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• Reds controversially beat Roar after 98th-minute penalty

  Posted March 19, 2017 20:07:05 | Updated March 19, 2017 22:43:32

  Sergio Cirio nets a penalty in the 98th minute after Roar goalkeeper Michael Theo is cruelly red-carded at Hindmarsh Stadium.

  Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, brisbane-4000, qld, australia

• Wright completes fairytale return with Snapper Rocks win

  By Anthony Pancia

  Posted March 19, 2017 15:22:09 | Updated March 19, 2017 19:50:57

  Australian surfer Owen Wright completes a fairytale comeback from a serious brain injury, winning the World Surf League event at Snapper Rocks.

  Topics: surfing, sport, surfers-paradise-4217, qld, australia

• Cherbourg fires up with reborn ceramic venture

  By Allyson Horn

  Posted March 19, 2017 10:09:01 | Updated March 19, 2017 11:20:10

  The Indigenous community of Cherbourg in Queensland's South Burnett region works to rebuild one of Australia's first Aboriginal art ventures, the Barambah Potters.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, people, human-interest, ceramic, design, arts-and-entertainment, cherbourg-4605, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350

• Slater 'just having fun' as winning ways continue

  By Anthony Pancia

  Posted March 18, 2017 19:06:43

  Age continues to not concern Kelly Slater as he cuts a swathe through the field at the World Surf League event at Snapper Rocks.

  Topics: surfing, sport, surfers-paradise-4217, qld

• Cowboys shocked by Manly after Rabbitohs, Roosters win

  Posted March 18, 2017 15:53:34 | Updated March 18, 2017 23:21:38

  The Rabbitohs win a spiteful clash with Newcastle, the Roosters beat Penrith at the death, and the Cowboys are shocked by Manly in Townsville.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, newcastle-2300, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, sydney-south-2000, manly-2095, brookvale-2100, nsw, australia, townsville-4810, qld

• Police officer suspended for allegedly assaulting child, turning off body camera

  Posted March 18, 2017 12:46:31 | Updated March 18, 2017 13:32:04

  A Queensland police officer is suspended from duty and under investigation after allegedly assaulting a child while on duty and turning off his body camera during the interaction.

  Topics: townsville-4810, birdsville-4482, qld

• Queensland Premier, mayors work to convince Adani to go ahead with $21.7b mine

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  By South Asia correspondent James Bennett

  Posted March 18, 2017 11:59:17

  Annastacia Palaszczuk and a group of regional mayors hope their visit to India will help convince Adani to go ahead with the Carmichael coal mine, despite protesters promising to disrupt its construction.

  Topics: coal, environmental-policy, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, india, qld

• 'Something needs to change': Combat sport safety to be reviewed

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  By Nance Haxton

  Posted March 18, 2017 10:45:59

  A new investigation will be held into the safety of high-risk combat sports in Queensland following the deaths of two young boxers in recent years, the state's Sports Minister says.

  Topics: sport, boxing, brisbane-4000, qld

• Fanning out as Wright's WSL return gathers steam

  ABC South West WA

  By Anthony Pancia

  Posted March 18, 2017 10:30:26 | Updated March 18, 2017 12:51:28

  Owen Wright's return to competition has gathered steam with a stunning heat win over Mick Fanning at the World Surf League event at Snapper Rocks.

  Topics: surfing, sport, surfers-paradise-4217, qld

• Wingsuiting skydivers push the sport to new heights Video

  Video
  ABC News

  1min 45sec

  Posted March 17, 2017 21:47:01

  These Queensland-based skydivers are training for the National Parachuting Championships in Perth.

  Topics: sport, qld

• Oakey residents given final clearance for class action against Department of Defence

  By Katherine Gregory

  Posted March 17, 2017 20:35:17

  Lawyers representing residents in Oakey say they have the final clearance to commence a class action against the Department of Defence.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, oakey-4401, qld, australia

• Builder charged over racecourse deaths has licence revoked again as Minister intervenes

  Exclusive by the National Reporting Team's Alexandra Blucher

  Posted March 17, 2017 19:08:42 | Updated March 17, 2017 20:31:49

  A day after builder Claudio D'Alessandro was given approval to resume work for non-payment of debts, his licence is suspended again after the Public Works Minister intervenes.

  Topics: building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, death, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld, australia

• Body camera vision of the police raid was shown to the inquest Video

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  ABC News

  46sec

  Posted March 17, 2017 18:43:40 | Updated March 17, 2017 19:08:42

  Teenager Charlie Robertson was found unconscious in a Gold Coast apartment during a police raid and would still be alive if officers called for medical help, an inquest has heard.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, qld

• Savage River contractor dies in fall at Grange Resources mine

  Posted March 17, 2017 16:58:57 | Updated March 17, 2017 21:24:58

  WorkSafe Tasmania is investigating a fatal incident involving a worker from interstate at Grange Resources' mine at Savage River on the state's west coast.

  Topics: death, mining-industry, savage-river-7321, qld

• Palaszczuk confronted in India over Adani coal mine

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted March 17, 2017 16:51:43

  The Queensland Premier is confronted by an Australian businessman and a tour operator after arriving in India to inspect Adani's home port.

  Topics: coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, india, qld, australia

• Asylum seeker 'on borrowed time' wins temporary visa

  Australian Story

  By Megan Mackander and Kent Gordon

  Posted March 17, 2017 16:37:21 | Updated March 17, 2017 20:40:38

  An Iranian asylum seeker will be allowed to remain in Australia for another three months on a temporary visa, but still remains "in limbo" once it expires.

  Topics: immigration, community-and-society, refugees, human-interest, relationships, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld

• Self-repairing heart tissue breakthrough brings hope for cardiac patients

  By Kristian Silva and Lexy Hamilton-Smith

  Posted March 17, 2017 13:11:06 | Updated March 17, 2017 13:31:00

  Queensland researchers use stem cells to create a beating human heart muscle, as well as tissue that is able to repair itself, in a discovery they hope could eventually help people with heart failure.

  Topics: medical-research, health, diseases-and-disorders, heart-disease, science-and-technology, research, qld, university-of-queensland-4072, australia

• Schools bursting at seams as apartment boom puts pressure on catchments

  RN

  By David Lewis for Background Briefing

  Posted March 17, 2017 09:10:25 | Updated March 17, 2017 10:24:47

  An explosion in the number of high-rise apartments across our capital cities is dramatically driving up student enrolments, resulting in "jam-packed" public schools.

  Topics: public-schools, schools, education, building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, sydney-2000, nsw

• Who's a pretty birdie? Why this curlew is in love with its own reflection

  By Patrick Williams

  Posted March 17, 2017 08:30:16 | Updated March 17, 2017 09:07:36

  An image of a curious bush stone-curlew caught up in its own reflection at a Brisbane university campus this week goes viral. But is this behaviour normal?

  Topics: animals, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld

• Indian fishermen warn Australia against Adani mine environmental impact

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  By South Asia correspondent James Bennett

  Posted March 17, 2017 07:22:40

  Fishermen in India say a local Adani project is harming them and killing off sea life, warning Australia to be wary as Queensland's Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk prepares to decide whether to proceed with the Carmichael coal mine.

  Topics: environment, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, india, qld

• Melbourne Storm steal victory with lucky last-gasp try

  Posted March 16, 2017 22:44:52

  A fortuitous pin-balling try in the 77th minute sees Melbourne edge the Broncos 14-12 at AAMI Park.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia

• Parents charged with toddler's murder face court

  Posted March 16, 2017 21:35:51 | Updated March 17, 2017 12:32:12

  The parents of a Logan toddler charged with murdering their 22-month-old son back in 2007 are remanded in custody following a court appearance this morning.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, community-and-society, missing-person, qld, woodridge-4114, logan-central-4114

• Experts call for Australia to take lead on saving Great Barrier Reef

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  By Katherine Gregory

  Posted March 16, 2017 20:07:05

  Reef experts and environmentalists call for Australia to lead on climate change and help save the Great Barrier Reef.

  Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-impact, environmentally-sustainable-business, federal-government, climate-change, qld

• Melbourne Storm steal one from Brisbane, NRL scores and stats

  Posted March 16, 2017 19:42:25 | Updated March 16, 2017 22:30:19

  Look at all the stats and scores as Storm superstar Billy Slater returns to the NRL in Melbourne's 14-12 win over Brisbane.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia

• CCC retrieves 30k emails from Minister's deleted account

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted March 16, 2017 19:36:10

  Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission retrieves emails from the personal account of Energy Minister Mark Bailey, who deleted the Yahoo address after claims he was using it to talk to union officials.

  Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, unions, brisbane-4000, qld

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