A short history of Tony Jones and his infamous on-air f***-ups
While he’s a household name in Victoria, Channel Nine’s Tony Jones is still a new face for many in the northern states. Here’s a look at his most controversial moments.
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Man escapes horror crash, flip into power lines
A driver has brought down ten spans of powerline in a horror North Queensland crash which cut power to 250 homes.
Council stung as court approves self-storage project
Queensland’s Court of Appeal has sensationally overturned a Townsville City Council decision to block a highly controversial development. See why.
Inside Lara gun’s American football switch
As Joe McGuire and James Rendell prepare for US college football’s championship game, a Geelong local footballer is set for his own punting opportunity with the University of Nevada. Here is his story.
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King of the cane: World champion cutter farewelled
After escaping a concentration camp, Ilija ‘Joe’ Uzelac armed himself with a handful of chocolates, a train ticket and the shoes on his feet, before traversing a 50km route out of communist Yugoslavia on foot in 1952. He eventually settled in Far North Queensland where he became a world champion cane cutter.
Ice addict steals four cars from Mitchell Centre to keep wolves at bay
A meth addict who grew up in Alice Springs hit a car rental business twice and also stole a gun from the Darwin Military Museum, selling most of the loot to satisfy drug debts, a court has heard.
Top chefs reveal their favourite Christmas recipes
We’ve taken the hassle out of endless Christmas recipe searching with this curated list of fresh recipes from some of the nation’s top chefs.
‘Sunnier’: Drier weather ahead after NQ’s huge rain totals
After a wet couple of days, NQ is on track for sunnier weather in the lead up to Christmas. Read the latest forecast and see who got the rain.
Aussies making $100k a year doing nothing
Australians are criminally neglecting a common household item that could be making them rich.
New theory on what caused fatal bus crash
A new theory has emerged about the possible cause of the fatal bus crash that saw one man die and 13 passengers injured in a tragic start to the holidays.
‘Amazing’: Surf Coast father and son guide Suns home
The Suns have crept over the line to jump into the A2 top four thanks to a former South African sheep farmer.
‘Give the cats a cuddle’: Happy Cat Day hits Townsville
RSPCA will be hosting Happy Cat Day through the school holidays, giving children the opportunity to learn proper ways to care for a cat.
‘Window dressing’: Lawyer demands change after pedophile whistleblower case
The lawyer for the childcare worker who leaked details of Australia’s worst pedophile to the media, wants changes made to Qld’s “grossly inadequate” whistleblower laws.
Why crew in Sydney to Hobart man overboard incident are back racing
It’s enough to make you hang up their sea boots and never do a Sydney to Hobart again – being on a yacht knocked on its side with a crew thrown overboard. But this crew can’t wait to return.
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