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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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| 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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| UpdatedQueensland's Chief Magistrate rebukes one of his own judges for making supportive comments to protesters during sentencing.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, community-and-society, qld
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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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| UpdatedClaims Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson bullied senior Queensland Government staff, calling one of them a "maggot" and "bucket of shit", highlight a strained relationship between the two parties.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, education, aurukun-4871, qld, australia
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The cabbie who helped 11 passengers escape during a fatal attack on a Brisbane bus driver last month has been recognised by the taxi industry.
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Leading consumer group Choice urges unhappy customers to take their complaints to the authorities if they have trouble leaving a negative online review.
Topics: community-and-society, tourism, travel-and-tourism, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, qld, australia
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| UpdatedTwo men die in an ultralight plane crash at the end of a private runway in central Queensland.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, rockhampton-4700, qld
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| UpdatedOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson is ridiculed for travelling to a healthy section of the Great Barrier Reef while denying the effects of climate change.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, rockhampton-4700, mackay-4740, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, qld
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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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| UpdatedMiners suffering from black lung disease detail to a Queensland inquiry how their health has declined, as the parliamentary committee is told the State Government was alerted to concerns about black lung several years ago.
Topics: occupational-health-and-safety, coal, diseases-and-disorders, work, workplace, government-and-politics, mining-environmental-issues, activism-and-lobbying, mining-industry, courts-and-trials, respiratory-diseases, mackay-4740, qld, australia, rockhampton-4700, moranbah-4744
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Dreamworld has vowed to act on hazards identified by a Workplace Health and Safety audit after last month's ride accident that claimed four lives.
Topics: workplace, accidents, death, upper-coomera-4209, southport-4215, qld
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government will ban single-use plastic shopping bags from 2018, and says it will not wait for other east-coast states to do the same.
Topics: government-and-politics, recycling-and-waste-management, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, environment, environmental-policy, qld
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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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| UpdatedSeven improvement notices are issued to Dreamworld by inspectors in the wake of a deadly ride malfunction, as the Government confirms it expects the theme park to reopen before Christmas.
Topics: accidents, arts-and-entertainment, travel-and-tourism, travel-health-and-safety, qld, upper-coomera-4209
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| UpdatedPolice are waiting to question a man who was shot and dumped at a Brisbane hospital.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, health, police, coopers-plains-4108, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Self-driving and smart vehicles will be tested on south-east Queensland roads in the largest trial of the emerging technologies in Australia.
Topics: automotive, industry, road-transport, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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| UpdatedAfter being bedridden for 12 years, a Queensland woman with the rare condition known as stiff person syndrome is able to walk again thanks to the work of Brisbane doctors.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, science-and-technology, health, toowoomba-4350, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedPolice believe a $50,000 bounty has been offered to find a witness who provided information to investigators about the murders of Cory Breton and Iuliana Triscaru, according to an affidavit tendered to court.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, qld, kingston-4114, logan-reserve-4133, logan-central-4114
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Next year's NRL draw is out and there is plenty to look forward to in 2017, with rivalries and revenge on the menu.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, qld, new-zealand, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA watch and act warning for residents of Fernvale, north-west of Ipswich, is downgraded as aircraft and fire crews work to contain the large grassfire burning in the area.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, weather, qld
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| UpdatedDebris left over from Cyclone Marcia in 2015 combined with unseasonal winter rain pose an increased risk this fire season, Queensland authorities say.
Topics: bushfire, weather, emergency-planning, fires, qld
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A hospital in north Queensland is the first in the state to trial the use of 3D cameras to treat patients with diabetes living in rural and remote areas.
Topics: health-administration, regional, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health, diseases-and-disorders, diabetes, townsville-4810, qld, charters-towers-4820, torrens-creek-4816
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| UpdatedResearchers record the first fledgling night parrot seen since the elusive bird was rediscovered in south-west Queensland in 2013.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environment, national-parks, conservation, government-and-politics, environmental-management, state-parliament, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA teenager celebrating schoolies week on Queensland's Gold Coast is lucky to be alive after he fell while leaning over the balcony of an apartment in Surfers Paradise about 3:00am.
Topics: schools, community-and-multicultural-festivals, youth, accidents, surfers-paradise-4217, qld