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Veteran journalist Fran Whiting has entertained and informed Queenslanders for years, with her in-depth interviews and always entertaining columns.

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People struggling in the wild windy weather, on the Grey St Bridge, Brisbane - on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Photo Steve Pohlner

‘Qld, get it together – we aren’t about to be snowed in for winter’

Queensland is a wonderful state but the people simply can’t handle this aspect.

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I’ve found the perfect way to say no: Frances Whiting

Do you have trouble saying “no”? Are you att the beck and call of the entire family? I have a new take on how to opt out.

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Secret Robert Irwin was made to keep that shocked the world

Robert Irwin knew what he was about to reveal would send the world into meltdown, but he was forced to go to extreme lengths to keep it all a secret.

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Ten seconds of glory: Inside Queenslander’s journey to sprint perfection

Lachlan Kennedy joined an exclusive club when he became just the second Australian to break 10 seconds in the 100m at the national championships. Re-live our interview with the sprint star and see how he got to this point.

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Forget Insta, these are our real rock-star influencers

A moment glimpsed when I least expected it at a school fete made me realise who the OG influencers really are.

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‘He had a knife’: Aussie mum used mind tricks to survive hell

A famous Australian jailed overseas has described her captors’ cruellest form of punishment – and bravely revealed another horror from earlier in her life.

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Exclusive Daily Telegraph. Australian Chinese Journalist Cheng Lei. Supplied by a source.

How TV anchor survived cruel hell

An Australian TV journalist has revealed the most brutal punishment she endured while locked up in China – and courageously disclosed a sickening ordeal from years earlier.

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