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Queensland shuts national parks, picnic areas, and 4WD tracks as third person dies from coronavirus

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ramping up Queensland's coronavirus crackdown as people continue to ignore the ban on non-essential travel.




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Woman, 44, reveals hilarious map her dad drew her of the fruit section of his supermarket

ABC presenter Sarah Kanowski, 44, from Brisbane, Australia, went viral when she revealed how her parents finally let her do their grocery shopping as they fall into the vulnerable category.




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Father found guilty of raping his seven-year-old daughter WINS appeal

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Court of Appeal in Brisbane there had been a miscarriage of justice because an interpreter was not present throughout his trial.




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Qld Man shot dead after setting himself on fire McDonald's doused a woman in petrol before fleeing

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.




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Woman escaped quarantine hotel to find towels and Band-Aids

Anna Carter, 45, was supposed to be in two weeks of self-isolation at the Ibis Brisbane Airport Hotel after arriving from NSW, Brisbane Magistrates Court was told on Thursday.




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Peter Dutton warns Australians coronavirus is very serious after testing positive

The Home Affairs Minister tested positive to the virus on March 13 and was admitted to hospital in Brisbane that night.




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Hundreds apply for a 'travel ban loophole' in a bid to spend Easter on North Stradbroke Island

Redland City Mayor Karen Williams wants the state government to stop people from changing their driver's licence address to North Stradbroke Island after 300 applications were made in just over a week.




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Dietitian shares her recipe for three-ingredient chocolate cookies

Brisbane-based dietitian Leanne Ward shared her delicious three-ingredient recipe for chocolate chip cookies - and they're perfect for Easter baking.




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Cops who drove down pedestrian walkway at a farmers market blasted for overkill

Organisers of the Northey Street Organic Farmers Market in Brisbane were furious when police infiltrated the market in the car rather than on foot on Sunday.




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IGA supermarket in Brighton, Queensland defends decision to sell toilet paper in four packs

Kerry Sheaff owns the store in Brighton in northern Brisbane that has been running low on supply amid the outbreak of coronavirus.




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Beautician says 50% of the industry are still operating under the table in Australia

A Queensland woman has lifted the lid on Australia's rogue beauticians, revealing many in the industry are operating illegally from home in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.




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Footage emerges of Tones and I performing Dance Monkey before stardom

Toni 'Tones and I' Watson shot to fame with the catchy hit Dance Monkey, which has topped the charts in more than 30 countries.




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Family shares devastation after their request for five more people to attend a funeral was denied

John Macpherson, 68, from Brisbane, who has three kids and nine grandchildren tragically lost his battle to cancer last week with the funeral being held on Wednesday.




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Australian petrol prices tipped to plunge by another 20 per cent to less than 75 cents a litre

Westpac senior economist Justin Smirk is expecting average petrol prices in Australia's biggest cities to plunge by a fifth by the end of June. This would see unleaded sell for less than 75 cents a litre.




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Brisbane mother is slammed for trying to sell her massive stash of toilet paper 

The Brisbane woman has 21 packs of toilet paper, each with 18 rolls for sale online.  She's selling a pack of Quilton toilet paper for $20 - double the supermarket price.




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Man, 34, tortured, burned and raped a woman during a three week drug-induced campaign of terror

Nicholas John Crilley, 34, subjected a 21-year-old woman to 'physical, psychological and sadistic violence' over 23 days in June 2017 at his townhouse in Bulimba, Brisbane.




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Brave woman, 24, set alight, raped and tortured says strangers 'look at her like she's a monster'

Nicholas John Crilley , 34, subjected the then-21-year-old to 'physical, psychological and sadistic violence' over 23 days in June 2017 at his townhouse in Bulimba, Brisbane.




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Polish nanny, 24, who was brutally raped and bashed in a park 'killed herself'

The 24-year-old nanny died three months after being violently attacked by Travis Alexander Manwarring, 31, in Brisbane in November 2016, prosecutor Steve Kissick said.




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Sunshine Coast Great grandfather to fund coronavirus vaccine by selling lavish beachside penthouse

Research into coronavirus treatments has been boosted by an unlikely benefactor - an 82-year-old great-grandfather who is selling his multi-million dollar beachside penthouse.




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Jamie Douglas Saxon's murder conviction overturned on appeal

Jamie Douglas Saxon was found guilty of murder in October after he stabbed Dominik Schulze, 30, during a Brisbane road-rage incident two years earlier.




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Real estate guru says property investors should buy their next house now

A real estate guru has shared his tips on where to buy property during the COVID-19 crisis, urging investors to act now before prices rise again after the pandemic.




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Massive sinkhole opens up in a Melbourne park after the city was lashed with torrential rain

The 12-metre wide and five-metre deep hole on the corner of Childers Street and Park Cresent in Kew, east of of the city, opened up at about 3.15pm on Wednesday.




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True horror of young woman's rape and torture ordeal in Queensland revealed

Nicholas John Crilley, who took pleasure as he systematically raped and burned the woman during three weeks of drug-induced violence, has been handed seven life sentences.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie shows off shapely derrière

The 32-year-old isn't shy when it comes to showing off her sensational figure.




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Voice coach reveals her tips and tricks to sounding more confident when you're public speaking

Australian voice coach Sally Prosser has revealed how to sound more confident when you're public speaking. She said you should avoid 'vocal fry', don't use filler words and don't 'upspeak'.




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Pound rises against Dollar as Boris Johnson gives Tory conference speech

Shortly after Boris Johnson's speech in Manchester today, the Pound shot up against the US Dollar from 1.2254 at 12.41pm to 1.2296 at 12.53pm.




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MPs pay tribute to Speaker John Bercow at his last PMQs

Boris Johnson tore into John Bercow this afternoon with a series of jibes as the Commons Speaker oversaw his final Prime Minister's Questions session.




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Ex-Labour Brexiter MP Gisela Stuart urges people to vote Tory

Former Labour MP Gisela Stuart savaged Jeremy Corbyn 's Brexit plan today as she stood alongside Boris Johnson and urged Leave voters to back the Tories at the general election.




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Labour's Jon Ashworth taped saying voters 'can't stand Corbyn'

Jeremy Corbyn has desperately tried to downplay damaging remarks made about him by shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth.




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Nigel Farage hopes for snow to boost Brexit party election odds

A new YouGov survey showed there are 85 constituencies where the leading party is ahead by five per cent or less and in many of those seats the Brexit Party is standing a candidate.




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Tory activist sprayed with perfume, causing acid attack panic

The activist was 'shocked' by the attack outside High Barnet tube station just before 3pm and was treated at the scene before further tests were carried out in hospital.




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What happens to Brexit now? Nigel Farage claims victory

Brexit has dominated this year's election with the phrase 'Let's get Brexit Done' becoming Boris Johnson's mantra and the exit poll confirms the Tory's are set for a large majority.




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How Boris Johnson's complicated personal life could make getting Brexit done look like child's play

Boris Johnson is facing potential embarrassment caused by his private life, including probes from the IOPC and the GLA over public money granted to his alleged former lover Jennifer Arcuri.




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Twitter mocks John Bercow as he appears tearful on Sky News

After the exit poll predicted a large Conservative majority taking Westminster, Mr Bercow appeared in the television studio, and viewers said he looked on the verge of tears.




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PETER HITCHENS: Pity the Conservatives are now the main Left-wing party in the country 

PETER HITCHENS: Well, hurrah. After almost a decade of fooling around, chaos, waste and confusion, we have finally saved the Tory Party from richly deserved doom.




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MPs get 3.1% pay rise, taking salary to £82,000 plus expenses

The increase - well above the 1.5 per cent rate of CPI inflation - comes after Boris Johnson hailed the new crop of MPs as a 'vast improvement' who could finally secure Brexit after years of dithering.




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Queen's Speech: Terrorists to get MINIMUM 14-year jail terms

The new Tory majority government will end the early release of dangerous terrorists and introduce minimum 14 year jail terms.




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Stony-faced Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson at Queen's Speech

Mr Corbyn endured the short trip from the Commons to the Lords this morning alongside the happy Prime Minister in stony silence, less than a week after his party was humiliated at the polls.




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Body language expert on Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn awkwardly walked side by side during the State Opening of Parliament this morning, with Mr Corbyn striking a furious pose.




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Welsh Conservative Party suspends Nick Ramsay after arrest

It is understood Assembly Member Nick Ramsay was arrested last night at his home in Raglan, Usk, Monmouthshire.




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Downing Street abandons Big Ben Brexit bongs cash appeal

Number 10 today suggested Parliamentary decision-makers were standing in the way of the plan to formally mark the moment the UK leaves the EU on January 31 at 11pm.




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Sales of new petrol and diesel cars could be BANNED by 2035 - five years earlier than planned

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had announced a desire to speed up the current plan for a prohibition which would favour electric replacements by 2040.




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New Chancellor Rishi Sunak says Budget will happen on March 11

Rishi Sunak killed off rumours of a delay to the Budget saying he was 'cracking on' with preparations for the crucial financial package.




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Andrea Leadsom jokes about John Bercow in resignation speech

Ms Leadsom, who frequently clashed with the former Speaker in the Commons, used a ministerial resignation speech to wade in on him again, despite his own retirement in December.




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Budget 2020 at a glance: Key points of Chancellor's speech

The Budget was about containing coronavirus's effect, but there was still room for plenty of other measures though. We reveal what you need to know.




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James Middleton insists his pet dogs have 'saved his life'

Kate Middleton's brother James, 32,has insisted that his pet dogs have 'saved his life' following his mental health battle and thinks they go 'further than humans' in terms of rehabilitation.




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Forcing suspected coronavirus patients into quarantine 'causes long-term mental health problems'

King's College London researchers found the psychological effects can last months and even years after the event. Pictured: Brits are whisked into quarantine after being flown home from Japan.




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Two women who stopped making an effort with their looks look a decade younger after makeovers

Passers-by on a UK high street were asked to guess two women's ages for the Channel 5 show, and they thought mother-of-two Julie, 51, was 60, and former police officer Amanda, 41, was 46.




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Dan Peterson dies years after his heart-warming friendship with little girl saved the lonely widower

When Norah Wood, four, saw widower Dan Peterson, 82, alone in a store in Georgia she said 'Hi old person!' Since then the two have developed a life-changing friendship until he died in February .




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Babies who persistently struggle with sleep in their first year are more likely to have anxiety

The scientists - from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne - said babies who struggle to sleep should be monitored for mental health problems in childhood.