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The 135th Birdsville race meeting was deemed a resounding success.
Queensland

Thousands of racegoers flock to Birdsville Cup meeting

Forget Randwick - thousands of racegoers converged on Birdsville for the small town's 135th annual race meeting on Friday and Saturday, with many colourful outfits in tow.

  • by Wawrick Barr

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At least 10,000 people protest in Dili last year against Australia's stance on the oil and gas meridian line in the Timor Sea.
Mining

Australia and East Timor strike 'landmark' deal to end Greater Sunrise dispute

Parties agreed on maritime boundary and sharing arrangements for $US50b Greater Sunrise oil and gas field.

  • by Lindsay Murdoch
'I did not see this coming' says poultry farmer after contract cut
Ipswich

'I did not see this coming' says poultry farmer after contract cut

A meat chicken farmer had three years left on a contract with an Ipswich processing facility that announced earlier this week it would close its doors.

  • by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Manny Pacquiao 'too scared' to fight Jeff Horn again, says Premier
Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao 'too scared' to fight Jeff Horn again, says Premier

Annastacia Palaszczuk has thrown shade at Manny Pacquiao for withdrawing from a Jeff Horn rematch.

  • by Evan Schwarten
Marijuana plants in a grow house  in Quincy, Massachusetts. Legislators there are trying to rewrite a law passed by voters that legalised recreational marijuana.
World

Fugitive hauled before US court after 30-year secret life in far north Queensland

Peyton Eidson's former life in far north Qld was a world away as he shuffled into a San Francisco courtroom.

  • by Peter Mitchell

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