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Far north braces for drenching as monsoon closes in

Residents are bracing for widespread rain as a monsoon trough inches across the far north with fears of isolated rainfall totals of up to 700mm.

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Thousands fined as police target rogue e-bike riders

A crackdown on the use of e-bikes and scooters has resulted in thousands of fines with police also seizing unlawful devices.

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Queensland braces for days of heavy rain as BoM issues flood warnings for parts of state

Livestock at risk as some areas expected to receive up to 500mm in the coming week, according to the Bureau of Meteorology

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Far north braces for drenching as monsoon season grips

Wild weather is expected to drench parts of northern Australia while bushfires have begun to ease in the west.

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WA bushfire downgraded while Queensland and NT brace for monsoonal rain and flooding

Conditions ease south-west of Perth as residents evacuated from Boddington fire on Christmas Day allowed to return

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Heatwaves and storms forecast for parts of Australia as Melbourne braces for coldest Christmas since 2006

BoM predicts continued heat for Queensland-NSW border and storms in east and north but Melbourne residents in for chilly Christmas Day

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Puberty blocker bans slammed as harmful to trans kids

Blanket bans on puberty blockers are the biggest risk to trans children globally, an advocate says, after a second Australian jurisdiction outlawed the drugs.

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Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns

Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’

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Queensland ban on puberty blockers for gender dysphoria to continue until at least 2031, LNP announces

Decision comes despite independent review finding that treatment decisions ‘must be informed by each individual’s presentation and circumstances’

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Budget blowout 'modest' for Australia's Olympic hosts

The mid-year budget report card has revealed a "modest" budget blowout as one state continues counting down to the 2032 Olympic Games.

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Queensland driver charged with eight attempted murders after pedestrians struck – as it happened

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‘A voice against injustice and bullshit’: 50 years on, Brisbane’s 4ZZZ radio station refuses to be silenced

Once ‘a lone voice of resistance’ in a conservative city, the community station has survived eviction and Queensland’s Joh Bjelke-Petersen government to deliver half a century of radical politics and local music

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New Queensland laws overturning ban on property developer donations will ‘legalise another avenue of corruption’, Greens say

Attorney general Deb Frecklington says ban was a ‘financial gerrymander’ because it didn’t apply to trade unions

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Tourist zip line failure left man dead and woman injured after falling up to 25 metres, Queensland inquest hears

Dean Sanderson died of head and chest injuries and his wife, Shannon, suffered broken ribs and a fractured scapula after falling 20-25 metres to the ground

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Australian newspapers mock England over Ashes plans: ‘Overprepared to the bitter end’

The headlines come as the touring team were spotted in a a Queensland beach town shortly before the third Ashes Test in Adelaide

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'Claim back our waterways': calls for crocodile culls

Claims of an "infestation" of crocodiles is prompting calls for a cull as part of a management plan of the apex predators and to protect regional communities.

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Seven years after Toyah Cordingley’s murder, her killer’s sentencing brings Cairns a sense of ‘bittersweet relief’

Rajwinder Singh was set a non-parole period of 25 years for the ‘shocking, sickening and depraved’ crime

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'Never forgiven': ex-nurse convicted of fatal stabbing

A jury has found Rajwinder Singh guilty of murder at his retrial after he was accused of fatally stabbing Toyah Cordingley at a far-north Queensland beach.

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'Harrowing' failures to track down horrific pedophile

Australia's worst pedophile should have been stopped long before he was finally caught and sentenced to life in prison, a review has found.

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Notorious childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith ‘could have been stopped’ five times during decades of offending

Queensland report details series of ‘missed opportunities’ over 20 years where action could have been taken to detect or stop abuse

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Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change

Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

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Konstas shines again as NSW crush Queensland in Shield

There were more runs for Sam Konstas as NSW made light work of an undermanned Queensland to claim a 342-run Shield win.

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Stobo's stunning spell helps NSW seize control at SCG

NSW are putting in a ruthless Sheffield Shield performance against an undermanned Queensland, heading towards a crucial win at the SCG.

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Afternoon Update: heatwave hits NSW; England all out in second Ashes Test; and a three-year-old chess prodigy

Heat warnings also in place for parts of the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia

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Axed Test batter finds form with Shield century for NSW

Discarded Australia opener Sam Konstas has ended a 14-month drought without a Sheffield Shield hundred, scoring a ton for NSW against Queensland at the SCG.

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