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Bus drivers want assaults on them to be treated as seriously as those on health and emergency workers, with dozens of attacks recorded this year already, including two caught on camera and shared exclusively with the ABC.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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A teenager has been charged over the assault of a Queensland bus driver — one of dozens to occur in the first few weeks of 2017, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union says.
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Queensland and national mountain biking champion Eva Plessing says there are so few female competitors in Australia she is forced to race against men, but one group in north Queensland is doing its bit to even up the numbers.
Topics: people, human-interest, cycling, sport, mackay-4740, qld, australia
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Tourists are flocking to Queensland's southern Darling Downs where vast, golden fields of sunflowers are proving the perfect subject for amateur and professional photographers.
Topics: people, human-interest, travel-and-tourism, photography, visual-art, allora-4362, toowoomba-4350, qld
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| UpdatedScientists have mapped out newly-discovered parts of the coral reef system in Moreton Bay, off the south-east Queensland coast, with the hopes it will help inform decisions to protect the small but diverse system.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, environment, marine-biology, biology, science-and-technology, cape-moreton-4025, brisbane-4000, qld
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A tribunal finds Brisbane police officer who pushed a disabled driver into a petrol bowser during an arrest was guilty of 'significant misconduct'.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, qld, deagon-4017, brisbane-4000
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The Heat needed 18 off the last six balls to beat the Renegades but lost in a final over that featured two sixes, three wickets and four wides.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe mother of fatally injured toddler Mason Jet Lee and her partner are facing new child cruelty charges for allegedly failing to provide adequate medical assistance to the 21-month-old.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, caboolture-4510, qld, brisbane-4000
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Queensland researchers are optimistic a world-first trial will revolutionise the recovery for people with new spinal cord injuries.
Topics: research, science-and-technology, medical-research, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedFirefighters contain a large, fast-moving bushfire which was earlier threatening about 60 homes on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, fires, emergency-incidents, coolum-beach-4573, qld, maroochydore-4558, australia
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| UpdatedFederal MP Bob Katter says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to restrict the sale of inauthentic Aboriginal art by creating a licensing scheme and logo, similar to the Australian Made brand, that could only be used by Indigenous artists.
Topics: federal-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, laws, qld, mount-isa-4825, townsville-4810, australia
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A photographer who specialises in portraits of child dancers fronts Brisbane's Magistrates Court charged with 79 child sex offences.
Topics: courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000, qld, geebung-4034, australia
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| UpdatedOne in two people over 35 did not pass their driving test last year, falling well behind younger drivers who a master driver trainer says benefit from being "less jittery and more confident".
Topics: road, safety-education, community-and-society, people, qld
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| UpdatedEasing conditions reduce the threat of a bushfire burning since yesterday afternoon at Coolum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, as authorities reopen the Sunshine Motorway but warn smoke haze may impact visibility for motorists.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, emergency-incidents, coolum-beach-4573, peregian-beach-4573, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA Brisbane photographer who specialises in portraits of child dancers is charged with 79 offences, including seven counts of rape, and supplying dangerous drugs to minor.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, child-abuse, sexual-offences, brisbane-4000, qld
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Australia's largest aluminium smelter says it will cut jobs and production because of massive electricity price hikes, but the Queensland Government-owned power generator blames the company for failing to sign a better contract.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, state-parliament, government-and-politics, gladstone-4680, rockhampton-4700, qld
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| UpdatedPsychologist Joann Lukins shares strategies to prepare for the emotion and worry of the first day of school.
Topics: schools, education, family-and-children, children, parenting, mental-health, townsville-4810, qld
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| UpdatedShirley Brifman was born in far north Queensland in 1935 and became embroiled in the corrupt world of police and politics in two states before her untimely death. Look back on her colourful life.
Topics: death, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, history, qld, nsw, brisbane-4000, clayfield-4011, atherton-4883, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFirefighters are battling to contain a large a fire near Coolum Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast but say the blaze is no longer posing a threat to properties at this time.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, coolum-beach-4573, qld
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| UpdatedThe Climate Council warns that warmer global temperatures could have a severe impact on Queensland and lead to more storm surges and intense cyclone activity likely.
Topics: environment, climate-change, storm-disaster, weather, storm-event, oceans-and-reefs, cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, great-barrier-reef, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, qld
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| UpdatedQueensland Police appeal against the Federal Court's ruling in a discrimination case over a death in custody on Palm Island that awarded $200,000 to Lex Wotton and his family.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, discrimination, race-relations, palm-island-4815, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe coroner will investigate whether an inquest should be held into the death of brothel madam Shirley Brifman in Brisbane 45 years ago, Queensland's Attorney-General says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedTorresian crows nest on buildings and man-made structures in Queensland cities in a remarkable "evolutionary change" that shows how intelligent the birds are.
Topics: environment, animals, environmental-health, ornithology, birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, evolution, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740, bundaberg-4670, rockhampton-4700, qld
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Queensland Rail says it has not been able to identify the person who posted a laughing face emoji from its Twitter account during last year's rail crisis.
Topics: government-and-politics, public-sector, alp, brisbane-4000, qld
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Three children and a teenager are charged over three shopping centre fires in Brisbane and Logan, one of which sparked an hours-long evacuation of the Logan Hyperdome.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, brisbane-4000, qld, logan-central-4114