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Mikaela Mulveney is a general news reporter for The Courier Mail in Brisbane. After discovering a passion for journalism, she went on to complete a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at QUT. Mikaela’s career includes a stint at The Australian and The Gold Coast Bulletin as part of News Corp Australia’s national cadetship program.

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BIRDSVILLE, AUSTRALIA 4 July 2024) – 2,754 Big Red Bash festival goers Freeze-Frame Danced their way to a new world record for the “most amount of people doing a Freeze Frame Dance” - adjudicated by the Australian Book of Records - beating the previous record of 1,308., , , , While they smashed the Freeze-Frame record, Birdsville revellers fell short of toppling the current Nutbush City Limits Dance record of 6,594 boot-scooters which was set at sister event the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash last year. This leaves the door wide open for the Mundi Mundi Bash to once again set a new world record when the event is staged next month., Pics Matt Williams

Revealed: Why Outback Qld’s popular Big Red Bash ‘taking a breather’

Organisers of the world’s most remote music festival in far western Queensland have dropped a bombshell about next year’s event.

QLD Politics

The tradie was impaled in the neck at a Brisbane worksite.

Watt puts sector on notice for safety after Brisbane tradie impalement

Federal Workplace Minister Murray Watt has put construction companies on notice after a man was impaled in the neck by rusty steel at the taxpayer-funded $300m Centenary Bridge worksite.

QLD News

CFMEU protesting Foreign steel in the construction upgrade of the Centenary Bridge, Jindalee. Picture: Patrick Woods.

Man impaled at worksite fell over trip hazard, CFMEU claims

The CFMEU has responded after a man suffered horrific injuries at a Centenary Bridge construction site in Brisbane’s west where he was impaled in the neck.

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Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, police and ambulance crews were at the scene of a house fire at Gable St, East Mackay on Friday April 17. Photo: Zizi Averill. Generic

Police investigating after driver dies in truck rollover

Emergency services assessed a driver who suffered life-threatening injuries, but he could not be saved.

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Generic Photographs of Caboolture, Morayfield and surrounding areas; Band Stand in Dickson Park, Morayfield (PICTURE Brad Cooper)

Four charged after alleged gang attack on man at Brisbane park

Four people have been charged after a man was allegedly attacked at a park north of Brisbane early on Sunday, leaving him with significant head and facial injuries.

QLD News

The boy was approached while on his bike at New Farm Park. Picture: Richard Walker

Mum’s horror as boy ‘approached’ by men in van at New Farm Park

Parents have called for CCTV cameras at a popular Brisbane park after a mum thought her son was about to be abducted, with police now investigating the incident as “suspicious”.

QLD Politics

The agony of waiting for someone who’s never coming home

The families of Bruce Hwy crash victims have called for action, saying their loved ones will have lost their lives for nothing if there isn’t change to the notorious highway.

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Investigators believe the bushfire lit in Tara earlier in 2023 were an act of arson.

Qld homes most at risk ahead of freak bushfire season

Conditions are perfect for extremely dangerous, fast-moving fires, the likes of which haven’t been seen for a number of years in Qld, firefighters have warned.

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Recovery works taking place on the Bruce Highway where an ammonium nitrate truck exploded near Bororen. Photo - TMR

Damning report reveals cost of fixing bloody Bruce Hwy

A Qld economist says order to bring the Bruce Hwy between Cairns and Gympie to a five-star rating in line other regional parts of the country, it could cost the state $20bn.

QLD News

Renee, Scott and their grandchildren. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreaking reason dad-of-six was in car before tragedy

A Queensland dad-of-six was on a mercy dash to comfort his wife who was grieving the loss of a family member when the unthinkable took place.

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