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Maree and Rhiley Kuhrt remembered by friends and family after plane crash near Proserpine

Friends and family have shared heartfelt tributes to a "beautiful" western Queensland couple who died after their light plane crashed near Proserpine on Sunday.

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Bodies of young couple found in plane wreckage at north Queensland crash site

Search crews make a sad discovery in the ranges west of Proserpine after a missing aircraft failed to arrive at its destination.

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Mackay Base Hospital investigates emergency care of children after button battery incident

The Mackay Base Hospital is investigating two cases of children presenting to its emergency department and ending up in induced comas, including a one-year-old girl who swallowed a button battery.

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Trial date set for Queensland man accused of possessing nearly $1 million worth of heroin

Van Dung Vu has pleaded not guilty to possessing 3.3 kilograms of heroin discovered in a package from Vietnam addressed to a Mackay business.

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One-year-old Mackay girl wakes from coma after surgery to remove button battery in throat

A one-year-old who survived swallowing a burning button battery has woken from a coma, but her story has left others horrified it could happen again, including a mother whose daughter died after swallowing one in 2015.

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Father slams Mackay Base Hospital for dismissing baby with button battery in throat

One-year-old Amity Buchanan remains in an induced coma after surgery was required to remove a button battery that had been burning her oesophagus, which was only discovered after her family had been dismissed from Mackay Base Hospital then sent back again by a GP.

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Police investigating sudden death of infant near Mackay

Police were called to an address in Alexandra, near Mackay, on Sunday morning after the sudden death of an infant.

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Man sentenced to six years' jail in Mackay District Court for 'depraved' sexual abuse of children

The Mackay man has been sentenced to six years behind bars for committing "depraved" acts of child abuse. During sentencing his lawyer told the court his client was having a "hard time" in custody, where he was being targeted by other inmates.

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Public health alert issued in Mackay as STI cases continue to rise

Health professionals say they cannot adequately respond to the situation because of resourcing pressure and are calling on GPs and hospitals to do more testing.

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Man charged over alleged robbery, carjacking outside north Queensland school

A man who allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint outside a Mackay school was found and arrested more than 1,000 kilometres away in Cunnamulla, west of Toowoomba.

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Five children stung by jellyfish during Nippers training at Mackay's Eimeo Beach

The mother of a young nipper who was among five stung during a beach training session says her daughter's injuries would have been far worse were it not for a vital piece of protection.

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Police shoot 13ft crocodile dead after it is caught aggressively stalking humans

The 13ft crocodile was spotted stalking a surfer and a fisherman - who had to chuck rocks at it to stop it approaching - and had to be euthanised due to its "aggressive" behaviour in Queensland, Australia

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Wildlife officers euthanase crocodile after reports of large reptile stalking surfers, fisherman in Mackay

Surfers scrambled up rocks, while fishermen threw rocks to get away from a 3.8-metre crocodile in North Queensland. raced to shore to get away from a 3.8m crocodile in North Queensland.

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Police release CCTV of man involved in alleged armed robbery in East Mackay

Detectives allege a woman was stopped in her car near a school and approached by an unknown man who produced a knife before driving off in her car.

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Bulk carrier takes on water in engine room while moored off Mackay coast

A bulk carrier waiting at a coal-loading zone off the coast of North Queensland has taken on water, triggering a multi-agency emergency response.

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Outback flood-stranded vets bunker down with sick animals for 50 hours as Queensland roads cut in wild weather

The team of veterinarians raced back to their clinic, west of Mackay, to care for 30 horses and five dogs, and were cut off by rising floodwaters amid wild weather.

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Researchers make breakthrough in turning sugar cane to aircraft fuel

Queensland researchers say making sustainable fuels, cosmetics, solvents, and paints in Australia is a step closer after developing a way to quickly convert sugar cane into a renewable chemical.

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Wet and wild weather nationally as Sydney expected to break cool spell

Australia is in for a wet and wild week, with much of the country expected to cop a barrage of foul weather.

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Flooding and intense rain batter Queensland coast as BOM warns weather system could develop into cyclone

The Bureau of Meteorology warns Mackay and the Whitsundays will continue to be hit with intense rain and the chance of a tropical cyclone.

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Travellers left stranded in Whitsundays as severe weather system sees Bruce Highway cut by floodwaters

Up to 100 backpackers and tourists — and some animals — have been hunkering down in emergency accommodation following intense rain from Mackay to Ingham.

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Car crash into power pole cuts electricity to most of Midge Point in North Queensland

Nearly 600 properties lost power, with many still awaiting reconnection, when a driver ploughed through a fence and into a pole north of Mackay.

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Wet season arrives for Mackay as North Queensland city cops 200mm drenching

The North Queensland city receives a drenching of up to 200 millimetres, resulting in flooded roads and requests for State Emergency Service personnel to help with leaking roofs.

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Queensland health ombudsman investigating former Mackay obstetrician George Campbell du Toit's time in Albany, requests case information

Letters sent to patients treated by obstetrician George Campbell du Toit when he was at the Albany Hospital advise a WA health service has been compelled to produce information.

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Mackay Base Hospital newborn baby deaths to be investigated by coroner

The deaths of three babies at Mackay Base Hospital will be investigated as devastated parents detail their struggles since the heartbreaking tragedies.

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