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03/11/2024

A 17-year-old girl has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old in north Queensland on Saturday night.

03/11/2024

The Sea World marine rescue crew has had one of their busiest years ever disentangling whales off the east Australian coast, and what happens after they are freed has long been a mystery — until now.

02/11/2024

Queensland's new premier is making good on a pre-election promise to introduce laws to imprison children who commit "adult crimes" to "adult time" with legislation being drafted right now.

Queensland's new premier wants to introduce laws to imprison children who commit "adult crimes" to "adult time" before Christmas. Here's how that could work.

02/11/2024

The body of Australian-Bangladeshi citizen Rehana Parvin was discovered in September, buried in a small village in Bangladesh, two months after she went missing.

02/11/2024

Sad news. Beloved Far North Queensland crocodile, Cassius, has died, aged 121.
At 5.48 metres long, Cassius held the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest crocodile in captivity. A king among crocs. 🐊
👉 Read the full story here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-02/qld-cassius-worlds-largest-crocodile-in-captivity-dies/104553384 or download the ABC NEWS app.

02/11/2024

Sad news. Beloved Far North Queensland crocodile, Cassius, has died, aged 121.

He held the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest crocodile in captivity. 🐊

The 5.48-metre reptile who lived on Green Island in the Great Barrier reef was believed to between 30 and 80 years old when he was captured in the 1980s.

02/11/2024

At the end of his playing career, this ex-footballer's debilitating headaches, memory loss and anxiety sent him looking for answers.

The answer was the repeated head trauma he experienced playing the game he loved.

At the end of his playing career, this ex-footballer's debilitating headaches, memory loss and anxiety sent him looking for answers. The answer was the repeated head trauma he experienced playing the game he loved.

02/11/2024

The Girringun Art Centre in northern Queensland is helping to keep traditional artisanal skills alive, and the international market is paying attention.

02/11/2024

A hydropanel system installed at the tiny Goodooga Central School in the north-west of New South Wales near the Queensland border produces up to 50 litres of drinking water daily.

Children living in a remote, desert-like town in north-western NSW can fill their drink bottles with safe, chilled water sucked out of the air by hydropanels at their school.

02/11/2024

In high school Hayley Piggot tried every chemical, cream, and bleach to fight the painful pus-filled acne pimples on her face and back.

Ultimately she accessed a treatment that changed everything, but it was far from easy.

In high school Hayley Piggot tried every chemical, cream, and bleach to fight the painful pus-filled acne pimples on her face and back. Ultimately she accessed a treatment that changed everything, but it was far from easy.

02/11/2024

A kelpie that cost a farmer $200 has blitzed a national working dog challenge by running almost the distance of Brisbane to Rockhampton in two weeks.

Six-year-old kelpie, Bear, and his owner, Tom Perkins, from Dirranbandi in Queensland, have won a gruelling 14-day working dog competition which saw seven of Australia’s top-class dogs go head-to-head.

What a good boy! 😍

📹 by Brandon Long via ABC Southern Queensland

👉 Read the full story here https://shorturl.at/S3LY9 or via the ABC NEWS app.

02/11/2024

Think you're a champion when it comes to pub trivia, Brisbane? Prove it! 🎶

To celebrate Ausmusic Month and Countdown's 50th anniversary, we're putting your music knowledge to the test: https://ab.co/CountdownMusicQuiz

Stream the Ausmusic Month collection on ABC iview ➡️ https://ab.co/AusMusicMonth
Stream Ausmusic Month content on ABC listen ➡️ https://ab.co/ListenAusMusicMonth

02/11/2024

It was slated to be the largest renewable project of its kind in the world but a change of government in Queensland has uprooted plans for the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Scheme.

01/11/2024

: Premier David Crisafulli and his team have a long list of priorities they hope to achieve, including reforming the public service, easing the housing crisis, improving cost of living stress, and strengthening Queensland's health system.

Premier David Crisafulli and his team have a long list of priorities they hope to achieve, including reforming the public service, easing the housing crisis, improving cost of living stress, and strengthening Queensland's health system.

01/11/2024

First Nations people across Queensland are reacting to the new government's stand on truth-telling.

01/11/2024

Despite launching the biggest door knocking campaign in any state or territory, the Greens are expected to lose their inner-city seat of South Brisbane and went backwards in its other nearby seat of Maiwar.

01/11/2024

It is spring selling season in the real estate market, and one Queensland council is cashing in on dozens of properties from beloved community halls to "prime" seaside properties.

It's spring selling season in the real-estate market and one Queensland council is cashing in on dozens of properties.

01/11/2024

Queensland's newly elected Premier David Crisafulli has unveiled his cabinet, which features three former party leaders and six women.

This is who has been appointed to each portfolio.

Queensland's newly elected Premier David Crisafulli has unveiled his cabinet.

01/11/2024

After travelling in a caravan for two years, Jodie and her partner decided to put down roots in a small town in lutruwita/Tasmania.

They say it was the best decision they've ever made.

Jodi Wilson thought she would return to NSW after caravanning around Australia with her family. Instead travel inspired a change of plan.

01/11/2024

A water spout has momentarily appeared on the Brisbane River today after a severe but short-lived supercell swept across the city.

A water spout has momentarily appeared on the Brisbane River today as a severe but short-lived thunderstorm sweeps across the city.

01/11/2024

🌪️ A water spout has formed in the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point as severe storms lashed parts of Southeast Queensland this afternoon.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Shane Kennedy told 612 ABC Brisbane the phenomena is uncommon, but not dangerous.

“It's not a proper tornado, should've been much weaker and unlikely to cause much damage, but certainly a fairly rare thing to see.”

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01/11/2024

Yeahhh that's a lotta hail 😬

01/11/2024

🌩️ Storm threat easing but HAILSTONES and DAMAGING WINDS still possible
📌 Brisbane City and Moreton Bay
👉 There have been widespread reports of giant hail and damaging winds. The storm is still moving northeast towards Moreton Bay waters off Redcliffe.
⚬ Hail up to 6cm was reported east of Boonah at 2:40 pm.; 3-4 cm hail reported from multiple Brisbane suburbs

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01/11/2024

: Premier David Crisafulli has announced his cabinet, with only one former shadow minister missing out on a portfolio.

There has been some role reshuffling, with former shadow health spokesperson Ros Bates taking the finance, trade, employment and training portfolio, and shadow Attorney-General Tim Nicholls moving to health.

01/11/2024

For the first time, demographers have calculated how many Australians move each year because of climate disasters such as fire, floods and cyclones.

They say the figure is likely to be an underestimate.

For the first time, demographers have calculated how many Australians move each year because of climate disasters such as fire, floods and cyclones. They say the figure is likely to be an underestimate.