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Racist place names to be struck from the record in Queensland
Racism

Racist place names to be struck from the record in Queensland

Several Queensland locations with the N-word in their name are set to get a new moniker.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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FILE- In this July 4, 2017 file photo, distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile in North Korea. North Korea fired a ballistic missile Friday night, July 28, which landed in the ocean off Japan, Japanese officials said. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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Japan texts citizens as North Korean missile flies overhead, then falls apart

North Korea fired a missile early on Tuesday from near Pyongyang that flew over northern Japan, the South Korean and Japanese governments said.

Crossing this Brisbane bridge can add seven years to your life
City life

Crossing this Brisbane bridge can add seven years to your life

Tracking Brisbane's median age by train line reveals the city's youth hotspots - and notspots. 

  • by Conal Hanna
750 workers out of a job with meatworks, Steggles chicken plant closures
Ipswich

750 workers out of a job with meatworks, Steggles chicken plant closures

The impending closure of two major operations leaves "an enormous hole" in the Ipswich economy.

  • by Jorge Branco
The vision for the Sunshine Coast's new CBD is taking shape
South-east Queensland

The vision for the Sunshine Coast's new CBD is taking shape

Developers expect to finalise a multi-million hotel for Maroochydore's redevelopment by Christmas.

  • by Tony Moore

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        Bangladesh's wicketkeeper captain Mushfiqur Rahim, right, breaks the wickets successfully to dismissal of Australia's Glenn Maxwell, left, during the second day of their first test cricket match in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)
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