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Reserve Expansion Aids Wildlife: Terri Irwin boosts Mourachan conservation; emus and reptiles benefit

In a remarkable move for wildlife conservation, Terri Irwin has significantly expanded the Mourachan property in Queensland, Australia, by acquiring over 33,000 acres. This initiative, inspired by her late husband Steve Irwin, aims to safeguard various species, including the yakka skink and woma python. The property has also fostered a…

The Times of India · 10h ago

Queensland farmer reports cloudy well amid 96-million-litre water extraction plan

For generations, a Queensland farming family relied on a well that had supplied water for around 140 years. But in 2019, farmer Keogh says the water turned muddy and cloudy after a neighbouring property began test-pumping groundwater. Now, plans for a commercial bottling and processing facility near Warwick have intensified…

The Times of India · 13h ago

CA-BCCI Umpire Exchange Program: Ben Treloar to officiate in two Ranji Trophy Matches, Parashar Joshi to umpire in Australia

Ben Treloar is set to officiate two exhilarating Ranji Trophy matches in India, while Parashar Joshi will take charge of pivotal games in Australia. Treloar's duties include overseeing the contests between Delhi and Gujarat, as well as a clash between Mumbai and Haryana. Meanwhile, Joshi will referee the Sheffield Shield…

The Economic Times · Oct 20

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Bartlett blitz gives Queensland control of SA in Shield

Queensland have taken control of their Sheffield Shield match against defending champions South Australia after a Xavier Bartlett blitz.

AAP · Oct 20

‘Lack of curiosity’ about family’s religious beliefs was ‘missed opportunity’ to save eight-year-old, inquest hears

Coroner says she’s considering adopting recommendations from Victoria’s cults inquiry as investigation into Elizabeth Struh’s death continues

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20

Australian couple turned 30 acres of rainforest into a glow-worm tourist attraction

In 1998, Ian and Jennifer Moore discovered glow-worms on an overlooked 30-acre rainforest in Queensland, inspiring a new tourism venture. After years of planning and construction, they opened Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk in 2009. The elevated attraction lets visitors explore the forest canopy while preserving the surrounding trees and vegetation.

The Times of India · Oct 20

A new history of ‘blackbirding’ favours moral condemnation at the expense of complexity

In the second half of the 19th century, colonial agriculture and pastoralism in Queensland were hungry for labour, and people of the South Pacific supplied much of it. Ryan Butta is not the first author to write the history of their maltreatment, but Blackbirding is a readable reminder of a…

The Conversation · Oct 19

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Tricky time for lunchboxes: banana shortage hits supermarket shelves after cool weather in Queensland

Dearth of bananas coincides with poor apple harvest and lack of summer stone fruit

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19

Bulls veteran claims five-wicket Shield haul against SA

A veteran Queensland paceman has taken the spoils with a five-wicket haul against South Australia on day one of their Sheffield Shield game.

AAP · Oct 19

Mother assessed as posing no immediate risk to others three weeks before Elizabeth Struhs’ manslaughter, inquest hears

Queensland correctional services officer did not have access to details of Kerrie Struhs’ past offending which included child neglect

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19

Corruption, massacres or town gossip? The bid to unearth secrets a rural Queensland police officer took to his grave

Forty years ago, a constable hid a stash of documents he was ordered to incinerate. Were they evidence of police corruption and frontier war violence, or simple tales of daily life?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18

Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

Birth happens days before Labor and Coalition block bill to ban ‘barbaric practice’ of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18

South Australian star batters Bulls in record fashion

Jake Fraser-McGurk now owns two of the three quickest one-day tons scored by an Australian, while guiding South Australia to a landslide win over Queensland.

AAP · Oct 17

Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case not ‘prioritised’ due to high workload, inquest hears

Eight-year-old Queensland girl died in 2022 after being denied insulin by her religious parents

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16

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AAP · Oct 16

First Nations class action discontinued due to funds

The Queensland government is no longer facing a federal lawsuit from Indigenous families after litigation funding ran out.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15

Queensland’s LNP has trodden softly in government. It’s now baring its teeth over the power to break up workers’ strikes

The controversial legislation may end up placing large sections of its suburban support – critical to the party’s lead in the polls – on the bonfire

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15

Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth

Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general

The Times of India · Oct 14

Steve Irwin and Terri turned an avocado shed into a hospital for 136,000 animals

Steve and Terri Irwin turned an old avocado packing shed in Queensland into a wildlife hospital in 2004, inspired by a family commitment to rescuing injured animals. Two decades later, the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital had treated more than 136,000 animals. Today, it provides specialist veterinary care to thousands of…

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 14

Child safety officer incorrectly assessed Elizabeth Struhs as ‘safe’ two days after she was admitted to hospital in coma

Inquest into death of eight-year-old Queensland girl who was denied insulin by her religious parents told her case was complex

AAP · Oct 14

Investigation into recording device in navy ship cabin

An investigation is under way after a recording device was allegedly found in a cabin aboard a navy ship that was docked in far north Queensland.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13

Child safety staff determined to send Elizabeth Struhs home with parents despite doctors’ concerns, inquest hears

Queensland coronial inquest into death of eight-year-old girl continues after 14 members of religious sect were convicted of her manslaughter

AAP · Oct 13

Prisoners lose their liberty and their right to vote

One state is making it harder for prisoners to vote, but an array of challenges - literacy, enrolment and a feeling of powerlessness - also stops engagement.

AAP · Oct 13

'Feral flesh': pedophile screamed at before extradition

One of Australia's most notorious former childcare abusers has had vitriol hurled at him before the pedophile was extradited interstate to answer more charges.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12

Queensland prison where children self-harm to get transferred ‘more suitable’ than police watch houses: ombudsman

Inmate advocacy group attacks watchdog’s ‘gutless retreat’ on Wacol youth remand centre

The Times of India · Oct 11

Australia planted rubber vine in the 1860s; it now covers vast Queensland areas

Rubber vine began its Australian story as a garden ornamental brought from Madagascar, and it has since become one of the country's most troublesome weeds. Left unchecked, this glossy, trumpet-flowered climber can scramble up to 30 metres into tree canopies, blanket creek lines, smother the native vegetation beneath it, and…

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