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Traffic controller who witnessed wife's death at work wants better protection for road workers

What began as a great adventure led to the worst day of Colin Caudell's life as he watched a truck run over his wife while she was working as a traffic controller.




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For these women, contact sports' health benefits outweigh the risk of injury

As opportunities increase for women in contact sports, concerns about injury rates are also on the rise. But for some the health benefits outweigh the risk of injury.










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This coral reef at One Tree Island, near Gladstone, has shown growth of 400 per cent between 2014 and 2017, after it was devastated by Cyclone Hamish









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Why police divers do what they do despite what's lurking in the water

These police know bull sharks and crocodiles are around, and "you can't even see your hand in front of your face", but the challenge is the reward in a job that requires grit.





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Gulf Frontier Days Festival providing music, dance and medicine for heart and soul

This year's Gulf Frontier Days Festival attracted Indigenous and non-Indigenous people from all over the world.




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Drovers and graziers compete for feed 'to keep cattle alive' as old stock routes revived

Drought conditions have revived the old practice of large cattle drives, but drovers face new challenges as competition for feed on previously abandoned stock routes heats up.




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Young Queenslander Samuel Dale Johnson makes his mark on European opera scene

He grew up behind the famously wonky Ettamogah Pub on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Now at just 31, Samuel Dale Johnson is a principal singer with one of the world's biggest opera houses.




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CSIRO's Investigator voyages through Coral Sea to map seafloor and unlock seabird secrets

It's largely unknown what seabirds and marine mammals do when they are out in Australia's remote waters, but an ongoing project aboard at 94-metre floating laboratory is changing that.




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Ambulance service marks 100 years helping outback Queensland community of Longreach

Before the ambulance existed, if outback Queensland locals had an emergency, they had to drive to themselves to hospital.




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Consumers warned as controversial short-term lender Cigno changes name to MyFi

Consumer groups are warning borrowers that two related short-term money-lending companies that have charged fees of up to almost 1,000 per cent of the initial loan, and are being investigated by ASIC, are now operating under a new name.





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Findings from trawler Dianne sinking inquest condemn bureaucrats, urges inflatable vests for fishers

A Queensland coroner condemns the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for failing to share vessel monitoring data with police, in a string of safety recommendations over the death of six crewmen on the trawler Dianne.




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Professor Kerry Reid-Searl from CQ University is the driver behind the Poop it kit for children





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Various sketches of the different sizes and shapes of poo to be included in the Poop it kit



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Deportation of Tamil asylum seeker family interrupted midair by last-minute injunction

A Tamil asylum seeker family is granted a midair injunction to prevent their deportation to Sri Lanka, as Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says the family has been found not to be owed protection.




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Perfect poo and good health connect in teaching tool for children

A kit, designed by a researcher and nurse, aims to take the taboo out of poo and help children identify what a perfect poo looks like and how to make one.




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Who are the Tamil family from Biloela and why are they being deported?

Last-minute injunctions have stalled the deportation of a Tamil family who have spent years fighting to stay in Australia. Here's what we know about the case.




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Deportation delayed for youngest daughter of Tamil asylum seeker family from Biloela

The youngest daughter of a Tamil asylum seeker family facing deportation to Sri Lanka will remain in Australia until Wednesday after a ruling by the Federal Court.




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Adani native title anger prompts police query about 'sensitivities' over removing protesters

After the Queensland Government extinguished native title over the Adani mine site this week, police are concerned a clash is likely between mine workers and traditional owners who have set up a protest camp.




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Tamil asylum seeker family from Biloela taken to Christmas Island detention centre, lawyer says

The lawyer for a Tamil family facing deportation from Australia says she is deeply concerned about access to her clients now they have been relocated to Christmas Island.




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Jewfish dominate black market to meet Asia demand

Considered a delicacy and aphrodisiac, the bladder of the Black Jewfish now fetches up to $900 a kilogram, prompting higher fines in Queensland for trafficking as well as catch limits, catching commercial fishers unaware and out of pocket.





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Tamil asylum seeker family from Biloela 'terrified' for children after move to Christmas Island

The mother from the Tamil family at the centre of an immigration row says her children are constantly crying and pleading to leave a Christmas Island facility, as hundreds of people rally around the country to urge the Government to let them stay in Australia.




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Great Barrier Reef changes image from marine park to theme park with underwater statues and hotels

Underwater statues and submerged hotels are some of the latest attractions on the Great Barrier Reef, concerning an old-school dive operator.




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Tamil family fails to win ministerial intervention as Scott Morrison rules out allowing them to stay

Scott Morrison steps in after former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce suggested the family facing deportation to Sri Lanka should be allowed to remain in the central Queensland town of Biloela.




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Tamil asylum seeker family from Biloela could be undone by father's travel history and refugee activism, immigration lawyer says

Pro-refugee activism and the travel history of a Tamil father could see a Biloela family at the centre of an immigration row deported, an experienced immigration lawyer says.




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Queensland unemployment figures second highest in the country behind SA

Some regional areas of Queensland see unemployment rates skyrocket above 14 per cent with experts warning it will get worse if the Government doesn't step in.





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Biloela residents call for Tamil family's return

Residents in Biloela call for a Tamil family currently on Christmas Island to be returned to the Queensland community of Biloela where they were living before they lost their asylum bid.




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Yes, you can hold an Australian passport but not be a citizen. Here's how

Most of the time, acquiring an Australian passport using evidence like a birth certificate means citizenship for life. But sometimes the Department of Home Affairs can ask for more evidence, writes Jan Gothard.




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Tamil family from Biloela's deportation delayed until at least Friday, court rules

A Tamil family facing deportation is given until Friday to consider a "surprise" development in their case, after the Immigration Minister said he would not exercise his discretion to allow the youngest daughter to stay in Australia.





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Tamil family from Biloela to remain in Australia for 12 more days as deportation fight continues

The Tamil family fighting deportation from Australia has been given a further reprieve in its fight to remain in the country, with the Federal Court ordering the Immigration Minister to provide more evidence to support claims the youngest child has no right to protection.




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Pacific nations hockey 5s teams get taste of Rockhampton generosity

A central Queensland community has donated thousands of dollars worth of food to visiting hockey teams from developing countries.