonies to welcome Japanese ship of five hundred berthing at Cairns -- Drug services being expanded along Queensland coast, especially Cairns and Townsville, new state government laws to clamp down on illegal drugs -- Jack Thompson arrives at Cairns Airport to promote conservation of the environment, interview with Jack Thompson -- Martin Tenni promotes tourist ring road map to guide them through north Queensland -- Calls for Mulgrave Shire Council to be dissolved due to financial management, Councillor Pyne emphasises costs of new office facilities -- Sons of zookeeper Keith Day discover dead animals including wallabies, clubbed, stabbed to death and decapitated -- Japanese visitors from the Shin Sakura Maru Osaka ship welcomed in Green Island, interview with Japanese passenger -- National Party Leader Sinclair arrives at Cairns Airport and holds press conference about the election and coalition -- Tourism Bureau Chairman Don Lister accepts cheques to increase awareness of the area of Far North Queensland -- Businesses struggle to pay high interest rates to borrow, interview with a Senator -- “Earth First” film narrated by Jack Thompson. Part of exhibition featuring significant amount of North Queensland rainforests exhibits, Dr. Norman Myers speaks -- Cairns area Red Cross blood banks doorknock appeal and telephone appeal in the Cairns area on Sunday15th March -- Far North Queensland publicity pamphlet with statistics released and distributed for use by businesses interview with Mr. Maitland -- Royal tour of the Prince Leonard of Independent Hutt River Province micronationCorporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4022232Original Format 1/2 inch video tape Beta camCollation1 video file (MP4) (25 minutes) : digital ; 940MBDate1987ImprintTownsville : NQTV, 1987Cultural content warningPlease be aware that records may contain references to deceased people which may cause sadness or distress.
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Edited news file 11 (1987). Townsville City Council, accessed 25/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/23046
