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Toowoomba dog groomer Elena Raiti said she loves coming to work every day. image
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Topics: animals, careers, toowoomba-4350
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Some pooches find their wash and dry very relaxing image
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Topics: animals, careers, toowoomba-4350
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Dog groomer's passion for puppy pampering
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A dog groomer from southern Queensland said despite having degrees in child psychology and social work she prefers working with her four-legged friends.
Topics: dog, animals, community-and-society, careers, toowoomba-4350
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RSPCA demands phasing out of caged eggs in developing new poultry standards
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The RSPCA threatens to walk out of developing new poultry standards unless the phasing out of caged eggs is considered.
Topics: livestock-welfare, poultry-and-egg-production, animal-welfare, sydney-2000, bundaberg-4670, murray-bridge-5253, toowoomba-4350, wollongong-2500, moss-vale-2577, albury-2640, melbourne-3000
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Cool change hits south-east Queensland after record-breaking heatwave
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Temperatures across southern and south-east Queensland cool down after heat records tumbled across the state on Sunday.
Topics: weather, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350, gympie-4570, st-george-4487, thargomindah-4492, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, maroochydore-4558, gatton-4343, kingaroy-4610, beaudesert-4285, birdsville-4482, oakey-4401
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South-east Queensland residents swelter as heatwave records tumble
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Hot weather records have tumbled across parts of south-east Queensland amid a relentless heatwave, including Toowoomba which experienced 40 degrees Celsius for the first time.
Topics: weather, fires, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, longreach-4730, thargomindah-4492, birdsville-4482
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Beaches close in Queensland as record-breaking temps forecast
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As Queenslanders deal with extreme summer heat and closed beaches, records are predicted to tumble on Sunday in the state's south, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: phenomena, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350
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Ice blocks on a hot day image
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Topics: primary-schools, toowoomba-4350
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How Queensland schools are beating the heat this summer
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If Queensland students are hoping for a heat-induced early departure on hot school days, they may be a little disappointed.
Topics: weather, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, community-and-society, children, education, government-and-politics, toowoomba-4350, st-george-4487
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Linc Energy's contamination zone widens
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Gas-contaminated soil has been detected 25 kilometres further south of an existing exclusion zone around a controversial Western Downs gas project, Queensland's Environment Department says.
Topics: land-pollution, activism-and-lobbying, oil-and-gas, public-sector, chinchilla-4413, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350
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Growcom's Pat Hannan says a 'few bad apples' are continuing to tarnish the reputation of fruit and vegetable growers, despite most doing the right thing by workers Audio
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Peak horticultural lobby group, Growcom, was quick to condemn the actions of those in the industry who continued to flout the law, after early morning raids on a Stanthorpe strawberry farm netted 27 alleged illegal workers. Growcom chief executive Pat Hannan said young foreign workers should be aware of their visa obligations but were often the 'victims' of unscrupulous employers or labour hire companies exploiting their circumstances.
Topics: cairns-4870, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810, bundaberg-4670, brisbane-4000
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Ex-cop who 'posted pics of dead bodies' loses right to hold gun licence
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Former police officer Ben Dyball, accused of being "blatantly insubordinate", hiding evidence in his personal locker and sleeping in his patrol vehicle, is unfit to hold a gun licence, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal rules.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, warwick-4370, toowoomba-4350
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'Good boy': Police dog dies from heat stroke after chasing car thief
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Southern Queensland's blazing temperatures claim an unlikely victim, with Waco the German shepherd succumbing to heat stroke after tracking an offender, as several towns swelter through their hottest February day on record.
Topics: phenomena, warwick-4370, toowoomba-4350, longreach-4730, birdsville-4482, qld, australia
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Grandmother's promise leads to quest to help young cancer patients
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When Catherine Iseppi watched her grandson go through cancer treatment, she vowed to do whatever she could to help ease the pain.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, cancer, charities-and-community-organisations, toowoomba-4350
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Veins under the infrared light image
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Topics: health, toowoomba-4350
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Christopher Geraghty image
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Topics: people, toowoomba-4350
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Catherine Iseppi and the Accuvein image
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Topics: health, toowoomba-4350
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A Big Country: Koreans learn Aussie horse skills Audio
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A group of Korean high school students have spent two months in Australia learning horsemanship and riding skills. Read more
Topics: equine-production, equestrian, agribusiness, toowoomba-4350
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Pharmacists Jane Hart-Davies and Sophie Mokrzecki image
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Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, healthcare-facilities, education, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, toowoomba-4350
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Hospital training keeps pharmacists in regional Queensland
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The Townsville Hospital is one of three regional Queensland sites selected to host national pharmacy training program.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, healthcare-facilities, education, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, toowoomba-4350
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'Fresher air' for Queensland's national parks as smoking ban introduced
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The Queensland Government is concerned the air is not fresh enough in national parks, citing air quality and passive smoking as key reasons for a partial smoking ban that comes into force tomorrow.
Topics: smoking, national-parks, state-parliament, qld, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
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Jillaroos player Kody House image
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Topics: sport, rugby-league, women, rockhampton-4700, gladstone-4680, toowoomba-4350
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Jillaroos player Chelsea Baker image
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Topics: sport, rugby-league, women, rockhampton-4700, gladstone-4680, toowoomba-4350
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Jillaroos tackle careers and training to get to Auckland Nines
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Jillaroos player Kody House says the team's training has been more focused this year as they head to their camp on the Gold Coast ahead of the Auckland Nines.
Topics: rugby-league, women, community-and-society, sport, rockhampton-4700, toowoomba-4350, qld, new-zealand
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Big telcos may take wi-fi away from rural families: provider
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A small internet provider helping to end the data drought in regional Queensland says it could soon be outbid by big telcos on digital spectrum access due to a proposed rule change by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Topics: telecommunications, activism-and-lobbying, regulation, federal-government, rural, community-development, regional-development, dalby-4405, qld, bowenville-4404, australia, toowoomba-4350
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