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Barry Boettcher in 1996.

Main defence witness in trial of Michael and Lindy Chamberlain dies

Scientist Barry Boettcher said tests on the Chamberlains’ car showed the presence of copper dust – not blood.

  • Malcolm Brown

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A light plane has crashed in the state’s north-west, with emergency services right now rushing to the scene.

Three dead after firefighting plane crashes in outback Queensland

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk paid tribute to the crew, who were helping fight bushfires in the state.

  • Kathryn Magann
Lead and copper smelters dominate the skyline of Mount Isa.

‘A fight for Mount Isa’: 1200 jobs under cloud with Qld mines to close

Glencore announced the “operational changes” on Wednesday, saying it had notified workers the underground work would close after 60 years.

  • Matt Dennien
“The bulls teach you a lesson sometimes, about winning and losing,” says Tately Spain, a 12-year-old rodeo rider.

‘Work yourself through the fear’: Meet Mount Isa’s Indigenous cowboys

Medical staff standing by, riders tossed into the air by beasts with names like Hellraiser: Welcome to the inaugural Indigenous Rodeo Championships.

  • Konrad Marshall
Queensland police inspected a large pastoral property near Cloncurry to investigate if the alleged expenditure relating to the grant claims had occurred. They allege it had not.

Two men arrested over alleged $360,000 disaster funding rip-off

After a 16-month investigation, police searched a pastoral property near Cloncurry and businesses in Mount Isa in December.

  • Toby Crockford
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Big trouble on a small Queensland hill

A mining company has flagged the destruction of a sacred Gulf Country hill. Is it Queensland’s own Juukan Gorge disaster, or a chance to raise a community out of poverty?

  • Zach Hope
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Thargomindah on Thursday evening.

Dust storm paints the town red in south-west Queensland

The dust cloud was associated with storm activity that created a severe 93km/h wind gust at Thargomindah.

  • Toby Crockford
More than 35 horses have been killed at a property in Longreach.

Man charged over horse massacre in outback Queensland identified

The man from Mount Isa, 575 kilometres north-west of the scene, faced court on Friday. The death toll now stands at 41.

  • Toby Crockford, Jocelyn Garcia and Cloe Read
Neville Joseph Creen, now 80, leaves the Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday after being found not guilty of four child sex offences against a teenage boy in Mount Isa in 1974 and 1975.

Queensland paedophile priest acquitted of historical child sex offences

Neville Joseph Creen, 80, was acquitted of inappropriately touching a teenage boy in a Mount Isa school chapel.

  • Toby Crockford
The ute became stuck on Sunday evening, west of the city of Mount Isa, and the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter reached the stranded man and boy on Monday evening.

Father and son rescued after companions walked 12 hours through outback for help

The man and his 10-year-old boy stayed with the ute while their three companions walked 50 kilometres to get help, in one of two overnight flood rescues across the state.

  • Toby Crockford and Matt Dennien

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