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How Starlink is connecting remote First Nations communities – and creating new divides

In the Cape York community of Wujal Wujal, local service providers used to hold their breath every time a big storm rolled in. Cloud cover could knock out their satellite internet just when they needed it most.

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Backyard orchard bearing fruit for remote residents

A backyard orchard is proving wrong the myth that remote regions are barren, sparking a mission to bring productive gardens to communities across Australia.

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Connecting business and culture in remote Queensland

A consulting business in a remote Cape York community may seem unusual to some but for Sheridan Teitzel, it's at the heart of what she does.

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Afternoon Update: Coalition’s nuclear ‘fantasy’; Cape York’s Unesco dream; and Ash Barty’s tennis return

The Coalition began its soft-sell on nuclear energy as the government muscled up to push back

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Queensland man charged with murder of Kowanyama woman he told inquest went ‘walkabout’ 11 years ago

The family of Ms Bernard, who was last seen in Thomas Byrnes’s company in Cape York, say police investigation has been ‘a long sad journey’

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Hopes fade for missing man as flood bears down on town

A Cape York community is bracing for major flooding, as the search for a missing man is scaled back.

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WA bushfires destroy at least one home – as it happened

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Cape York braces for flooding as Jasper could intensify

Ex-tropical cyclone Jasper is still having an impact on far north Queensland eight days after hitting the coast and could intensify again on Christmas Day.

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Ancestral remains taken in the 1930s to return home

Confirmation of the return of remains taken by an anthropologist coincides with the recognition of native title rights for several Cape York communities.

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‘Too big to handle’: Queensland man survives crocodile attack by prising jaws off his head

Marcus McGowan was attacked 40km off the Cape York coast on Saturday with an expert stating the croc likely ‘realised it grabbed something too big to handle’

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Spaceport slated for Cape York attracts global interest

The Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland could be home to Australia's next major spaceport with plans for large-scale launches before 2030.

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‘Nonsensical’: Indigenous leaders say no point in regional voices without national body

Representatives from remote communities in Cape York, the Torres Strait and Far North Queensland have spoken at a federal inquiry

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Reward offered in Indigenous mother's disappearance

A $500,000 reward for information to solve a young mother's disappearance in the remote Cape York is on the table.

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Royston Sagigi-Baira's journey from Cape York to the Australian Idol grand final

Royston Sagigi-Baira will compete for top honours in the television singing competition this weekend. To those back home on Cape York, he's already succeeded.

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Rising costs suspend Torres Strait ferry service as transport links to Cape York communities struggle

In the Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula, scarce labour and soaring costs for fuel and materials are making essential travel more difficult for those who live in remote communities.

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David Littleproud is a ‘kindergarten kid’ whose Nationals will be ‘left behind’ on voice, Noel Pearson says

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price caught in a ‘tragic redneck celebrity vortex’ and ‘punching down on other Blackfellas’, Cape York leader says

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Fire eases after warning in Cape York town

Conditions have eased and a caravan park near the tip of Cape York is no longer under threat from a fast moving fire, authorities say.

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Indigenous man dies in custody in Qld

The death of an Indigenous man in a watchhouse in a remote First Nations community on Cape York will be investigated by Queensland Police.

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Calls for 'calm' and 'transparency' following Indigenous death in custody in Kowanyama

Queensland Police has confirmed an investigation will be launched immediately following a death in custody on Wednesday in the remote western Cape York community of Kowanyama.

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Queensland eases alcohol restrictions for Cape York community amid trend away from prohibition

Equivalent of 12 cans of mid-strength beer can be carried in Pormpuraaw, leaving just five ‘dry’ communities

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When does daylight saving time start in Australia in 2022? How long does it go for? Do I change the time on my phone?

If you're in a state or territory that observes daylight saving time, the clocks will have moved forward by an hour. Here's how to make sure your smartphone made the switch.

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Southern cassowary population discovered in northern Cape York for first time in 40 years

A breeding population of southern cassowaries has been spotted living in northern Cape York, signalling new hope for the endangered bird.

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Historic land handover as 360,000 hectares returned to traditional owners on Cape York

A parcel of land bigger than some European countries has been handed back to traditional owners in far north Queensland after generations of campaigning.

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Kowanyama's takeaway liquor licence has good and bad sides for remote Cape York community

To enter this Queensland pub you have to blow in the bag, and you have to blow zero — even for takeaways. But the effect of Kowanyama's takeaway liquor licence has good and bad sides.

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Foot-and-mouth disease's potential spread by tourists feared on Cape York

Graziers living along the northernmost tip of the Australian mainland say they are deeply concerned about the threat of the devastating disease being brought into the area by tourists or its porous border with PNG.

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