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
Capital punishment in Australia The poll showed a small majority of Australians (52.5%) favoured the death penalty for deadly terrorist acts in Australia while 47.5% didn’t. This was a significant increase from 2009 when only 23% of Australians supported the death penalty being imposed for convicted murderers. Capital punishment in Australia Capital punishment in Australia was a form of punishment in Australia that has been abolished in all jurisdictions. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same in 1968, the federal government abolished the death penalty in 1973, with application also in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Victoria