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The sunken tall ship Defender will be removed from Townsville's Ross Creek ahead of the storm season.
Topics: maritime, government-and-politics, sea-transport, history, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000, tas
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| UpdatedSevere thunderstorms bringing damaging wind and large hailstones hit parts of south-east Queensland, with more storms expected over the next several hours.
Topics: weather, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000
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The Australian Mungbean Association is forecasting record production this season.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agribusiness, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAfter missing out in Sri Lanka and the most recent Sheffield Shield clash, Joe Burns knows he has to fight for his place in the Test side.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe man accused of murdering Brisbane woman Barbara McCulkin and her two young daughters was seen at the victims' house the night they disappeared, a witness has said.
Topics: missing-person, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000, highgate-hill-4101, warwick-4370
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First it was butterflies, now black flies are flocking to Brisbane suburbs causing a nuisance to residents.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, human-interest, weather, animals, brisbane-4000
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Dam operator Seqwater admits residents near Leslie Harrison Dam on Brisbane's bayside were not warned about asbestos-contaminated soil being removed yesterday.
Topics: water-supply, water-pollution, water-management, asbestos, land-pollution, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAn experienced police officer who pulled a gun on a speeding motorist in outback Queensland pleads not guilty to assault and deprivation of liberty.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, longreach-4730, qld
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| UpdatedThe controversial $800 million West Village project in West End is officially approved, setting local member and Deputy Premier Jackie Trad up for a battle with the Greens for her seat at the next election.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, west-end-4101, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Human Rights Commission hits back at claims it is mishandling complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act, confirming it had no involvement with a controversial court case against Queensland University of Technology students.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, australia
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| UpdatedA baby koala called Alfred is in good health after being found in a zipped canvas bag by police after they arrested a 50-year-old woman in Brisbane's south.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, animals, crime, police, brisbane-4000, wishart-4122, qld
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| UpdatedA 13-year-old Sunshine Coast boy remains on life support after he was accidentally hit on the head with a golf club while hunting for cane toads on the weekend.
Topics: accidents---other, adolescent-health, maroochydore-4558, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedGarry Reginald Dubois pleads not guilty to the 1974 murder of Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters, Vicki and Leanne, while questions are raised about the reliability of a key witness in the trial.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, brisbane-4000, qld, torbanlea-4662, warwick-4370
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| UpdatedTwo siblings who died during a tragic accident at Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast last month are farewelled at a funeral in Canberra.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, forrest-2603, canberra-2600, act, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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There are fears this summer could be the deadliest yet for Australian 'party drug' takers, with hundreds of new and unpredictable substances on the market, one of which a Brisbane woman tells the ABC "terrified" her.
Topics: drug-use, health, drug-education, education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-offences, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215, vic
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Stirling Hinchliffe is to keep his job as Commonwealth Games Minister because Commonwealth nations would not like a change of minister this close to the Games, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
Topics: public-sector, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, commonwealth-games-organising-committee, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedQueensland University of Technology law lecturer Gordon Douglas Chalmers is charged with child sex offences, including using a carriage service to groom and procure children and using it to access child pornography.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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There will be no more changes to the city train timetable for the rest of the year after weeks of frustration for commuters, with 333 fewer services to run Monday to Friday per week, Queensland Rail says.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, unions, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215
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Jamie Maclaren's second goal in as many games was all the Roar needed to book a third successive win and rise to second on the ladder after a quality display against Melbourne City.
Topics: soccer, sport, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000
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A former coal miner who has unwillingly become a symbol of black lung disease details his plight, telling a state parliamentary committee there are moments he no longer wants to live.
Topics: community-and-society, health, environmental-health, health-policy, health-administration, occupational-health-and-safety, diseases-and-disorders, rural, mining-rural, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld
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| UpdatedA judge throws out a case against three Queensland University of Technology students who were accused of racially vilifying an Indigenous woman in 2013.
Topics: courts-and-trials, discrimination, federal-parliament, race-relations, university-and-further-education, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTyrell Cobb's mother Heidi Strbak and her former de facto partner Matthew Ian Scown will stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the four-year-old's death on the Gold Coast in 2009, after the prosecution concedes a murder conviction would be unlikely.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, child-abuse, brisbane-4000, biggera-waters-4216
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| UpdatedIf Australian lifestyle and culture was an emoji set, what would it look like?
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, indigenous-culture, lifestyle, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA woman charged with the murder of her Brisbane mother (pictured) is remanded in custody after being excused from appearing in court this morning.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000
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The remains of a Brisbane City Council bus driver who was killed on the job last week are being taken back to India today.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, community-and-society, moorooka-4105, qld, brisbane-4000, india