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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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Ongoing flood threat to most of Australia shows La Niña weakening but not yet finished

Australia remains in the grip of wet weather as the La Niña pattern lingers, but early forecasts predicting a rapid shift to El Niño are premature writes ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders.

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The green paradox: Habitat and wildlife under threat in rush to fast-track renewable projects

If a wind farm project has the potential to wipe out 925ha of koala habitat is it still green? John McCarthy investigates.

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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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More rats up north, fewer mice in south

Rats are causing serious problems for cane growers in a far north Queensland town while flooding may help NSW farmers deal with a destructive mouse plague.

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‘Dangerous flash flooding’ warning for North Queensland regions – as it happened

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Man rams 'stolen car' outside cop station

A Queensland man tried to stop what he believed was a stolen car by driving into it outside a police station north of Brisbane, a court has heard.

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Watch: Sydney murder probe, Queensland floods, Jim Molan dies

Watch: Young mother of 2 identified as the woman found dead in her apartment in Sydney's west. Parts of Queensland's central and north coast continue to

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Review may send Acland mine back to court

Queensland's water department is reviewing a decision to grant a licence to the controversial expansion of New Hope's Acland coal mine.

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'Millions' of native rats invade North Queensland sugar cane fields, decimate crops

A single pair of native rats can produce "460 offspring" a year. With their population exploding, they're causing havoc for sugar cane farmers, decimating valuable crops.

ABC News

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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Gladstone mum to make 100km trip for birth as maternity bypass continues

Pressure mounts on the Queensland government to end Gladstone Hospital's maternity bypass, as doctors warn of a "medical emergency".

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Fast food stores warned after robberies

Fast food outlets on Brisbane's southside have been warned to remain alert after a series of armed robberies committed by a man and two women.

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Marathon runner reaches final finish line after covering the length of Australia

Erchana Murray-Bartlet has run her 150th consecutive marathon, finishing a five-month trip from Cape York in Far North Queensland all the way to Melbourne in Victoria.

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Qld motorists stranded as Bruce Hwy cut

Queensland's primary transport corridor has been cut off by floodwaters as the state is smashed by heavy rain and flooding.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland and Victoria resist push to replace stamp duty with land taxes

NSW policy giving first home buyers the choice to pay annual rate prompts calls for change in other states

The New Daily

It’s criminal, so why do so many companies use wage theft to pad their profits?

Queensland is leading the way in the battle to tackle wage theft, but making the practice a criminal offence hasn’t made a big difference.

Evening Standard

Australian boy, 10, wakes from coma after Gold Coast helicopter collision

Nicholas has been fighting for his life at a hospital in Queensland and has had six hours of surgery for broken bones in his legs and left hand

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NSW MP to contest election despite husband’s death – as it happened

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Doubts over Qld coal mine's water licence

The Queensland water department made a "shocking error of judgement" granting New Hope's Acland mine a licence and a review is needed, activists say.

The Guardian - AU

Travellers stranded and emergency refuges opened as heavy rain cuts off roads in north Queensland

PCYC and others open their doors as motels reach capacity, with motorists stuck and flash flooding possible for next 24 hours

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Another 500mm of rain possible for Mackay region as deluge swamps Queensland's north

A watch and act emergency alert has been issued for Cremorne residents and another half a metre of rain has been forecast as Mackay and Mirani brace for early-morning flooding on Tuesday.

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Superyacht owner's son bailed in drug plot

A bailed 21-year-old is bound for Queensland after a failed alleged drug importation left a Brazilian diver dead and bricks of cocaine floating in a NSW port.

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Sentence delay for 'complex' abuse case

Queensland Supreme Court Justice has adjourned sentencing for man who admitted encouraging a woman overseas to film her son while she abused him.

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Queensland's border barricades leave Tweed Heads-Coolangatta feeling effects one year on

In the Tweed Heads-Coolangatta community, there are lingering effects of the COVID-19 border barricades that divided Queensland and New South Wales for 471 days.

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