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| UpdatedQueensland's land-clearing laws are preventing producers from setting up what could be a billion-dollar Manuka honey industry which would operate with minimal impact on the environment, beekeepers say.
Topics: agribusiness, food-and-beverage, food-processing, agricultural-crops, national-parks, environmental-impact, environmental-management, entomology, bundaberg-4670, maroochydore-4558, rainbow-beach-4581
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| UpdatedA man reported missing after his hang-glider was seen to make an emergency landing north of Noosa on Saturday afternoon has been found dead.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, emergency-incidents, rainbow-beach-4581
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A shark net contractor employed by Fisheries Queensland is being investigated over the possession of shark fins and jaws.
Topics: illegal-fishing, endangered-and-protected-species, activism-and-lobbying, oceans-and-reefs, state-parliament, rainbow-beach-4581, maroochydore-4558, bundaberg-4670
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Topics: drought, relief-and-aid-organisations, charities-and-community-organisations, rainbow-beach-4581
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Tony Stewart, from the small coastal community of Rainbow Beach in Queensland, has delivered $25,000 worth of support to drought-affected communities in western Queensland.
Topics: drought, relief-and-aid-organisations, charities-and-community-organisations, rainbow-beach-4581, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedDriving enthusiasts are urging visitors to be cautious when taking their four wheels to the sand this weekend along the Sunshine Coast.
Topics: driver-education, crime, police, rainbow-beach-4581, maroochydore-4558
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The Queensland Fire Service is warning of the dangers of not properly extinguishing beach camp fires.
Topics: fires, accidents, emergency-planning, rainbow-beach-4581, bundaberg-4670, maroochydore-4558
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While F/A-18 Super Hornets are often let off the leash to patrol the east coast, pilots are restricted by their skin-tight suits and heavy equipment.
Topics: human-interest, air-force, community-and-society, maroochydore-4558, brisbane-4000, amberley-4306, rainbow-beach-4581
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| UpdatedA large formation of F/A 18F Super Hornets will fly low over south-east Queensland today as part of their last training mission of the year.
Topics: air-force, amberley-4306, brisbane-4000, rainbow-beach-4581
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Gympie MP Tony Perrett has warned the Queensland Government about the potential economic impacts of reducing the number of camping sites at Inskip Point in the state's south.
Topics: environmental-management, states-and-territories, lifestyle-and-leisure, activism-and-lobbying, land-management, inskip-4581, bundaberg-4670, cooloola-4580, maroochydore-4558, gympie-4570, rainbow-beach-4581
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People in Rainbow Beach, Tin Can Bay and Gympie have rallied together to help put food on the table of drought affected farmers in western Queensland.
Topics: drought, community-and-society, rainbow-beach-4581, maroochydore-4558, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedAn attempt to recover a car and caravan that fell into a massive hole brought about by a landslide near Fraser Island is abandoned.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, human-interest, rainbow-beach-4581, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedGeoscientists say recent earthquake activity in southern Queensland was not the cause of a massive sinkhole at Inskip Point near Fraser Island that swallowed a caravan, camper trailer and four-wheel-drive.
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Campers describe the "amazing" scenes as a major sinkhole at Inskip Point, near Rainbow Beach in Queensland, swallows vehicles during peak holiday season.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, rainbow-beach-4581, qld, australia
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| UpdatedCampers described scenes of panic when a 150-metre sinkhole swallowed a car, a camper trailer and a caravan in the dead of night at a popular beach campsite north of Brisbane.
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| UpdatedA five-year-old boy who wandered into bushland with his two family dogs is found in bushland north of Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Topics: missing-person, rainbow-beach-4581, maroochydore-4558, maryborough-4650, bundaberg-4670, qld
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| UpdatedThe Insurance Council of Australia says dozens of claims lodged in Queensland after eight earthquakes struck off Fraser Island will be closely monitored for fraud.
Topics: insurance, earthquake, rainbow-beach-4581, bundaberg-4670, maroochydore-4558, eurong-4581
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The Bundaberg Regional Council says it is important to have a disaster plan in place after the region was rocked by earthquake tremors.
Topics: earthquake, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, rainbow-beach-4581
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| UpdatedEight earthquakes have been detected in Queensland since Thursday, with Saturday's magnitude-5.7 event alone packing as much force as 15 atomic bombs, a senior seismologist says.
Topics: earthquake, rainbow-beach-4581, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland is rattled by a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, the strongest in almost a century, and two aftershocks, two days after another strong quake struck the region. A seismologist warns more may follow.
Topics: earthquake, rainbow-beach-4581
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Topics: media, rainbow-beach-4581
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| UpdatedThe Gympie Regional Council in southern Queensland says roads and bridges are now the major focus of local flood mitigation projects.
Topics: floods, emergency-planning, programs-and-initiatives, local-government, rainbow-beach-4581, gympie-4570, bundaberg-4670, maroochydore-4558, tin-can-bay-4580
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The Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce wants beach fees scrapped for all residents after a recent announcement that Rainbow Beach residents will no longer pay for permits.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, tourism, travel-and-tourism, rainbow-beach-4581, tin-can-bay-4580, bundaberg-4670, maroochydore-4558
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A Clean Up Australia campaigner says a popular beach camping area near Rainbow Beach could be placed off limits if people do not start acting responsibly.
Topics: environmental-management, lifestyle-and-leisure, noosa-heads-4567, bundaberg-4670, rainbow-beach-4581