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| UpdatedMeet the woman who sketches and paints underwater sea creatures to help make oceanic research easy to understand.
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| UpdatedThe man who rescued survivors of the Stinson plane crash in Lamington National Park 80 years ago never felt like a hero.
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The rise of FIFO workers in one of the Northern Territory's last surviving mining towns has led unionists to call for drastic measures, however some experts say a golden era is clearly over.
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| UpdatedAlan Leishman has spent 30 years catching and recording birds in the Australian Botanic Garden, and has not only honed his talent for mimicking their chirps, but has witnessed the effects of climate change and industrial development.
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| UpdatedFormer Queensland premier Anna Bligh is appointed as CEO of the Australian Bankers' Association, an industry group representing 25 banks across the country.
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| UpdatedSunshine Coast independent MP and the Speaker of the Queensland Parliament Peter Wellington drops a political bombshell by announcing he will not run in his seat of Nicklin at the next state election.
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Tyres were squeaking, and footballs were thudding against the shiny wooden floor of the Somerset recreation centre as players warmed up ahead of a come-and-try wheelchair AFL match.
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| UpdatedJeffery Lecke admits to being in denial about hitting his wife and says he would probably have breached the domestic violence order keeping him away from her if not for a newly formed police unit on the Sunshine Coast.
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Champion swimmer Grant Hackett has been released from police custody after a disturbance at his parents' house on Queensland's Gold Coast.
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| UpdatedOlympian Grant Hackett is "there in body, but not in mind, soul or spirit", his brother says, following the swimmer's involvement in a disturbance at his parents' Gold Coast home.
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A Gold Coast couple celebrating 75 years together reveals their secret to a lasting relationship — not having kids.
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| UpdatedHundreds of people attended a vigil last night in Port Moresby to pay their respects to Ruby Laufa.
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From your local barista to the neighbour who brings in your bin every week, take the opportunity on February 14 to honour all the love in your life, writes Deirdre Fidge.
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| UpdatedTemperatures across southern and south-east Queensland cool down after heat records tumbled across the state on Sunday.
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| UpdatedSydney couple Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon were facing the difficult decision to proceed with a pregnancy after another spina bifida diagnosis or to terminate, but then doctors offered a glimmer of hope.
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Men aged 40 and over account for 75 per cent of all motorbike deaths in Queensland, with the latest police figures challenging the notion that young men are the biggest risk.
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| UpdatedYou are in trouble in the Gold Coast surf and in urgent need of a lifesaver, but fear not when you find the man who comes to your rescue is old enough to be your grandfather.
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| UpdatedAs 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.
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