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Loggerhead turtle lays winter eggs, four months out of season, leaving scientists baffled

Researchers are puzzled by the discovery of a nest of loggerhead turtle eggs in Queensland. The find seems to indicate that the creatures have been unseasonably frisky, which should be impossible.





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Internet romance scammers know what their victims are longing to hear, expert says

How can it be so easy to fall into a romance based on text messages, internet liaisons and phone calls? An expert says scammers know exactly what their victims want to hear.




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Queensland tsunami modelling shows how coastal communities will be impacted

Low lying areas are swamped, millions of people have hours to evacuate and destruction on a mass scale is predicted by scientists who have mapped the worst-case scenarios for how Queensland's coastline would be impacted if a one-in-10,000-year tsunami hit.




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'Untourist' movement shuns global, mass tourism over local, unique and sustainable ventures

Tourism operators throughout Australia are being told to focus on relationships rather than destinations, or risk repeating the mass-tourism mistakes of Barcelona and Venice.



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Alleged violent carjacker charged after 200km Bruce Highway pursuit

A 23-year-old Wide Bay man is charged with dozens of offences, after allegedly leading police on a 200-kilometre pursuit, carjacking several people, and stabbing a woman earlier this month.




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Dairy farmer makes one final plea for milk price to increase to $1.50 a litre or industry will not survive

A Queensland dairy farmer says the only way the industry will survive is if people pay $1.50 a litre, with production costs skyrocketing in the drought.









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Farm rejects tradition and sets restaurant trends by growing unusual vegetables that suit the climate

Australians' growing appetite for exotic plant-based foods boosts business for a no-till regenerative farm that's setting trends in some of south-east Queensland's fanciest restaurants.




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I made a pact with a mum friend involving much pain and sacrifice. Here's why it was worth it

The road travelled by many a middle-aged working mum is full of obstacles and few obvious rewards, so running a half-marathon on a Sunday morning is nothing and in a sense everything.





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Micro Dame Edna portrait with 20 cent piece for comparison




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Artist Wayne Malkin with match painting




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Australian painter Wayne Malkin claims unofficial world record with matchstick portrait

Queensland painter Wayne Malkin claims a record for creating the world's smallest painting on the end of a matchstick, but he won't make it into the record books.




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Scientists prepare to farm puffy pink seaweed that stops cows burping methane

The native Queensland seaweed that can stop bovines burping out methane could cut the country's greenhouse emissions by 10 per cent, if it could be farmed on a scale to feed every cow in Australia, researchers say.






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Bruce Highway, Marlborough



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Suzanne Caudell died on the job



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Living the dream



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Black hat memorial



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Sunshine Coast teenager Michael Ryan missing for almost two weeks as search continues

State Emergency Service volunteers from across the Sunshine Coast, Gympie and Noosa are continuing to search for a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for 12 days.




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Body of missing 3yo girl found in dam on Queensland's Sunshine Coast

A three-year-old girl who drowned in a backyard dam at her family's property on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is being remembered as a happy and bright child.








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Steam train back on track after painstaking restoration mends years of neglect

An unwanted steam locomotive that was left to rust has become a symbol of pride for a Queensland town, thanks to years of painstaking restoration work.




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Body found during search for teenager Michael Ryan in bushland on Qld's Sunshine Coast

Search crews looking for 14-year-old Michael Ryan, who disappeared a fortnight ago on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, find a body, with police saying it is believed to be the missing teenager.




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Queensland transport bottlenecks set to worsen despite congestion-busting projects

Fast rail, a high frequency Metro, and a duplicate M1, are just some of the multi-billion-dollar "fixes" aimed at getting South East Queensland moving again. But is it enough to solve the transport woes?







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Samuel Dale Johnson sings Onegin




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Samuel Dale Johnson in his dream role




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Samuel Dale Johnson sings from horseback




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Noosa bushfire comes within metres of homes as Bribie fire continues to burn

Residents of Noosa Springs have a close call when a bushfire comes within metres of homes, while fires continue to burn on Bribie Island.






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Transgender woman had to tick Australian Tax Office's mental illness box to get early access to super

Why does the Australian Tax Office require people to tick a mental illness box for early access to their superannuation to fund gender transition surgery?




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Birds believed killed in Bribie Island bushfire buried after washing up on Caloundra beach

Leisl Born says she was shocked to realise several dozen dead birds sat among the ash and debris that washed up on her local beach following the Bribie Island bushfires.




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Search for missing motorcyclist called off after body found at crash site

A body is found at a crash site in the Sunshine Coast hinterland during a search for a motorcyclist missing since Monday after he failed to return home.