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Incident controller Warren Dean briefs the crew. November 6, 2024.

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‘Lap of the gods’: Strike team arrives to offer fire crews support

A strike team called to provide support to fire crews battling an out of control bushfire in Southern Queensland has arrived to face harsh conditions and terrain. Here’s what they’ll face.

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Qld homeowners warned to prepare for looming cyclone season

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Qld homeowners warned to prepare for looming cyclone season

As Queensland braces for another cyclone season, experts urge homeowners to prepare, with alarming statistics revealing most households lack adequate disaster plans.

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Todd and Bec Mooney have reopened the Biggenden Bakery to an overwhelming reponse from the community.

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‘Thoughts and prayers’: Tributes flow for baker dad and daughter

Tributes have poured in for a former Burnett Heads baker and his daughter after the pair tragically died in a shed fire at Biggenden.

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News Corp’s $1m mental health grant to help bushfire recovery

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News Corp’s $1m mental health grant to help bushfire recovery

A grassroots organisation helping communities around the nation battered by the summer of fires has been given $1 million by News Corp Australia.

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Air tanker primed to assist state as fire danger looms

Air tanker primed to assist state as fire danger looms

With the arrival of another bushfire season, the Queensland government has called out the federal government’s inaction while launching a key weapon in combating dangerous fire conditions.

**FILE IMAGE** Regrowth is seen near Tambo Crossing beside the Great Alpine road in the Victorian high country, Saturday, January 25, 2020. The Great Alpine road has been reopened after recent bushfires caused major damage with burnt fallen trees and land slides blocking the road. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

New hope for Victoria’s bushfire victims

Prefab homes are set to be erected across Victoria’s bushfire devastated victims while affected families work towards rebuilding their homes following the summer’s horrific blazes.

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Victorian Fires Special. Mallacoota fire recovery feature. CFA firefighter Lindsay McHugh from South Morang checking smoldering trees and ground near the town. Picture: David Caird

Inquiry chair sends pointed message on bushfire commission

The Royal Commission into Australia’s horror bushfires begins today, with the chair of the inquiry warning it won’t be looking to “point fingers”, but rather “looking for lessons for the future”.

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‘We won’t forget you’: $1m to fire victims

‘We won’t forget you’: $1m to fire victims

A new $1 million fund has been launched today by News Corp Australia to help Australia’s bushfire victims in their recovery.

TOPSHOT - Employees wearing protective gear disinfect a tram - as part of preventive measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus - in Saint Petersburg on March 19, 2020. (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP)

Virus breakdown: Qld’s 493 COVID-19 cases in detail

Queensland’s coronavirus cases are tipping 500 with another 50 cases diagnosed on March 26 taking the state’s total to 493.

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People receiving toilet paper, paper towel and pasta as a Police Officer watches on at Coles Supermarket, Epping in Sydney, Friday, March 20, 2020. Supermarkets have been struggling to keep up with demand for products such as toilet paper in recent days, as panic buying as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in people purchasing far more than usual. Supermarkets have put in place limits on the quantity people can purchase of many everyday items. (AAP Image/James Gourley) NO ARCHIVING

What a Queensland lockdown will look like

Venues across Queensland will be forced to close today as part of tough new measures to stop the spread of coronavirus. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk talks at the press conference. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Innovation Minister Kate Jones make an announcement about the Coronavirus at the University of Queensland. Sunday March 22, 2020. (AAP image, John Gass)

Pubs and clubs face shutdown, school closures considered

Queensland’s pub and clubs will be among a number of non-essential services shutdown if Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk follows NSW and Victoria’s coronavirus restrictions. School closures are currently being considered.

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18 March 2018, A man with shopping and face mask, face masks being worn for Corona virus, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

‘It’s among us now’: Doctor’s dire virus warning

A Brisbane GP has warned that the spread of coronavirus could be more widespread than originally thought, with her clinic seeing multiple patients presenting with symptoms but who are unable to be tested because of strict criteria.

Carona Angels at PA Hospital picture (left to right) Sarah Borg aged 32 Acting nurse educator for COVID-19, Claire Ward aged 36 Acting clinical nurse consultant for COVID-19 and John Ash aged 30 Acting clinical nurse consultant for COVID-19 first point of contact to the Caronavirus patents Pic Jamie Hanson

What it’s like to work on the COVID-19 frontline

We’ve spoken to some of the amazing hospital workers who are helping Queensland patients with coronavirus battle the deadly illness.

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Professor of Virology Paul Young in the Molecular Virology Lab, where they are working on a rapid response vaccine pipeline at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, UQ, St. Lucia. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

QLD vaccine on fast track to save millions of lives

A COVID-19 vaccine could be available for emergency use among healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in early 2021 if a plan to shave six months off human trials plays out.

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