Newport, Queensland Newport, Queensland Newport is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region at the north of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The suburb of Newport was gazetted as the Place Name Decision Notice (No 21) 2008 in the "Queensland Government Gazette – Natural Resources and Water" on , after a submission by the then Redcliffe City Council to the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources and Water in October 2006. An earlier, unsuccessful attempt by the council to create the suburb was made in the 1990s. Until 2008, Newport was made up
North Queensland Broomball Association North Queensland Broomball Association The North Queensland Broomball Association (NQBA) is the governing body for broomball in north Queensland, Australia. It is based in the city of Townsville and is a founding member of the national body, Broomball Australia. The NQBA is a not-for-profit organisation that was formed in 1992, the third incorporated broomball club in Australia after the Broomball Association of South Australia and Australian Capital Territory Broomball Association. Broomball had been played in Townsville since the late 1980s. As at August 2006 the club has around 120 members, both male and female, ranging in age from 8 to