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Gold Coast hinterland makes plea for tourists after bushfire disaster

Visitor numbers plummet on the Gold Coast hinterland and Scenic Rim after devastating bushfires razed parts of the regions earlier this month a double tragedy for local businesses.




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TripAdvisor ends ticket sales to Sea World on the Gold Coast over dolphin captivity

Travel giant TripAdvisor will no longer sell tickets to Sea World on the Gold Coast as part of its worldwide ban to help end whale, dolphin and porpoise captivity, with the theme park criticising the decision saying it is based on opinion rather than fact.





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Architect Philip Follent



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Jockey Laura Cheshire says she 'failed' after recognising her horse slaughtered on camera

A jockey who rode War Ends for a year and made numerous attempts to rehome him says she recognised the horse being slaughtered in an abattoir on the ABC's 7.30 program and laments she "failed" him.




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Holding killer whales in captivity is being phased out, so are dolphins next?

With efforts to ban orca captivity gaining momentum around the world, some experts say it's time to stop treating dolphins "like dogs".



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



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Children of the Gold Coast's M1 motorway mural where are they now?

For more than 20 years, 178 children have stared at motorists driving along the busy M1 on the Gold Coast. We dispel the urban myths of who they are and why they are there.



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All children removed from Brisbane watch house following national condemnation

After increasing pressure on the Queensland Government, all children held in the maximum security police watch house in Brisbane have now been removed and placed into youth detention centres.




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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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Rex Silver gave Samuel Johnson a haircut during his visit to Gladstone




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Chief crewman Kyle Bell is participating in military exercise Talisman Sabre



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Gas bottle Minions find social media stardom on remote Queensland highway

A Queensland miner has created a popular roadside stop with hundreds of travellers pulling over to take a photo with his now-famous family of Minions.




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4.7 metre crocodile MJ had an orthopaedic plate in his stomach







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Vintage machinery collectors urge next generation to get behind the wheel

A group of vintage tractor enthusiasts and restorers like nothing better than rummaging for old parts in the hope they can bring a machine back to life.




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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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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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Police hunt driver in fatal hit-run on elderly man in Rockhampton

A 76-year-old man has died in a hit-and-run accident in central Queensland overnight as police search for the driver after finding a car believed to have been involved in the crash.




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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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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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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.




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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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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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Rockhampton Samantha Farley takes her child to a weekly intergenerational playgroup



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Dead bodies move while decomposing, a significant find for death investigations

Researchers at Australia's first 'body farm' have observed that dead bodies move significantly when they decompose and believe it could be important in investigations.




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Queensland bushfire danger to return to very high in days ahead

Fire conditions are forecast to worsen again on Friday and Saturday when a dry wind is expected to blow across parts of southern Queensland, raising the fire danger rating from "high" to "very high".




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NSW Swifts stun Sunshine Coast Lighting to claim dominant Super Netball grand final victory

The NSW Swifts claim the Super Netball title with a perfectly executed 64-47 victory over the Sunshine Coast Lightning in Brisbane.





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Sunshine Coast teen aiming to take out her third Thai boxing world title

She might look like a normal Queensland teenager, but Skylah Hamill is an undefeated world champion in the growing sport of Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, and is about to defend her title in Turkey.




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Sunshine Coast letterbox bombs prompt police warning

Several letterboxes on the Sunshine Coast have been filled with crude, cheaply made explosives and detonated, causing major damage and prompting a warning from police that residents are at risk of injury.




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Queensland storms bring hail and high winds, causing power outages

The clean-up is underway after severe thunderstorms left a trail of damage but little precious rain in parts of South-East Queensland and the Darling Downs.




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Sewing students turn to the tradition of their grandparents in battle with throwaway fast fashion

A group of primary students are turning to a traditional skill that they hope will help them, and their families, rely less on throwaway fashion.





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Craft distilling of gin and whisky is booming despite highest taxes in western world

Following a boom in craft beers comes the new trend, craft gin, with Australian spirits the international flavour of the moment.




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Nazi-era MP40 submachine gun seized, 40yo man charged, after traffic stop in NSW

A man is charged with possessing a prohibited firearm after police find an MP40 submachine gun, the type of firearm used extensively by Nazi soldiers during World War II, in a car on the NSW Central Coast.



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Central Coast ghillie suit attacker camouflaging himself to prey on young girls

A NSW Central Coast man has been donning camouflage to attack girls, one as young as 12, with police describing the clothing worn in one attack as a ghillie suit.