SEQ ratepayers brace for $86 bin fee hike
Queensland households and businesses face rising waste disposal costs as the state government phases out levy rebates.
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Emergency services rush to fiery blaze on major highway
Motorists travelling between Toowoomba and Warwick could be delayed after a vehicle caught fire on a major highway.
‘I wasn’t expecting to catch one that big’
Mackay Airport has returned to normal operations, while a photo of Proserpine local posing with a one metre barra he hooked from flood waters off the Bruce Highway has gone viral. LATEST.
Extraordinary Qld prep student who defeated two cancers
The first week of school was extra special for a Toowoomba prep student who just 18-months ago feared she may not see her next Christmas. Here’s how she triumphed.
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The life-threatening condition Qlders don’t know about
Oral health is not the only thing at risk for communities without fluoridated water, with tooth decay linked to other life-threatening conditions.
‘Remember me c**t?’: Question sparking violent Surfers bust-up
A Gold Coast man has been ordered to pay thousands in compensation over a violent alcohol-fuelled fight in the party strip. Read what happened.
Fire claims another abandoned border home
A tiny border town has watched another home go up in flames. Here’s what we know.
Father of four given devastating diagnosis
A former Australian Army and police officer, and airline pilot, is facing his toughest challenge yet as his family makes the most of every moment together.
Restaurant rampage: Duo wanted over destructive Coast spree
A string of Gold Coast restaurants have been damaged in a destructive spree by two thieves. Can you help?
Watch: Little girl learns to walk within days after years of heartache
A little girl living in a North Qld mining town and struggling with cerebral palsy took her first steps within just days thanks to state-of-the-art treatment in SEQ. Now, her incredible therapists are hitting the road to help other families.
Young man fighting for life after motorbike crash
Multiple Qld paramedics and a LifeFlight rescue crew were on scene working to save a rider in his 20s after an accident on a private property.
‘I turn bloody big pigs, other dead creatures into wall art’
With a 112kg wild boar which was causing chaos on local farms now permanently mounted on a country Qld pub wall and his animal preservation service in hot demand, this “normal bloke” takes us into the fascinatingly feral world of taxidermy. *Graphic.
‘Prison fence on our patch of paradise’: Family’s solar farm fight
Ahead of a weekend protest, property owners say dreams for their land west of Bundaberg have been dashed after a global conglomerate of solar power providers set up shop quite literally in their backyard. DETAILS.
Boy in hospital after latest in spate of CQ snakebites
A young boy has been taken to hospital after the latest in a spate of reported snakebites in Central Queensland where a teen tragically died following a recent brown snake strike.
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