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Despite property booms across Australia, safe and secure housing remains out of reach for many

From Queensland's towns and cities to Australia's most remote capital Darwin, Australia has ridden a housing boom. But what about those left behind?

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Vixens down Firebirds, go top in netball

Melbourne Vixens are back on top of the Super Netball ladder after beating the Queensland Firebirds 66-64.

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Nevaeh Austin released from ICU after being left on daycare bus for six hours in Central Queensland

Nevaeh Austin is released from the intensive care unit in Brisbane but remains in hospital where she is recovering after being left for six hours on a daycare bus in Central Queensland.

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Federal election: Could battle for marginal seat of Leichhardt spell trouble in paradise for Warren Entsch?

The marginal far north Queensland seat of Leichhardt has long been won by the party that forms government, and this year it is shaping up to be one of the battles to watch.

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Coroner investigates outback Queensland disappearance of Jeremiah Rivers on pig hunting trip

"People can't disappear without an answer", says desperate family after months of conducting their own search. They hope the investigation will spark a breakthrough in the baffling case.

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'Hail of bullets' fired at police investigating stolen car in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane

One man is on the run and another is in hospital after a dramatic shootout in Toowoomba, where officers were allegedly sprayed with a "hail of bullets", the Queensland police union says.

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Darumbal Aboriginal people celebrate historic sea country agreement on Great Barrier Reef

The Darumbal people will manage more than 36,000 square kilometres of sea country off the central Queensland coast, using methods based on cultural lore and science.

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Queenslanders warned to brace for heavy rain, with record falls expected in parts of state

Parts of Queensland are facing another severe weather event, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urging residents to prepare for "incredibly heavy rainfalls" over the coming days.

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Noosa Temple of Satan education challenge dismissed by judge as 'jumble of confected nonsense'

A Supreme Court judge dismisses a group of Satanists' bid to teach religious classes in some Queensland schools, describing the case as a "deplorable waste of state resources" and a political stunt.

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How Clive Palmer’s deep pockets are building a yellow, slick road straight through One Nation’s heartland

Analysis: UAP has bought every available billboard space, and has signs on dusty dirt roads in the middle of nowhere

The Guardian - AU

‘Health system in distress’: how ambulance ramping became a major problem

Experts say hiring more paramedics and creating new beds isn’t a silver bullet to fixing deeper issue in our health systems

The Guardian - AU

Australians are googling climate change much more than during the last federal election

Discussion of climate policy may be conspicuously absent this federal election campaign, but Google search data suggests the warming of the planet is weighing on voters' minds — at least more so than in 2019.

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Toddler allegedly left on childcare bus in almost 30C heat ‘doing well’ in recovery, family says

Police say investigation is under way after three-year-old Queensland girl Nevaeh Austin was found unconscious on Wednesday

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Satanic teachings disallowed in schools

A Noosa Temple of Satan founder has been ordered to front court, while another leader of the group has lost legal action against the Queensland government.

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Queensland Labor MP calls for Morrison to disavow LNP candidate over allegedly ‘false’ address

LNP candidate for Lilley Vivian Lobo says he planned to move to nominated address, but was delayed by campaign and tradespeople

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Queensland workers in pay dispute to only respond to bosses with ‘nanu nanu’ in protest

Visy staff to don pink high-vis vests and only respond to bosses with Robin Williams catchphrase to show management they mean business

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Search for missing Australian Tahnee Shanks continues in Mexico after daughter found alone in Cancun

Members of the Shanks family are en route to Mexico after two-year-old Adelynn was found alone in Cancun. Meanwhile, her uncle Daniel is waiting at home in North Queensland, sick with worry as the search for his sister, Tahnee, continues.

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Queensland police offer $500k reward in Deborah Anne Smykalla cold case murder

Queensland police announce a half-million dollar reward to anyone who can help solve the cold-case murder of Deborah Anne Smykalla, who was found strangled to death with a dog leash in 1981.

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Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if the industry can work out how to frack it safely. Now, the industry is considering re-injecting wastewater into deep saline aquifers.

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Qld toddler left on bus wakes in hospital

A Queensland toddler found unconscious after being left on a bus for six hours has woken up in hospital, as authorities investigate the incident.

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NSW police find $3m worth of drugs in car

A Queensland man will face court in NSW after police allegedly found drugs and a sawn-off shotgun in his car on the state's north coast.

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Qld set for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms

Queensland is on alert for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to bring potentially record-breaking falls across parts of the state.

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Storms hit southern Queensland overnight, BOM warns worse weather for state to come

Heavy rain could fall over vast areas of the state in coming days, the Bureau of Meteorology warns, with regions swamped by recent downpours likely to be worst affected.

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Battery explosion at mine site triggers multi-million-dollar injury claim against Cement Australia

A central Queensland man has filed a claim against a national firm alleging a battery exploded, splashing acid and damaging his spine, nerves, and eyes, and ruining his time left with his grandchildren.

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Calls for 'major inquiry' into how toddler left on childcare bus as Nevaeh Austin's condition improves, family demand answers

The grandmother of Nevaeh Austin, who was left on a bus outside a Queensland childcare centre for six hours, says the three-year-old has made a remarkable turnaround but the family wants "more answers".

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