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Edited news file 32
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TitleEdited news file 32SummaryNQTV News stories compile.ContentsNews report about the creation of a Cairns promotional board, which was commissioned for a price of $3,000 -- Interview about contemporary music, and its allegedly transgressive nature. The interviewee was concerned with acts such as AC/DC, Venom, and Prince, but did not believe that music was “inherently evil” -- News report about a North Queensland tourism company, which was to be listed publicly on the Melbourne Stock Exchange -- Interview about the potential dissolution of Medicare -- News report about a conference on the development of accounting software -- News report about the creation of new fishing regulations in Queensland, which were implemented in response to a perceived shortage of tiger prawns -- News report about “the great trolley push marathon”. The event entailed a Woolworths trolley being pushed from Cairns to Brisbane -- Interview about an upcoming eisteddfod -- News report about the Torres Strait Islander community, who were concerned that they were being “overshadowed by Aboriginal policy, and not being recognised as a separate people” -- News report about the construction of a bund wall in Cairns -- News report about the construction of a model airplane to be used in firefighting exercises -- News report about a meeting on the world heritage listing of the rain forestry of North Queensland -- News report about a group of Hare Krishna Australians, who were protesting against the USSR’s treatment of Hare Krishna Soviets -- News report about a Wilderness Society research project, which concluded that only 10% of the timber which was logged in Queensland’s rainforests was being used for its intended purpose as decorative wood -- News report about the world heritage listing of North Queensland rainforests, and the concerns it created among Ravenshoe timber workers -- News report about the recruitment of Australian youth into the military -- News report about the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s “clam watch” initiative -- News report about the export of Innisfail sugarcane -- News report about an “intensive” classical music training camp -- News report about the North Queensland Games, which received a $20,000 subsidy from the Queensland Government -- Interview about a proposed tourism marketing agreement between North Queensland and New Zealand -- News report about a raid on a North Queensland commune and arrest of a cult figureCorporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4022253CreditsReporter: Sharyn GhidellaOriginal Format 1/2 inch video tape Beta camCollation1 video file (MP4) (25 minutes) : digital ; 962MBDate1987ImprintTownsville : 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 32 (1987). Townsville City Council, accessed 24/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/23206
