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Library fellows find Indigenous stories behind archives

Two Aboriginal women are among the winners of the 2026 Queensland State Library Fellowships, with both examining the archives from an Indigenous perspective.

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Coalition announce emissions policy after joint party room; more magic sand products recalled over asbestos contamination – as it happened

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Storm barrage to continue lashing eastern Australia

More heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts, and large hail are possible, as powerful storms continue to lash parts of eastern Australia.

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Severe thunderstorm risk for northern and eastern Australia including Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra

BoM forecasts possible storms from tropical north and WA to central and eastern parts, with potential for strong winds and heavy rainfall

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Snakes, sheilas and a backblocks shed: learning how to wrangle Australia’s most venomous reptiles

‘If you wouldn’t mind,’ the instructor says, handing out legal documents to all those who enter, ‘signing your life away’

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Rocchiccioli stars as WA beat Qld in one-wicket stunner

Corey Rocchiccioli has followed up his four-wicket burst with a game-winning batting cameo in WA's nail-biting one-wicket victory over Queensland.

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Cameron Green stakes Ashes claim with strong all-round showing in Sheffield Shield

Western Australian hits 94 and bowls injury-free spell, with one more day of action to impress before Australian XI is named

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England beware: Green posts important pre-Ashes knock

A timely 94 has all but rubber stamped Cameron Green's spot for the first Ashes Test against England, with his bowling also looming as a crucial weapon.

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Queensland appoints former chair of rightwing group Advance to school curriculum board as union leaders ousted

Catholic education leader also appointed in changes that come amid breakdown in teacher pay negotiations

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Heart-of-gold doctor Queensland's Aussie of the Year

A doctor who designed a mobile health service for rural and remote communities has been named Australian of the Year for Queensland.

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Green finds form with bat for Western Australia

Allrounder Cameron Green is in position to make a big total after making an unbeaten 49 for Western Australia, but Queensland hold the upper hand.

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Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won’t say if she remains a donor

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Victoria’s proposed ‘adult time’ plan to impose life sentences on children condemned by advocates

In a move akin to Queensland’s youth crime laws, Jacinta Allan’s proposal could see children as young as 14 face 20-year jail terms in ‘alarming race to the bottom’, human rights expert says

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55 million years: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells found in Queensland

In southeast Queensland, roughly 250 kilometres from Brisbane, lies the tiny town of Murgon. Located on Wakka Wakka Country, it’s home to about 2,000 people – and one of the most important fossil sites in the world.

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55m-year-old eggshells unearthed in Queensland may be older relative of infamous ‘drop crocs’

Scientists believe new discovery to be the oldest crocodilian eggshells ever found in Australia

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Greens co-founder Drew Hutton’s expulsion from party could be overturned after legal advice

A vote will be held next week after lawyers of Queensland party advised Hutton had been denied natural justice when revoking membership

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Renshaw plunders century, Green returns to bowling

Queensland's Matt Renshaw enhanced his Test recall claims with a century as Cameron Green had a successful return to the bowling crease for Western Australia.

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Can a toilet block really be a war memorial?

Inside the Anzac Memorial Park in Cooktown, Queensland, is a public toilet war memorial. The brick building has poppies, war medals and historic propaganda posters painted on each side. Users of the public toilet must also decide if they are more of a “digger” or a “nurse” before heading in.

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Afternoon Update: threats to female MPs after neo-Nazi rally; end to US government shutdown in sight; and who is ‘fedora man’?

Premier says alleged threats an example of what ‘women in public life have to put up with’

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Lynagh teen joins Wallaby brother at Ballymore

Tom Lynagh's 18-year-old brother Nic, a fullback or winger, will join the Queensland Reds' academy from London later this month.

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Twice as effective as nets: shark-spotting drones to become ‘permanent fixture’ on Queensland beaches

State government says ‘traditional measures’ like nets and drum lines will continue to be used despite evidence of deadly impact on other marine life

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Morning Mail: specialist healthcare costs skyrocket, John Laws dies, BBC boss resigns amid Trump bias accusations

Out-of-pocket prices for specialist care sting; BBC bosses resign amid claims of ‘serious and systemic bias’

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BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say

Bureau of Meteorology says current system will be phased out as it no longer meets ‘cybersecurity, stability and resilience’ standards

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Severe storms forecast for parts of NSW as Victoria and Queensland face wet weather

BoM says destructive winds and ‘very dangerous thunderstorms’ are most likely across the Hunter, mid-north NSW coast and northern tablelands

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Gone to a wetter place: the Queenslanders disrupting the death industry with water cremations

Proponents of alkaline hydrolysis, a process of liquidising human remains, say the technology is a cheaper, greener and more ‘calming’ way of returning to the earth

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