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The Federal Government is today expected to release the final version of its long-term plan for the Great Barrier Reef, ahead of the World Heritage Committee's decision on whether to place the reef on the "in danger" list in June.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, government-and-politics, environmental-management, cairns-4870, hamilton-island-4803, qld, australia
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The Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions finished deadlocked as their AFL preseason clash ended in a tie.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, carrara-4211, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Brisbane Broncos have completely outclassed the North Queensland Cowboys, winning 44-22 at Lang Park.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, townsville-4810
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Towns across outback Queensland break records for the hottest March day with Richmond hitting 42.7 degrees Celsius.
Topics: weather, environment, qld
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| UpdatedShaun Burgoyne, who captained the Indigenous All Stars, and fellow Hawthorn Football Club players Bradley Hill, Cyril Rioli and Jed Anderson have called for the right of Indigenous people to stay in remote communities.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, state-parliament, broome-6725, karratha-6714, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, perthville-2795, bunbury-6230, albany-creek-4035
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| UpdatedRacing Queensland dishes out another life ban for a greyhound trainer in the wake of the live baiting scandal.
Topics: animal-welfare, gambling, qld
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Queensland cotton growers are pitching in to help the survivors of Tropical Cyclone Pam, which devastated the island nation of Vanuatu.
Topics: cotton, community-development, cyclones, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedMental health service MindSpot says its predominantly rural client base may lose access to online support if a funding decision is not made soon.
Topics: mental-health, agricultural-policy, rural-women, health-policy, sydney-2000, townsville-4810
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The Queensland-based Save the Bilby Fund says it has no intention of moving some of its tourist operations out of south-west Queensland.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, animals, charleville-4470, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedOne of Queensland's most enduring murder mysteries takes another dramatic twist with new claims the victim's husband made a deathbed confession.
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A private power company is planning to build Australia's third largest hydro power generator in an old north Queensland gold mine.
Topics: hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, regional-development, einasleigh-4871, townsville-4810
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The Wide Bay unemployment rate for February was the worst in the country.
Topics: unemployment, work, bundaberg-4670
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The general public may soon share a privileged view of the Gold Coast Seaway.
Topics: community-and-society, southport-4215
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A District Court jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man charged over the death of a Mackay teenager and his mother in north Queensland.
Topics: courts-and-trials, road, crime, traffic-offences, mackay-4740
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The Western Downs Council says it is astounded at the brazenness of thieves who stole a storage shed at one if its cemeteries in southern Queensland.
Topics: crime, local-government, jandowae-4410, toowoomba-4350
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The Gold Coast Mayor says he will be following up on a visit to Canberra this week to discuss infrastructure spending.
Topics: regional-development, local-government, activism-and-lobbying, federal-government, southport-4215
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A 70-year-old cyclist has been killed after he was struck by a car in southern Queensland's Wide Bay.
Topics: road, bargara-4670, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedFor north Queensland high school students Braydon Wellby and Katrina Hickey, rodeo is more than just a sport. It is a passion.
Topics: rural, sport, rural-youth, beef-cattle, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA motor race dating back to the early 1900s is set to make a comeback later this year at Brisbane's iconic Mount Coot-tha.
Topics: motor-sports, brisbane-4000, mount-coot-tha-4066
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| UpdatedQueensland's macadamia harvest is underway, with growers fetching strong prices due to rapidly rising demand from China.
Topics: vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruits, fruit, vegetables, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, maroochydore-4558, bundaberg-4670, mackay-4740, brisbane-4000, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedThe outback Queensland town of Winton is set to feature in a historical mini-series depicting Texas in the 1860s, with several scenes to be filmed in the next week.
Topics: film-movies, rural-tourism, winton-4735, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825
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Buying a large cattle property in western Queensland is fast becoming a pipe dream for many young families in Boulia.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, livestock, beef-cattle, family, drought, miscellaneous-animal-production, boulia-4829
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| UpdatedA western Queensland council says one of its communities is facing a serious water shortage and may only have months of water supply left.
Topics: water-supply, drought, local-government, water, water-management, ilfracombe-4727, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government is to hold talks with the ACCC over criticism of its proposal to merge major power generators.
Topics: public-sector, activism-and-lobbying, regulation, alp, electricity-energy-and-utilities, qld
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| UpdatedThe recreational fishing sector is calling for tougher penalties for fishing in a green zone on the Great Barrier Reef.
Topics: illegal-fishing, fishing-aquaculture, rural, great-barrier-reef, mackay-4740, qld