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Nursing home had 'no record' of severe wound that caused elderly woman's death

A leg wound that became infected after a fall eventually claimed the life of Bertha Aalberts, but her Melbourne nursing home had no record of the injury's severity, a Cairns hearing of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is told.




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Aged care royal commission hears of grandfather sick of sitting in his own faeces

The standard of care provided to an elderly man, often found in soiled pants, at a regional Queensland aged care facility was so appalling even his own granddaughter was too distressed to visit, the royal commission into aged care hears.




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Ultra endurance sports are gaining more popularity, but what drives competitors?

Running or riding hundreds of kilometres for fun, sport, and a physical and mental challenge.




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Kev Carmody performing on stage at Twilight at Taronga




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Kev Carmody performing on stage at Twilight at Taronga




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The team at Neville's Garden Site: Phil Creaser, Karen Roberts, Liz Price, Sue Hand, Kenny Travouillon, Dr Mike Archer, Arthur White, and John Scan

The team at Neville's Garden Site: Phil Creaser, Karen Roberts, Liz Price, Sue Hand, Kenny Travouillon, Dr Mike Archer, Arthur White, and John Scan




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When David Glasheen lost everything, moving to a remote island saved him

David Glasheen was once a multi-millionaire living in Sydney. But that was a different life. For 22 years, the 76-year-old has been the sole resident of a remote Queensland island and he wouldn't have it any other way.




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Fugitive Graham Potter 'using hair colour, wigs, fat suits' to hide during nine-year pursuit, police say

Police have released new images of a fugitive's tools in a fresh appeal for information to find one of the country's most wanted, on the run for nine years.




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Coming to terms with the brutal history of Queensland's Native Mounted Police

Queensland's Native Mounted Police massacred thousands of Indigenous people on the colonial frontier, and most of its troopers were Indigenous themselves. It's a difficult legacy for their descendants to come to terms with.



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Magnetic Island beach polluted with millions of bean bag balls

Polystyrene balls were strewn across three bays on a pristine north Queensland island after coming in with the tide from an unknown source, forcing locals into action with vacuums and dustpans.




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Invictus Games competitor Tyrone Gawthorne avoids jail over drug and weapon offences

After pleading guilty to drug possession and admitting he uses steroids, Afghanistan veteran and former Invictus Games competitor Tyrone Gawthorne is handed a suspended sentence for steroid and cocaine possession.




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Queensland's Smile With Kids helping Fukushima children to rebuild their lives

Running outside and swimming in the ocean is a rare luxury for eight students who lived through the terror of the tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011.




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One dead, two in hospital after crane hits powerlines in Far North Queensland workplace accident

Workplace Health and Safety is investigating after a crane comes into contact with powerlines in Far North Queensland, injuring two people and killing one.




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Second crane incident in Far North Queensland leaves two men critical

Two men are critically injured after a crane overturns near Mareeba in Far North Queensland this morning. The crash follows the death of a man in a separate crane incident on Sunday.




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Shark attack off Cape Grenville in Far North Queensland leaves woman with serious leg injuries

A 21-year-old woman suffers serious leg injuries in an attack by what is believed to be two sharks in Great Barrier Reef waters off Cape York Peninsula.




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Live export industry 'eroded' as summer ban extends, WA exporter faces animal cruelty charges

There are concerns, and equally hopes, that an extension to a ban on live sheep exports and cruelty charges against a live exporter are eroding the livestock exporting industry.




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Mapoon Beach in Cape York a vivid showcase of washed-up waste

On a remote stretch of beach on the west coast of Cape York, rangers were stunned to see the extent of the rubbish strewn across an area used by turtles during nesting season.




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Welcome to Australia's washed-up thong capital




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Torres Strait search underway for five people after empty boat discovered off Dauan Island

The 7-metre boat left Badu Island on Wednesday afternoon bound for Dauan island, just south of Papua New Guinea, with two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy on board, but it never arrived.



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How Lego therapy can be a 'massive win' for kids with autism and their families

Lego is being used in both informal and clinical sessions to improve the communication and cooperation skills of children with autism.




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Search for missing family from boat in Torres Strait called off following large-scale operation

Police call off the search for five people missing in the Torres Strait since Wednesday after they set off by boat from Badu Island to Dauan Island, prompting a large-scale operation.



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Lockhart River locals skill up to build houses and reduce overcrowding in homes

For the first time in his life, Alistair Bowie, 26, doesn't have to share a home with up to a dozen extended family members and he helped to build the house himself.



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Builder Alistair Bowie



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Alistair Bowie



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Townsville man steals $50k from disabled patient, spends it on Xbox, flowers and alcohol

Ronald Shirley is jailed for ripping off an an intellectually impaired patient in north Queensland, leaving the client with so little money he can no longer go on a planned bucket-list trip.




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Asian barramundi whole-fish imports spark biosecurity concern for local farms free of diseases

Australias largest barramundi farm is calling for a halt in whole-fish imports from Asia not because around 60 per cent is imported, but for biosecurity reasons.




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States and territories agree to ban plastic, paper, glass and tyre waste exports

State and territory leaders have agreed to establish a timetable to work towards a waste export ban.




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Ancient Indigenous stone-walled fish traps in Gulf of Carpentaria in race against time and weather

Scientists are in a race against time to map "extraordinary and complex" ancient fish traps on one of Australia's most remote islands.






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Photo of sharks circling a beached whale secures Australian Geographic's top nature image prize

An ominous drone photo of sharks circling a whale beached near Albany in WA snaps top prize at this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards, with the photographer saying the scene was "unreal".




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US rugby league forward set to play first game for Cowboys feeder team Northern Pride

A North Queensland Cowboys feeder club hopes its American import is more than your average Joe when he trots out for his first QRL game this weekend.




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Charles Darwin University props up loss-making private colleges interstate

Questions are raised over a Northern Territory university's continued ownership of a loss-making private business colleges in Cairns, at a time when the university is being offered a multi-million-dollar NT Government bailout to keep its training sector afloat.





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Cooktown woman Donna Steele murdered during extortion bid gone wrong, Cairns court told

Matthew Ross White pleads not guilty to the murder of Donna Steele, as the Supreme Court in Cairns hears her killing occurred when she fought back during a botched extortion bid.




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Lawn mowing contractor dies after car explosion in Cairns

Witnesses say neighbours tried in vain to rescue a man from a burning vehicle after the ute exploded on a Cairns street, describing the scene as "horrific".




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Accused murderer Matthew White changes plea to guilty over death of Donna Steele

A man accused of murdering a woman in Far North Queensland changes his plea to guilty two days into his Supreme Court trial and will face sentencing this morning.




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Matthew Ross White sentenced to life behind bars for killing Cooktown woman in botched extortion bid

A court releases the video of a police interview that shows the murder confession of Matthew White, who strangled Cooktown woman Donna Steele in a botched extortion bid and has been sentenced to life in jail.




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Giant pumice raft from underwater volcanic eruption makes its way to Great Barrier Reef

An island of floating rock known as a pumice raft is gradually heading for Australian shores across the Coral Sea and is so expansive it can be tracked via satellite.




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Biosecurity or poisoning fears following mysterious wallaby deaths in Cairns

More dead wallabies have been found on a Cairns sporting field, taking the total number of carcasses in the past week to more than 30.






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Historic calophyllum tree's removal rallies Cardwell residents in bid to save it

Cardwell residents band together to save a large tree that arborists have declared unsafe due to beach erosion during the recent heavy wet season.




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Drought slashes soybean production prompting fierce competition for the small crop, warnings of price hikes

Drought has collided with high demand for soybeans, lifting prices by around $500 a tonne, prompting warnings of a price hike for soymilk, tofu and tempeh.





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Giant crocodile, Howard, has 10yo Elroy on his side fighting for him to remain on creek bank

A 10-year-old boy writes to Queensland's Environment Minister pleading with authorities not to remove a giant crocodile that has been sunning itself on a creek bank.