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Sea lion ends up in humpback's mouth in remarkable feeding frenzy mix-up

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Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:23:00 +1000

A baleen whale off California almost swallowed a sea lion that got in the way during an anchovy feeding frenzy, in an encounter rarely seen let alone caught on film.


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Bundaberg Council's 'good news' website criticised as 'propaganda masquerading as news'

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Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:20:00 +1000

A regional Queensland council website being advertised as an online news outlet and accepted by Microsoft as a news source is an abuse of public trust, academics say.


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Jesse James petition signed by thousands calls for tougher sentence over 'sickening bashing' of 2yo girl

By www.abc.net.au
Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:31:00 +1000

Almost 11,000 people sign an online petition demanding the Director of Public Prosecutions appeal the sentence of a Maryborough man who bashed a two-year-old girl, leaving her with a broken back in 2017, with the Queensland Opposition calling on the Palaszczuk Government to act immediately.


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Flu strikes down more than 183,000 people this year, and it's not only the elderly who are being hit hard

By www.abc.net.au
Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:39:00 +1000

Doctors are shocked by how quickly this season's flu is striking down the young and healthy. Last year, Amanda Nix was doing Tough Mudder, but a few weeks ago she was struck down with the infection, blacking out in an emergency ward as it took hold.


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World War II veteran Jack Hanson recalls desperate battle on Timor

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Published On :: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:18:00 +1000

From his nursing home in Hervey Bay, 98-year-old Jack Hanson remembers how a few hundred Australians fought off thousands of Japanese troops, in a David and Goliath battle on Timor.


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Queensland farmer and mum of three attempts world's longest solo obstacle course

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Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:26:00 +1000

Running 500 kilometres no problem. Completing a bush course with 1,000 obstacles sign her up. Stopping to breastfeed in between dragging tyres and crossing creeks Jessica Ehrlich is your woman. The mother of three triumphs over what may be the world's longest solo obstacle course.


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gympie muster funky shirts

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Published On :: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:07:00 +1000


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Fraser Island traditional owners' compensation drags on over 'what we should have got a long time ago'

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Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:38:00 +1000

The Indigenous owners of Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, are frustrated by delays in their claim for compensation from the Queensland Government.


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Education Queensland sued by boy with ADHD after school restrains him over 'aggressive' acts

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Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:59:00 +1000

The family of a boy with ADHD that sometimes causes him to "bite, punch" and "kick" is suing Education Queensland for alleged discrimination by teachers who restrained him when he became "disruptive" and "aggressive".


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Bodies of father and son found in dam a day after boat capsize in Father's Day tragedy

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Published On :: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 13:40:00 +1000

The deaths of a 70-year-old man and his son, aged 30, after their boat flipped on a dam west of Bundaberg on Friday evening has hit the community hard, a mayor says, as she urges families to "embrace each other" on Father's Day.


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Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sued by ASIC over 'unfair' contracts

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Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:10:00 +1000

The corporate regulator is taking the Bank of Queensland (BOQ) and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to court for imposing "unfair" contract terms on their small business customers.


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Bron Noffke in the fighting cage

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Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:14:00 +1000


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Rainbow steps Hemsworth

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Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:14:00 +1000


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St Kilda CEO says the club is left "heartbroken" by Danny Frawley death

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Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:44:00 +1000

St Kilda chief executive Matt Finnis says the club has been left heartbroken by the death of former captain Danny Frawley.


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Drought declared on the same day the mine closed, but Monto is determined to survive

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Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:57:00 +1000

The Queensland town of Monto that was drought declared and had the local mine close on the same day is determined to see the community survive.


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