Queensland News

News THE victim of a farming accident involving a forklift was a boy not a man as first thought, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman has confirmed.

News A FORMER Bandidos bikie has reportedly been granted refugee status in Canada after threats to his life in Australia.

Breaking Queensland records 1000 fires in first 19 days of this fire season

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Crime A RESIDENT says he was threatened with a handgun and knife by a man accompanied by two young children - minutes before a man was stabbed in the neck.

Crime POLICE vision has captured the moment a stolen car rammed a police vehicle near the Sunshine Coast overnight.

News A Queensland home has been significantly damaged by fire.

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Crime A POLICE officer on a motorcycle had a lucky escape yesterday after a motorist allegedly deliberately swerved into his path at Harlaxton.

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Weather COLD start coming as surf also looks set to rise.

Offbeat FAMOUS for living nude in the jungle and surviving largely on bananas, Freelee the Banana Girl hits back at critics accusing her of faking off-grid lifestyle.

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News FIRE crews are on standby as 20 blazes burn around Queensland and dry, windy conditions escalate the bushfire risk.

News THE number of children with possible exposure to asbestos grows with contaminants detected in the grounds of a primary school.

Business THE Federal Court has ruled in favour of Indian mining giant Adani over a native title group seeking to block its Carmichael coal mine.

Offbeat Local husband wandered the house for two days wondering where his wife was, when he eventually found her, she was not happy.

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Health HUNDREDS of children have potentially been exposed to poisonous materials as they ran, crashed and tackled during games and training.

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News AT LEAST two Queensland Fire and Emergency Service crews are at the scene of a fire at the old Bundaberg Showgrounds.

Environment WHALE-watchers were lucky to come alongside a pod of whales playing - but one thing made the situation even luckier.

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News TWO vehicles have crashed on a major Sunshine Coast off-ramp causing Friday afternoon traffic woes for motorists.

Environment A decision is expected to be handed down by Justice Reeves this afternoon in the Traditional Owners versus Adani case.

Crime The 32-year-old man pleaded guilty but can still apply for a Blue Card after no conviction was recorded.

Careers Employing CQ locals key to sustaining mining upturn: Councillor Neil Fisher

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