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Emergency declaration revoked, Lindsay Transport depot fire in Bundaberg brought under control

Queensland Police have lifted an emergency zone after firefighters battled until 2:00am to bring an industrial fire under control in Bundaberg.

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Exclusion zone maintained after firefighters bring Bundaberg industrial fire under control

Police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services are due to review the exclusion zone around the scene of a smouldering industrial fire in Bundaberg East.

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'Rare and giant' trapdoor spider species, Euoplos dignitas, discovered in Brigalow Belt

The nocturnal species can be found burrowed inside trapdoors about the diameter of a 50-cent piece in the black soil west of Bundaberg.

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Childers business booms during pandemic, with 21 new stores opening in the past 18 months

In the past 18 months, 21 businesses have started in this highway town. One store owner says despite some people calling her "crazy" for opening during the pandemic, she doesn't regret her decision one bit.

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Regional housing crisis bites as more people sleep in cars, on riverbanks, under bridges in Bundaberg

A community group feels "lousy" that it's unable to give people a place to live, as more families and pensioners sleep rough.

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Aspiring parents travel vast distances for IVF and other assisted reproductive services, new study finds

A Bundaberg couple was forced to make days-long round trips to a capital city for IVF, and others do so for simple blood tests. The Fertility Society of Australia and NZ says it's a "terrible inequity of access".

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Bundaberg and Fraser Coast 'new kids on the block' for internal migration in Regional Movers Index

Five of Queensland's regions have been labelled the most popular destinations for Australians to relocate to in 2022, according to internal migration data.

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Guava-root knot nematode detected in Hervey Bay with farmers and gardeners on high alert

A highly invasive and destructive pest that attacks the roots of vegetables and can cause significant crop loss has been discovered in a Queensland backyard, prompting a warning from farmers to home growers.

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Accessible Tourism Alliance launched to help Qld businesses cater to people with disability

Living with paraplegia, the Bundaberg dad can struggle to find accessible holiday destinations. Advocates hope a new government partnership will make the tourism industry more inclusive for families like his.

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Renewed calls for Bundaberg flood evacuation route on 10th anniversary of Cyclone Oswald

Ten years after ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald battered the Queensland coast and prompted what was then Australia's biggest ever peacetime evacuation, calls for long-awaited flood mitigation plans have been renewed.

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Double fatal shed fire deliberate: police

Queensland detectives are probing the deaths of a 54-year-old man and his 10-year-old daughter in a shed fire southeast of Bundaberg.

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Bundaberg Port project on schedule, budget despite parties 'in talks' after voluntary administration

A multi-million-dollar port project remains on track and budget despite the contractor's parent company plunging into financial turmoil.

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Bundaberg Hospital cleared of improperly sedating patients, advocate questions findings

A review into a major regional hospital has found no evidence to support the improper sedation of patients despite disciplinary action taken against staff. Patient advocates are calling for the release of the full report that they believe will be 'damning'.

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Fears capsized trawler is spilling pollutants into Burnett River, posing a risk to wildlife and water users

A sunken trawler that has leaked pollutants in Bundaberg's main river could pose a danger to people's safety and the environment, a commercial fisherman and environmentalist says.

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Queensland's state-run Driver Reviver sites to close, volunteer groups devastated

The Queensland government has announced it will close all of its state-operated Driver Reviver sites next year. Some, including the Gin Gin stop on the Bruce Highway near Bundaberg, will close as early as January 2.

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Bundaberg Aquatic Centre work begins with locals hoping it will attract more swimmers, competitions

Paul Simms has transformed swimmers into champions for the past three decades. Now, he's aiming even higher and has an important weapon at his disposal.

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Australia's biggest cane region Mackay turns sugar into silver at Australian Rum Awards

It's no surprise that the sugar capital of Australia is the perfect place to make canegrowers' cordial, a rum that can rival Bundaberg.

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Calls for Paradise Dam funding to be protected from federal government's audit

There are calls to protect a Queensland dam repair project from the federal government's audit of past regional spending promises ahead of its first budget next week.

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Backpackers return to regional Queensland for work and play post-pandemic

Foreign accents echo through the dormitories of regional Queensland hostels again, with a boom in accommodation bookings from international travellers in recent weeks.

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Turtle encounters in hot demand as Bundaberg’s Mon Repos tickets go on sale

Travellers are racing to book their tickets for Bundaberg's turtle season after about half of last year's allocation sold out in 24 hours.

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Bundaberg's Hinkler Lions Park refuge for homeless as Australia lucky country no more for some

Young children play in a park as their parents prepare beds in cars or tents. An elderly man starts a generator to run a ventilator to keep him alive through the night. This is the new face of homelessness in Australia.

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Bargara Football Club embraces culture with First Nations name change to Mee'barr and Bar'aggi

A junior soccer team from the Bundaberg region in south-east Queensland embraces First Nations names as a way of acknowledging the local Indigenous culture.

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Anzac pool demolition pushes ahead despite pending heritage listing application, cost blowout

Bundaberg Regional Council says rising costs are responsible for a cost blowout on the town's new aquatic centre, and vows to press ahead with demolition as soon as possible, leaving some residents shocked and angry.

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Mindful matchbox art helps Bundaberg's Marlies Oakley process floods and COVID

Award-winning Bundaberg artist Marlies Oakley has been hunting for matchboxes — but the only fire she is interested in lighting is a creative spark.

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First Nations entrepreneur program 'lights spark' for Bundaberg students

A group of secondary school students from Bundaberg are learning how they have the potential to be the next Elon Musk — and celebrate 60,000 years of their culture.

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