Rockhampton
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Animal attacks
Man dies after shark attack off Queensland coast
The 40-year-old youth pastor and school chaplain was fishing with family on an island off Rockhampton when he was bitten on Saturday afternoon.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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‘Simpler ways’: Labor’s public power retailer pitch sparks debate
Queensland Labor has pledged to set up a new retailer to help drive down bills across the state if re-elected later this month, but not everyone is sold.
- by Matt Dennien and Cameron Atfield
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Man vs croc: wrestling a conservation dilemma | The Jewish orphan turned Nazi mascot | Rebecca F. Kuang and the story behind her bestselling novel Yellowface
‘Maybe we could put 100 crocs in a city park’: A conservation issue gets snappy
Booming saltwater crocodile numbers have led to calls to separate the predators from people – and new dilemmas.
- by Frank Robson
Investigation as man dies after suspected shooting
A man’s body has been found with a gunshot wound to the neck on a busy central Queensland road.
- by Laine Clark
Murder-accused behind bars after deaths of wife, baby in Rockhampton
A man has been remanded in custody over the deaths of a mother and baby whose bodies were found in a central Queensland home.
- by Cheryl Goodenough and John Crouch
Police lay charges as Facebook pulls plug on vigilante group
Queensland’s crime debate has escalated to online-organised vigilantism in one town amid calls for calm. Two people have now been charged.
- by Matt Dennien
‘Another kick in the guts’: Thieves target slain Qld grandmother’s home
The family of a slain Queensland grandmother has been dealt another savage blow after thieves stole heirlooms and jewellery from her Rockhampton home.
- by Robyn Wuth
Queensland woman charged with murdering eight-year-old boy
Police carrying out a welfare check allegedly found the boy’s unresponsive body at a Rockhampton home. A 36-year-old known to the boy has been charged with his murder.
- by Tony Moore
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Childcare
Girl forgotten on bus for six hours was only child aboard that day
The three-year-old girl “forgotten” by staff and left in a minibus at a Queensland childcare centre remains in hospital.
- by Jocelyn Garcia
Albanese pitches to farmers as Labor courts Queensland seats
Labor holds just six of the 30 seats in Queensland, but the party hopes it can win two or three more backing beef, blue-collar industry and tourism.
- by Rob Harris
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