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| UpdatedMore than 170,000 lightning strikes are recorded during Monday's storms around south-east Queensland, as the clean-up gets into full swing this morning.
Topics: weather, storm-event, emergency-incidents, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, gatton-4343, toogoolawah-4313
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| UpdatedAn evening of severe thunderstorms for south-east Queensland is over, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, following hours of wild weather which saw trees snapped and homes damaged north-west of Brisbane.
Topics: weather, storm-event, emergency-incidents, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld
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| UpdatedTemperatures 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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| UpdatedA man is charged over the death of a 69-year-old man who was the victim of an alleged one-punch attack at a hotel near Ipswich, west of Brisbane.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, redbank-4301, brisbane-4000, qld, ipswich-4305, australia
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| UpdatedHot 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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Two police officers are taken to hospital after they were allegedly assaulted while trying to arrest a man and a woman who ditched a stolen car and attempted to steal another west of Brisbane.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedHeatwave conditions are scorching southern Queensland for a second time in just over a week, with paramedics preparing for another spike in heat-related cases.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, phenomena, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, chinchilla-4413, maroochydore-4558, toowoomba-4350, bedourie-4829, birdsville-4482
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| UpdatedA man has been extradited from Queensland and charged over alleged child sex assaults in central-west New South Wales six years ago.
Topics: sexual-offences, police, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, children, orange-2800, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedParts of south-east Queensland are hit by heavy rainfall and flash flooding after severe thunderstorms, described as "very dangerous" by the Bureau of Meteorology.
Topics: weather, rainfall, storm-event, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, maroochydore-4558, thargomindah-4492, qld
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| UpdatedA cool change has brought Queenslanders some relief from a five-day heatwave that saw temperatures soar across the state, but the weather bureau says it will not last for long.
Topics: weather, phenomena, rainfall, qld, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, maroochydore-4558, thargomindah-4492
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| UpdatedMuch of south-east Queensland is sweltering as residents endure another day of heatwave conditions, with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius expected in some areas.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, esk-4312, ipswich-4305, gatton-4343, beaudesert-4285, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, rockhampton-4700, maroochydore-4558, longreach-4730
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| UpdatedCentral and southern Queensland are in the grip of a four-day heatwave, which is expected to peak on Saturday and send temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius.
Topics: weather, qld, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedCentral and southern Queensland are set to swelter this week with severe to extreme heatwave conditions forecast from Wednesday through to Saturday.
Topics: weather, qld, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, birdsville-4482, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215
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| UpdatedIpswich City Council pulls funding from a World Harmony Day event organised by former One Nation candidate Shan Ju Lin, who was dumped by the party over anti-gay comments.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, pauline-hanson, one-nation, local-government, ipswich-4305, qld
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| UpdatedOne Nation founder Pauline Hanson is making no apologies for sacking Queensland candidate Shan Ju Lin for her anti-gay comments, saying she will not let people trash her or her party.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, pauline-hanson, one-nation, political-parties, bundamba-4304, qld, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedAn eastern brown snake is filmed eating a carpet python at a home west of Brisbane, with snake catchers saying a population boom could have driven the deadly predator to seek out its unusual meal.
Topics: human-interest, animals, goodna-4300, qld, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA teenager is in a critical condition after falling about six storeys from a balcony on the Sunshine Coast, while a police officer will require surgery to his hand following a separate incident on New Year's Eve in Queensland.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, events, mooloolaba-4557, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, gladstone-4680
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These model trains are far from toys — after being kept in secret for decades, a huge and elaborate collection has been donated to an Ipswich museum.
Topics: community-organisations, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, community-and-society, history, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThese model trains are far from toys — after being kept in secret for decades, a huge and elaborate collection is donated to an Ipswich museum, west of Brisbane.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, community-organisations, history, human-interest, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000, qld, wollongong-2500
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A mobile app to give the disabled a bigger voice, especially in emergencies, has been developed in a south-east Queensland hospital.
Topics: health, information-technology, people, healthcare-facilities, science-and-technology, mobile-phones, computers-and-technology, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedSevere thunderstorms rumble through towns west of Brisbane and head towards the Sunshine Coast, skirting past the capital.
Topics: weather, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld
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A string of cities and suburbs south-west of Brisbane have been identified as south-east Queensland's hotspots for hailstorms, while those looking to avoid them should head to Capalaba and Chermside.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, storm-event, brisbane-4000, qld, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedCouncil and State Emergency Service workers clean up this morning after wild storms cause havoc in south-east Queensland, with Brisbane and Ipswich the hardest hit.
Topics: storm-event, weather, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedA severe thunderstorm causes blackouts, flash flooding and interrupts Test cricket in south-east Queensland on Sunday afternoon, with wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour in some areas.
Topics: storm-event, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedPolice find the body of a 21-year-old man who went missing yesterday while swimming in a lake at a former mine at Ipswich, west of Brisbane.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, community-and-society, missing-person, death, collingwood-park-4301, ipswich-4305, qld