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Medical crews left the bandage applied by on-scene bystanders to the 57-year-old woman’s shark attack wounds, although she was expected to have received stitches in hospital.

‘Hats off to the first-aiders’: Woman endures marathon rescue after shark attack off Qld coast

The 57-year-old was snorkelling 200km out from Mackay when she was bitten on the calf. Thankfully, those around her knew what to do.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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Queensland Premier Steven Miles drinks a beer at the Barrier Reef Hotel in Cairns, as part of a Politics In The Pub campaign event.

‘Stakes are really high’: Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

As Labor leader Steven Miles kept busy, his LNP challenger, David Crisafulli, warned of “aggression in politics” and announced another crime policy.

  • Cameron Atfield
“We’ve put all of it into this one initiative,” Premier Steven Miles said of the rebates in relation to much-touted help coming in the state budget.

‘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.

  • Matt Dennien and Cameron Atfield
The Reef Marina at Port Douglas

‘More bang for your buck’: Where you can tree change for $618,000

“Your typical buyer there can sell their house, come down here and buy something probably nicer and still have $1 million in their pockets to play with.”

  • Jim Malo
Damage to roads at Cooktown and Lions Den in north Queensland after ex-tropical cyclone Jasper.

Big wet continues in north Qld as cyclone builds

All bets are off when it comes to predicting the weather, says one north Queenslander, as intense falls across Australia’s north continue while the south-east gets a reprieve.

  • Luke Costin and Laine Clark
Queensland wildlife officers are searching for a large crocodile that leapt into a fisherman’s tinnie near Mackay on New Year’s Eve.

Search for crocodile that leapt into tinnie with ‘jaws wide open’

Queensland wildlife officers are searching for a large crocodile that reportedly jumped into a fisherman’s tinnie near Mackay.

  • Sean Parnell
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A tropical cyclone is developing off the Queensland coast.

Cyclone Freddy could haunt more than Queensland’s dreams

A tropical cyclone will form off North Queensland in the next three days potentially impacting coastal areas hit by floods last month, but it’s unlikely to make landfall at this stage.

  • Marty Silk
The psychiatrist tried to launch a defamation case against his former employer, Mackay Base Hospital.

Review exposes ‘failings’ in Qld hospital linked to the death of three babies

More than 170 women came forward to speak to investigators probing obstetric and gynaecology services in the central Queensland hospital, and broader public health unit.

  • Matt Dennien
The man wanted by Queensland police over an incident at The Leap, near Mackay, that was subject to an amber alert.

Police extend amber alert over four children taken by man in 4WD

The man, who has distinctive face tattoos, allegedly took the children from a property near Mackay on Thursday morning.

  • Sean Parnell
A rescue helicopter lands at the scene of a shooting at Bogie, in north Queensland.

Manhunt after three dead, survivor found kilometres away in Queensland shooting

Police have described a north Queensland shooting in which at least four people were hit as an “ongoing incident”.

  • Jocelyn Garcia

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