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| UpdatedDetective Superintendent Michael O'Dowd confirms that in a "sad set of circumstances" a 24-year-old nanny sexually assaulted in Brisbane last year has died in a traffic incident in Poland days before her alleged attacker has appeared in court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, poland
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| UpdatedAfter fire destroyed the historic Kandanga pub, locals made sure the small Queensland town was not without a meeting place where anyone was welcome to have "a beer and a yarn".
Topics: community-and-society, fires, disasters-and-accidents, people, human-interest, kandanga-4570, qld, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedThe retirement of LNP stalwart and former deputy premier Jeff Seeney makes it harder for the party to ward off One Nation in the central Queensland seat of Callide, political analysts say.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, political-parties, government-and-politics, electoral-system, state-parliament, parliament, one-nation, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670
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The Cairns Frog Hospital may be forced to move almost 150 kilometres from its home in the next month, as its owner struggles to find a suitable location in Cairns.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, human-interest, cairns-4870, qld
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Topics: rural, drought, small-business, ilfracombe-4727, qld, australia
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Topics: rural, exercise-and-fitness, health, longreach-4730, qld, australia
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In western Queensland, where drought has dominated most lives in the past five years, the small seeds of big business ideas have started to grow.
Topics: rural, small-business, drought, gatton-4343, qld, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland Reds winger Eto Nabuli scores a hat-trick of tries, but it is not enough to stop his side suffering a 26-19 Super Rugby loss to the Western Force in Perth on Thursday night.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, perth-6000, wa, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedBrisbane ensures Cronulla's NRL title defence starts with a loss, winning their season-opening clash 26-18 at Shark Park.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, cronulla-2230, nsw, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedPeople with suicidal thoughts who make worrying posts to Facebook Live will now get real-time intervention, in changes that come after a number of livestreamed deaths.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, community-and-society, suicide, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedJeff Seeney is retiring from politics at the next Queensland election after a 18-year career, which saw him rise to opposition leader and deputy premier.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, liberal-national-party-queensland, callide-4715, qld, brisbane-4000, australia
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Researchers from the Australian National University call for an urgent rethink of the Basin Plan, arguing the money being spent is not achieving the desired results set out under the policy.
Topics: water, water-management, environment, rural, sa, vic, nsw, qld, act
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Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich is not shying away from the magnitude of the Lions's AFLW clash against Adelaide.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, brisbane-4000, qld, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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The Queensland Liberal National Party is to hold an unprecedented meeting of its state and federal MPs this weekend to discuss ways of countering a resurgent One Nation.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, qld
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Sugar entities Wilmar and Queensland Sugar Limited will not be forced into arbitration after the LNP fails to pass laws in State Parliament to mandate the move.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedEnergy and Water Supply Minister Mark Bailey is referred to Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission over a private email account that has the Opposition questioning if he acted corruptly.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, public-sector, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA blame game erupts over who is at fault over the $4.4 billion project to deliver and maintain Queensland Rail's new trains, which have been found to have a plethora of design faults.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, state-parliament, rail-transport, brisbane-4000, qld, southport-4215, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedThe Newman government slashed oversight of the controversial coal seam gas industry in Queensland despite warnings it would lead to serious non-compliance and to CSG companies "gambling" with safety, cabinet documents show.
Topics: state-parliament, greenhouse-gas, government-and-politics, climate-change, environment, pollution, chinchilla-4413, qld
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| UpdatedA Brisbane father who has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his three-year-old girl locked her in a bedroom using rope while he slept in the day, and would slap her like an adult, his sentencing hearing is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA Queensland fisherman who was paid $210,000 to give up his net licence as part of a government buyback is exploiting a legal loophole to keep fishing.
Topics: illegal-fishing, fishing-aquaculture, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, qld
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| UpdatedBrisbane records its hottest summer, with February's average maximum temperature hitting 32.6 degrees Celsius, the Bureau of Meteorology says, but did not come close to those in the state's south and west where there were record stretches of hot weather.
Topics: phenomena, weather, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, birdsville-4482, st-george-4487, thargomindah-4492, cunnamulla-4490, bollon-4488, dalby-4405, oakey-4401
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Topics: surf-life-saving, animal-attacks, oceans-and-reefs, safety, qld, southport-4215
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Topics: surf-life-saving, animal-attacks, oceans-and-reefs, safety, qld, southport-4215
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More than 8.6 million people hit the beach in Queensland over summer, a 13 per cent increase over the previous year.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, safety, qld, southport-4215