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Gold Coast police officer stood down pending investigation after man pepper sprays himself

A Queensland police officer has been stood down pending an investigation after video emerged of him allegedly standing by while a young man pepper sprays himself.

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Watch: ADF Ukraine mission, Intense rainfall, Sydney heat

Watch: Defence Minister confirmed Australian troops to fly out to the UK to teach Ukraine's soldiers. Intense rainfall may ease across much of Queensland.

The New Daily

Groovin the Moo music festival won't return to Townsville, 'logistical' and 'financial' pressures to blame

Despite "immense effort", the music festival organisers say "logistical challenges and financial pressures" mean the event won't be returning to north Queensland.

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Qld lowers COVID-19 pandemic alert level

Queensland, which has emerged from a fourth wave of COVID-19, will cut its community alert level to green from amber.

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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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Supermarket shelves stripped bare in north Queensland as warnings about flash flooding remain, despite easing rain

Heavy rain is expected to ease today but days of flooding leave supermarkets running low on supplies in parts of Queensland's north, with producers finding new routes to get fruit and vegetables into the region.

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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.

The New Daily

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.

The New Daily

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.

AAP

‘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.

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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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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.

AAP

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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