However, the prosperity and economic activity seen in the mining fields of Western Australia and northern Queensland - the so-called quarry of the world - has not spread across this vast continent.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1980, Scott showed early promise as a golfer growing up in Australia's tropical state of Queensland -- a favored golfing destination in Australia.
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In other second-round action on Saturday, Australia's Queensland Reds beat the Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand 39-25 in Brisbane.
Simon Washington, a civil-engineering professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, co-wrote a study for the Arizona Department of Transportation in 2005 that cited other work showing that extending yellow-light intervals can reduce red-light running by 50% to 70%.
Queensland has been Australia's fastest-growing state and receives much Asian investment in property and tourism.
Law has extensive experience playing first-class cricket in Australia having captained state side Queensland to three successive championships.
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But after picking a fight with the resources sector over his plans for a super tax on their super profits, the polls slumped again - especially in the mining states of Western Australia and Queensland.
Nash's cricketing career in Australia peaked in the 2002-03 season with an innings of 176 for Queensland against New South Wales.
But that was as exciting as it got as Australia restored order with two quick-fire tries from Thurston, the first coming when the North Queensland Cowboys star barged his way through three tacklers.
Liquid Robotics, the Silicon Valley startup that makes the surfboard-sized robot called a Wave Glider, announced Wednesday that Papa Mau arrived off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 20 after surviving storms, sharks and 25-foot surf while its solar-powered sensor arrays collected terabytes of data on ocean and atmospheric conditions during the year-long journey.
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He hit three sixes and 26 fours as his Queensland side piled up 405-4 in their day-night ING Cup game against Western Australia in Brisbane.
Gatland cited the example of Australia, who started with the New South Wales Waratahs and Queensland Reds before successfully developing the ACT Brumbies and - more recently - Western Force.
Australia 's centre-right government, which faces a federal election this year, saw its supporters battered in a Queensland state election, as voters switched to Pauline Hanson's One Nation anti-immigration party.
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