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===March=== *16 March – A nationwide recall of Herron headache tablets is ordered after a Brisbane doctor and his 18–year–old son are hospitalised with strychnine poisoning. *18 March – Herron offers a $250,000 reward to try to find out who tampered with its paracetamol products. A 32–year–old Brisbane man is subsequently arrested. *20 March – Queensland Premier [[Peter Beattie]] announces that State Cabinet has approved a $30 million deal to exclude trawling from 35 percent of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and reduce the fish catch from the reef by 15 percent.<ref>{{cite news|title=State in $30m trawling offer|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|date=21 March 2000|ref=p.7}}</ref> *25 March – Brisbane City Council election - [[Jim Soorley]] is elected for a fourth term as Lord Mayor of Brisbane, defeating Liberal candidate Gail Austen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lord Jim's Juggernaut|newspaper=The Sunday Mail|date=26 March 2000|ref=p.1}}</ref>
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