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'Making secondhand cool': huge fashion market coming to Newcastle

Fashion Thrift Society will run from April 13 to 14.

Newcastle Herald

$Protesters take stand against fracking in outback$

Protesters take stand against fracking in outback

A joint rally outside Queensland parliament has called on an end to oil and gas exploration in the remote Channel Country rivers by the end of the year.

AAP

Cleo Smith's family still 'sad, hurt, scared, angry, terrified' over kidnapping at WA campsite

The mother of Cleo Smith, Ellie Smith, says her family remains angry and heartbroken after the sentencing of the man who snatched her five-year-old daughter from a remote WA campsite.

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Cleo Smith abduction: how a solitary ping to a mobile phone tower was key to finding child

WA police minister discloses fresh details in the capture of Terence Kelly, while Cleo’s parents reveal the lingering effects on the family

The Guardian - AU

‘Like a boiling broth’: concerns after video of gas seep in Queensland river emerges

Exclusive: Origin Energy says it has monitored the bubbling water since 2015, along with other seep locations

The Guardian - AU

Man obsessed with Bratz dolls snatched girl from tent - then added her mum on Facebook

Terence Darrell Kelly, 37, was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after abducting four-year-old Cleo from the Western Australian Blowholes campsite in 2021

Daily Mirror

Why did Terence Kelly take Cleo Smith? The story behind the abduction that gripped the world

The long police search ended in a rare moment of joy, but the child abduction still leaves devastation

The Guardian - AU

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How a police operation over 18 agonising days led to Cleo Smith's rescue and her kidnapper's jailing

The sentencing of Cleo Smith's kidnapper marks the closure of an important chapter in a case that captured the world's attention for 18 tense days.

ABC News

Cleo Smith kidnapper Terence Kelly jailed for 13 years

The man who admitted abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family's WA campsite has been sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison.

The New Daily

Terence Kelly sentenced over abduction of Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in WA's outback

Terence Kelly is sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison for kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in Western Australia's outback and holding her captive for 18 days.

ABC News

Terence Kelly to be sentenced over Cleo Smith kidnapping, with guilty plea likely to cut jail time

It was the kidnap ordeal that captured the attention of the nation and made headlines around the world — today the man who abducted four-year-old Cleo Smith learns his fate.

ABC News

Coal seam gas waste plan worries farmers and activists

Activists and farmers have raised concerns about a plan to allow coal seam gas companies to store their waste salt in lined landfill sites.

AAP

New push to bring Queensland’s lagging emissions targets into line with other states

Environmental advocates urge state to ‘do better than 30% by 2030’, and propose doubling of current targets

The Guardian - AU

Outback Queensland council welcomes news of new Eromanga oil and gas exploration permits

Pure Energy gets the green light for a new gas exploration project north of Eromanga in outback Queensland.

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AAP

Qld grants second Eyre Basin gas permit

The Queensland government has given another company a permit to look for gas in the remote Lake Eyre Basin while it draws up plans to protect the region.

AAP

Qld urged to speed up Lake Eyre protection

Activists are calling on the Queensland government to publicly release its assessment of plans to protect the Lake Eyre Basin before Christmas.

The Guardian - AU

Government urged to reject plan to release CSG wastewater near ‘bum-breathing’ turtle’s Queensland habitat

An independent expert report found Santos’ proposed releases could have ‘major impacts’ in the Dawson River

The Guardian - AU

BHP proposal to extend Queensland coalmine until 2116 ‘delusional’, activists say

Proposed expansion would cover about 4,000 hectares and involve clearing of habitat for the koala, greater glider and other threatened species

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The Guardian - AU

Fracking in Lake Eyre the ‘height of folly’, report suggests

Economic analysis suggests any proposal to allow fracking in Queensland basin would not be commercially viable

ABC News

Tanya Plibersek declines to fast-track Senex Energy gas project

Tanya Plibersek knocks back a request to exempt an energy project in southern Queensland from assessment against environmental laws, saying she is "not satisfied" it is in the national interest.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland government considers lease extensions at the site of anti-CSG blockade

Arrow Energy’s applications to extend leases discovered by campaigners via report on company website

Manchester Evening News

Desperate holidaymakers travelling hours to queue for new passports

There are huge delays as many put off applying for a new passport during the pandemic

Wales Online

Holidaymakers speak of their desperate wait as they queue for new passports - it's my kids I feel for

'We’ve had a hard time as a family recently and I’m worried we won’t get our holiday. It’s my kids I feel for'

Liverpool Echo

Pressure on Amazon drivers, desperate passport queues and cottage transformed

These are the latest ECHO headlines on Friday, April 29

Liverpool Echo

Desperate holidaymakers travelling hours to queue in Liverpool for new passports

One person waiting for a passport on Old Hall Street said she'd lost sleep over the delays

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