Casey Briggs
Casey Briggs is a journalist for ABC News in Brisbane. With a mathematical background, he’s got a keen interest in the numbers that guide our lives, decisions, and politics.
Spearfisher has leg amputated after shark attack
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A Queensland man who was bitten on the leg by a shark on Saturday has had the limb amputated and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, cardwell-4849, cairns-4870
Friends' first aid treatment saves man bitten by shark
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The friends of a man who was bitten multiple times on the leg by a shark while spearfishing off Hinchinbrook Island in far north Queensland saved his life with their rapid first aid response, paramedics say.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, cardwell-4849
New colony of endangered northern bettong discovered north of Cairns
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Rare and endangered northern bettongs have been found in far north Queensland in an area where the animal was thought to have died out, environmental group WWF says.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, charities-and-community-organisations, university-and-further-education, cairns-4870
Aurukun school unwittingly received up to $815k in overpayments
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The Indigenous Aurukun primary school run in partnership with Noel Pearson's Good to Great Schools organisation routinely overstated enrolments because there was a misunderstanding of policy, netting up to $815,000 in extra payments, a report finds.
Topics: education, access-to-education, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, aboriginal, activism-and-lobbying, schools, public-sector, aurukun-4871, qld, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000
Indigenous children ICU admissions for infections higher than other kids: research
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Indigenous children are three times more likely to enter intensive care units with life-threatening infections than non-Indigenous children, researchers find.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, medical-research, activism-and-lobbying, child-health-and-behaviour, qld, australia, university-of-queensland-4072
Queensland demands details on Defence plan to acquire conservation land
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About 5,000 hectares of national park in central Queensland that is home to 11 endangered species is facing compulsory acquisition for a military base expansion, State Environment Minister Steven Miles says, adding that he has sought details from the Commonwealth.
Topics: defence-forces, federal---state-issues, environmental-management, national-parks, beef-cattle, shoalwater-4702, rockhampton-4700
Young Townsville offenders targeted by specialist youth court
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says a new youth court in Townsville for high-risk offenders will ensure young people are not lost in the system, but the Opposition says it is just a "weak Labor response".
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, youth, courts-and-trials, state-parliament, townsville-4810
Brisbane council's technology upgrades' $60m blowout more than potential savings
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A 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
Domestic violence legal help up 600pc
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Queensland's community legal centres now help seven times as many people with domestic violence issues as five years ago and are not coping with the demand, the sector's peak body says.
Topics: community-organisations, judges-and-legal-profession, federal---state-issues, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, maroochydore-4558, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
Queensland's lockout laws wound back
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The Queensland Government backs down from one of its signature policies and will not enforce a 1:00am nightclub lockout that was due to start next week, the state's Attorney-General says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, brisbane-4000
Katter plans legislation to stop sale of fake Indigenous art
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Federal MP Bob Katter says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to restrict the sale of inauthentic Aboriginal art by creating a licensing scheme and logo, similar to the Australian Made brand, that could only be used by Indigenous artists.
Topics: federal-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, laws, qld, mount-isa-4825, townsville-4810, australia
Shark gives birth without mating
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A leopard shark in a Queensland aquarium shocks scientists by becoming the first in the world to give birth without a male, after previously mating in the usual way.
Topics: shark, human-interest, animals, science-and-technology, biology, marine-biology, townsville-4810
Man 'choked' by security guard at FOMO music festival
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A Brisbane security guard is stood down pending an investigation into an alleged choking incident at the FOMO music festival, which was filmed and shared widely on social media.
Topics: community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld
Dumped One Nation candidate won't apologise for anti-gay comments
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Former Queensland One Nation candidate Shan Ju Lin says she will not apologise for the comments that led to her being dumped by the party and reiterates her belief that gay people need "medical consultations".
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, australia
Former One Nation candidate stood down from police service
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North Queensland police officer and former One Nation candidate Leanne Rissman is stood down after being accused of using her gun while off duty and affected by alcohol.
Topics: police, alcohol, townsville-4810
Boy hit by ute on Christmas night dies in hospital
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A nine-year-old boy hit by an alleged drink-driver while looking at Christmas lights with his family south of Brisbane, dies in hospital.
Topics: family-and-children, children, law-crime-and-justice, police, springwood-4127
Queensland Rail cancels Christmas Day train services
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A last-minute round of train service cancellations today prompts the State Opposition to label Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe the "grinch who stole Christmas".
Topics: public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, helensvale-4212, maroochydore-4558, toowoomba-4350
Labor MP offers 'modest' payout for QUT student public shaming
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Federal Labor MP Terri Butler settles a defamation suit with a Queensland university student, agreeing to a "modest payout" over comments she made on the ABC's Q&A program.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, community-and-society, federal-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld
Rise in Queensland DVO applications hailed as positive
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The biggest annual jump in the number of domestic violence protection order applications across the state is hailed as good news by a Central Queensland University academic.
Topics: domestic-violence, state-parliament, courts-and-trials, police, community-and-society, brisbane-4000
Queensland LNP threatens to block PM's Adler restriction
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Queensland's Opposition Leader says he does not take "riding instructions from Canberra" and could block the Prime Minister's proposed restrictions on the Adler shotgun.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, activism-and-lobbying, political-parties, brisbane-4000, qld
How preferential voting system may help LNP at next Queensland election
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Changes to Queensland's voting system pushed through by the Labor State Government may actually end up helping the LNP at the next election, political experts say,
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, electoral-system, alp, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, qld
'Sir Joh's citadel': executive building opens for final time
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Its walls have seen nine premiers come and go, and it has hosted cabinet meetings for 45 years, but today is the final day the public will be able to see the George Street Executive Building.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, history, brisbane-4000
Corruption watchdog finds fraud squad exposed Queensland Police Service to serious risk
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Queensland's corruption watchdog finds a police fraud squad initiative that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from the private sector exposed the state's police service to a serious fraud risk.
Topics: laws, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, fraud-and-corporate-crime, police, brisbane-4000, qld
Adani's mega mine neither viable nor justified, says energy analyst
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Adani might be planning to start construction of its mega coal mine in central Queensland but one energy commentator says big questions remain about whether the project is financially viable or "strategically required".
Topics: rural, mining-rural, industry, mining-industry, coal, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, charters-towers-4820, moranbah-4744, bowen-4805, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, cairns-4870, qld
'It's not critical': Adani claim for federal loan in question after admission
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Questions are being asked about whether mining giant Adani's proposed rail link in north Queensland is eligible for public financing, after a company spokesman admitted federal support is not critical to its construction.
Topics: federal---state-issues, coal, regional-development, business-economics-and-finance, townsville-4810, rockhampton-4700
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