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| UpdatedA university student suing federal Labor MP Terri Butler for allegedly smearing him on national television has rejected her written apology, labelling it a "sham".
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, community-and-society, federal-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld
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The 52 boats in the northern prawn fishery (NPF) have returned to ports from Cairns to Karumba to the Kimberley after four months at sea in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Skipper Brad Allen on board the F.V. Gnarloo has just completed his 26th year in the Gulf where he's earned a reputation as one of Austral Fisheries' most reliable skippers.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, cairns-4870, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA green start-up technology company surprises scientists by producing biofuel from old rubber tyres than can run turbo-charged diesel engines while reducing emissions by 30 per cent.
Topics: science-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, environment, brisbane-4000, qld
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The Queensland Government holds its first Cabinet meeting in its brand new tower at 1 William Street in Brisbane's CBD.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAn investigation into the death of Caboolture toddler Mason Jet Lee sees a fourth child protection worker stood down by Queensland's Child Safety and Disability Services Department.
Topics: community-and-society, child-abuse, child-care, family, family-and-children, law-crime-and-justice, family-law, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA Brisbane jury declares Garry Dubois guilty of the 1974 murders of sisters Vicki and Leanne McCulkin and the manslaughter of their mother Barbara.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, sexual-offences, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThere was a general consensus among staff working at the medical clinic at the Manus Island detention centre that Iranian asylum seeker Hamid Khazaei needed to be provided with higher care, an inquest into his death hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, refugees, immigration, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA water outage which affected toilets and air conditioners in more than 50 buildings in Brisbane's CBD has been fixed, hours after government workers evacuated office towers.
Topics: water-supply, public-sector, state-parliament, local-government, brisbane-4000
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As more and more high-rise apartments are developed in capital cities across Australia, are views being prioritised over good design?
Topics: architecture, lifestyle, climate-change, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland Rail acting chief Neil Scales says he is not answerable over the QR board's apparent refusal to cooperate with an investigation into a train driver shortage causing ongoing network disruptions.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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Julian Scharf was devastated when he rapidly lost hearing and was left "pretty much totally deaf". But this papa's got a brand new bag — a cochlear implant — and he threw a party to celebrate the music that shaped his life.
Topics: music, hearing, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedBrisbane-based Cirque Du Soleil performer Lisa Skinner escapes serious injury after falling 3 to 5 metres and landing on her head during a show in Brisbane.
Topics: accidents, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe cabbie who helped 11 passengers escape during an attack that killed a Brisbane bus driver last month says he is still coping with the personal aftermath of the tragedy.
Topics: people, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedMore than 50 people call upon the State Emergency Service for assistance after slow-moving storms this morning dump more than 100 millimetres in two hours on some areas.
Topics: weather, brisbane-4000
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In another case of "close, but not close enough" for Western Sydney, the Wanderers are held to a 1-1 draw by the Brisbane Roar thanks to their own wastefulness and Michael Theo's safe hands.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, parramatta-2150, nsw, australia, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA Brisbane mother speaks of her anguish at her son's death, after he was allegedly subject to continuous bullying because of his sexuality.
Topics: education, bullying, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, suicide, aspley-4034, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe contrast could not be more stark. In developing countries around the world, close to one billion people don't have enough to meet their most basic nutritional needs; while in the first world, more than two billion people suffer the debilitating effects of consuming too much of the wrong types of food. The answer, according to Dr Dyno Keatinge, is to grow and eat more vegetables... which may not be as easy as it sounds when the world's agricultural research and development budget is geared heavily toward cereal crops. But the pendulum is swinging, and not before time, according to Dr Keatinge who has been addressing the world's horticultural scientists in Cairns this week on the Global Horticultural Initiative.
Topics: vegetables, poverty, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedGrowing and eating more vegetables would go a long way to solving the world's critical health challenges, a leading academic says.
Topics: vegetables, poverty, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTwo Central Queensland high school students are packing their bags to pursue their studies, with trips coming up to Brisbane and the USA.
Topics: science, physics, space-exploration, women, university-and-further-education, education, science-and-technology, rockhampton-4700, brisbane-4000, japan, united-states
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A Brisbane couple are epitomising the trend towards smaller and more sustainable homes, living in a house not much bigger than a caravan in their friend's backyard.
Topics: house-and-home, community-and-society, housing-industry, architecture, brisbane-4000, australia, red-hill-4059
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The dream of two advertising executives to help children who have faced abuse and neglect has come true thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Topics: family-and-children, charities-and-community-organisations, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedScott Driscoll, the former LNP member for Redcliffe, admits falsifying meeting minutes of the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association and taking secret commissions while with the group.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, fraud-and-corporate-crime, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedA probe into Queensland Rail's bungled train crewing practices is upgraded into a Commission of Inquiry, with the Premier saying the QR board had failed to cooperate with an independent investigator.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, state-parliament, public-sector, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedLinking artists from PNG and Indigenous Australians for a combined exhibition is just one many recommendations put forward by a group of young leaders from both countries meeting this week at the annual Lowy Emerging leaders dialogue in Brisbane.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, indigenous-culture, pacific, brisbane-4000