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Negotiations to secure a major international boxing match for Queensland are entering the final round, with authorities increasingly confident local fighter Jeff Horn will take on Filipino Manny Pacquiao at Lang Park in April.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, boxing, sport, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA Queensland legal service that helps money-strapped clients take legal action or defend themselves in court is worried about its own financial future, with federal funding about to run out.
Topics: community-organisations, federal---state-issues, judges-and-legal-profession, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedBrett Holman caps his return from injury by guiding Brisbane Roar to a last-gasp 2-1 win over Western Sydney at Lang Park.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, brisbane-4000, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedA father who tortured and killed his newborn daughter in her home in Gympie in south-east Queensland is sentenced to nine years in jail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, gympie-4570, qld, maroochydore-4558
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Rainfall is likely to be below average in much of eastern Australia from February to April, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: weather, rural, environment, brisbane-4000
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Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedFormer Billabong chief executive Matthew Perrin is sentenced to eight years in jail for fraud over the forging of his then-wife's signature to access more than $13 million from the Commonwealth Bank.
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA former Bandidos bikie who was feared dead after a bloody brawl outside a Gold Coast club has contacted police and is safe and well.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, missing-person, kirra-4225, qld, mermaid-beach-4218, brisbane-4000
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Bobbie Brazil, AO for service to tertiary education governance, to agricultural, environmental and resource management organisations, and to women in rural and regional areas
Topics: agribusiness, australia-day, university-and-further-education, water-management, government-and-politics, agricultural-policy, brisbane-4000, brookstead-4364, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedA police officer is injured and a man charged after clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through inner-city Sydney.
Topics: australia-day, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedFor thousands of years it was thought impossible to regenerate the spinal cord. Now we know it's both possible and safe, thanks to the pioneering work of the 2017 Australian of the Year.
Topics: science-and-technology, stem-cells, medical-research, health, research, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedSouth-east Queensland prawn farmers decimated by white spot disease will receive part of a $1.74 million Federal Government emergency funding package, however they say it does not cover their costs.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, environmental-impact, marine-biology, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, logan-central-4114, qld, brisbane-4000, mermaid-beach-4218
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Topics: rural, medical-research, australia-day, environmental-policy, access-to-education, brookstead-4364, brisbane-4000
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Bobbie Brazil, AO, says she is humbled by the award and grateful for education her parents provided growing up on a dairy farm at Jambin, CQ
Topics: water-management, agribusiness, australia-day, university-and-further-education, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedDistinguished Australians have been recognised for their service to regional communities and industries this year.
Topics: community-development, veterinary-medicine, agricultural-chemicals, conservation, australia, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, alice-springs-0870, summertown-5141, jambin-4702, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedQueensland's first female premier Anna Bligh, sports stars Bronte Campbell and Mick Fanning, and television presenter Kay McGrath are among 121 people across the state to be recognised in the Australia Day honours list.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, warwick-4370, southport-4215, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedA blowout costing up to $60 million to Brisbane City Council's technology upgrades will result in more money being spent on a new system than it is projected to save over 10 years.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, local-government, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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Ryan Carters of the Sixers hits the ball to the boundary for a four during the Big Bash League match against the Brisbane Heat at the Gabba on January 11, 2015 in Brisbane.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThere is an added incentive for the Sydney Sixers to hit as many boundaries as possible in tonight's Big Bash semi-final, with each six raising money for women in less-developed countries.
Topics: cricket, poverty, access-to-education, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000
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A Brisbane film processor says he is run off his feet trying to keep up with people wanting to develop traditional film prints.
Topics: human-interest, brisbane-4000
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Former head of the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union, Dave Hanna, denies he received free work on his house from construction bosses.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, unions, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA Brisbane film processor is run off his feet trying to keep up with people wanting to develop traditional film prints.
Topics: photography, visual-art, human-interest, people, taringa-4068, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA man returning to Australia from Thailand is arrested and charged with 168 offences, including 29 counts of rape, all committed on the Gold Coast more than 10 years ago, police say.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld, southport-4215
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| UpdatedQueensland's taxi industry is building a multi-million-dollar fund ahead of the state election to fight ride-sharing services like Uber.
Topics: road-transport, activism-and-lobbying, elections, government-and-politics, laws, law-crime-and-justice, qld, brisbane-4000
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A 38-year-old man allegedly approached seven women — aged between 17 and 74 — during a bizarre crime spree in Redcliffe and Scarborough on Tuesday morning.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, redcliffe-4020, qld, brisbane-4000