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Vanessa is News Corp Australia’s US Correspondent. The Walkley award-winning journalist has covered court, crime, politics and business for a number of Australian mastheads. She was previously based in Brisbane with The Courier-Mail as Chief of Staff, and prior to that was the paper’s Chief Court Reporter.

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Sex tape blackmailer pleads guilty

A MAN who secretly filmed himself having sex with a woman and later sent her video messages of the encounter has pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court.

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Two men died after their plane crashed in a cane field near Fairymead Mill. Picture: Max Fleet

Crash claims lives of two

A FLIGHT instructor and his student have died after the light aircraft they were flying smashed nose-first into a North Bundaberg cane field.

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Bundaberg Court House. Picture: Mike Knott

Drunk learner driver’s stupid act

A 20-YEAR-OLD learner driver who hit a pedestrian while drink-driving at more than three times the legal limit has narrowly avoided a stay in jail.

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Vicious attack on teen couple

THREE “cowardly” men preyed on a teenage couple in a vicious town centre robbery, fracturing a young man’s face and stealing his girlfriend’s purse.

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Tomatoes die on the vine at an SP Exports property on Goodwood Rd, where neighbours say harvesting machinery has sat idle for weeks.

SP Exports sell up to save business

MORE than 1160 hectares belonging to SP Exports have been put up for sale as the company’s owners battle to get the enormous tomato farming operation running.

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Australian Workers’ Union Central District secretary Keith Ballin expresses his anger over employees of SP Exports and contractors not being paid their wages. Picture: Max Fleet

Four months of pay ‘farce’

THE Australian Workers’ Union has threatened to take Childers-based SP Exports to Fair Work Australia after reports up to 250 employees have not been paid.

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A contractor inspects cable pipes that should be under the riverbed. Picture: Contributed

Telstra pipe floats in river

THE replacement of a Telstra cable running under the Burnett does not appear to be going very well.

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Three local lifesavers, Julie Davis, Ryan Bennett and Riley McGregor, were victorious in the revamped It’s a Knockout program. Picture: Nurul Suhaimi Lifestyle Photography

Lifesavers knock out TV rivals

BUNDABERG surf lifesavers have shown they can knock out the best, winning $15k for their charity after emerging victorious in It’s a Knockout TV show.

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Police are investigating the death of young mother Rebecca Doran who tragically died on Sunday. Picture: File

Tears flow for ‘ray of sunshine’

A WOMAN who died in an apparent murder-suicide attempt at Burnett Heads early on Sunday has been described by colleagues as “a little ray of sunshine”.

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A person who stole Titch the python from Snakes Downunder yesterday was quickly caught after leaving a phone at the scene and posting a photo of the snake on Facebook. Picture: Contributed

Slithering ssstupidity

A CLUMSY crook who made off with a snake from a reptile park didn’t slither far after a forensic investigator found he left his phone at the crime scene.

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