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Don't forget water! City residents urged to get emergency kits ready

Authorities say complacent city dwellers need to learn from their regional cousins and have an emergency kit ready for when a natural disaster strikes, including three days' worth of water.




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Police divers search for gun in Gold Coast creek amid double homicide probe involving a dead bikie

A day after the discovery of a body, confirmed as Comancheros bikie Shane Ross, police divers search for a gun and declare a double homicide investigation linked to another man's death on Friday night.




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Jack Harbour's portrait on the sound wall. He is wearing a yellow shirt.



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Shane van Gisbergen leaps out of car during Gold Coast 600 qualifying to help rival Scott McLaughlin after crash

Shane van Gisbergen is desperate to make up ground on Scott McLaughlin in the race for the Supercars championship, but he forgot about that in the wake of his countryman's frightening crash on the Gold Coast.




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Gold Coast 600 crash sees shock absorber from Supercar wipe out table on nearby balcony

The dramatic crash of Scott McLaughlin's Supercar in Surfers Paradise sent a shock absorber flying onto a nearby balcony, wiping out a table but missing two spectators.






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Talisman Sabre war gaming sees largest Australian-led beach invasion exercise

About 34,000 troops from several countries are playing out high-end war games in a mammoth training exercise designed to improve military cooperation.




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Linda Woodhead runs a beauty publishing company and has recruited 140 hairdressers to raise funds for Love Your Sister




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Samuel Johnson is doing a 'lap of honour' for his sister Connie to raise $10m for cancer research





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On board the USS Ronald Reagan during military exercise Talisman Sabre

What is it like on board the 333-metre USS Ronald Reagan that's also home to about 5,000 people at any one time? Step aboard with the ABC's Megan Hendry.



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US Navy e-2 Hawkeye ready for a catapult takeoff from the USS Ronald Reagan



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All aircraft on board USS Ronald Reagan are meticulously maintained




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Flight deck leading petty officer Christopher Gibson explains the USS Ronald Reagan's 'ouija board'



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Fa18 fighter jet prepares for take-off from the USS Ronald Reagan flight deck






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Mother claims newborn given life-threatening dose of insulin at public hospital

A mother alleges her newborn baby needed emergency help after being given a life-threatening dose of insulin at a Queensland public hospital.




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Australian farmers warned the misuse of pesticides will see overseas markets turn away

The misuse of pesticides on Australian farms is threatening overseas markets, according to industry group Pulse Australia.




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World Baton Twirling International Cup beckons for Australian teams

Some of Australia's best baton twirlers will be heading to the world championships in France next week and for some the journey hasn't been without considerable pain.




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32nd Great Endeavour Rally raises funds for virtual reality tech to support people with intellectual disabilities

What do you get when a peanut in a top hat, a chicken on the run and 150 Australian larrikins go on a road trip? A good time, and funds to support people with intellectual disabilities.





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Minion Mountain near Rockhampton




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Bush accountants get mental health first aid training to help farmers through drought

Accountants based in regional areas receive mental health training to help them work with clients whose financial pressures are causing emotional distress.







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Tradies still value tools more than health, but attitudes are changing for the better

A national survey of more than 800 tradies shows for the second consecutive year that they are more likely to take better care of their tools than their physical or mental health.






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Living off the grid and driving an electric car is this former farmer's idea of heaven

Sylvia Wilson and her now late husband wanted to prove a point when they decided to live off the grid and convert their property to solar power.





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Racial discrimination evenly spread across urban and rural Australia, report finds

Researchers say there used to be an expectation that there was an urban/country divide in racist attitudes in Australia, but a recent study has challenged the assumption.




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Rare Stonebridge Green sapphire found in Queensland's Gemfields in 1938 captures hearts

The story of a rare sapphire found in Queensland's Gemfields more than 80 years ago captures the hearts of enthusiasts at a nationally renowned gem festival.




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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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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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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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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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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.