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Nine children have drowned on rural Queensland properties since last December and a lack of water safety programs is contributing to the increase in deaths, the drowning awareness group Hannah's Foundation says.
Topics: accidents---other, safety-education, bundaberg-4670, gladstone-4680, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, rockhampton-4700, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA large thunderstorm sweeps through south east Queensland, with heavy rain causing flash flooding in some areas.
Topics: storm-event, weather, brisbane-4000, southport-4215
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| UpdatedCollingwood's Jack Crisp is under AFL investigation for a bet he allegedly made last year while playing for Brisbane.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, collingwood-3066, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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A trial program is aiming to revive language study in Australian high schools by starting with children at a much earlier age.
Topics: children---preschoolers, secondary-schools, languages, brisbane-4000
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Brisbane Roar defender Luke DeVere has re-signed with the A-League club for two more years
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Authorities are still searching for an 18-year-old man after finding eight other people missing from a Mornington Island boat trip.
Topics: missing-person, normanton-4890, mount-isa-4825, qld
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Extra emergency crews are beginning their exodus from Cooktown in far north Queensland as life returns to normal following the passing of Tropical Cyclone Nathan.
Topics: cyclones, cyclone, cairns-4870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedSoldiers and others who served in Afghanistan as a part of Operation Slipper are officially welcomed home in parades across the country.
Topics: veterans, defence-forces, defence-industry, community-and-society, police, public-sector, australia, sydney-2000, canberra-2600, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000, hobart-7000, perth-6000, darwin-0800, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe Federal and Queensland Governments release the final version of the 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.
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