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Two pedestrians killed as stolen car crashes on Brisbane's bayside

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:21:11 GMT

A stolen car has crashed into an oncoming truck before rolling onto two pedestrians, killing them, at an intersection on Brisbane's bayside, Queensland police say.

Protesters attend Invasion Day rally in Brisbane

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:15:52 GMT

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Brisbane in an Invasion Day rally. Queensland police said about 8,000 protesters gathered at Queen's Park in the Brisbane CBD. Police recorded no arrests and no major traffic disruptions, describing the crowd as "well behaved".

Boats arrive at idyllic island to protest over Chinese firm's 'mismanagement'

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:04:23 GMT

Dozens of boats take to north Queensland's waters in opposition to a private Chinese company's management of Keswick Island off the coast of Mackay.

Queensland Cabinet to discuss COVID-19 vaccine rollout as fragments detected at 13 wastewater ...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:13:33 GMT

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young will brief Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk about the vaccine's distribution in Townsville on Wednesday, as coronavirus fragments are found at 13 wastewater sites across the state in the past 48 hours.

Queensland Gulf communities on alert with low expected to form into Tropical Cyclone Lucas

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:34:20 GMT

The latest advice from the Bureau of Meteorology is that the low is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone, to be called Lucas, on Wednesday night or Thursday.

'Remember the sacrifices': Nation urged to reflect, unite on Australia Day

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:16:02 GMT

Australia Day is being commemorated and celebrated, with more than 12,000 new citizens welcomed and largely peaceful protests held across the country.

'If you're about to read this, bloody don't': Reddit sleuths help return lost 20-year-old diary

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:02:51 GMT

Would you read someone's diary? Would you post it all over the internet? That's what one man did in a bid to reunite the 20-year-old tales with their author.

Model maker holds first gallery exhibition aged 80

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:17:10 GMT

Rob Prentice made his first model coach at school, now he's holding his first gallery exhibition of model Cobb & Co coaches aged 80.

COVID-19 expert, former PM and cricketing legend honoured in Australia Day awards

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:01:06 GMT

The 2021 Australia Day Honours put the spotlight on many unsung heroes who tirelessly put others first and strengthen the nation — including the health expert who ensures Australia never runs out of COVID-19 testing kits or ventilators.

Journalist Kerry O'Brien rejects Australia Day honour in protest over 'divisive' Margaret Court ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:01:06 GMT

Former ABC journalist Kerry O'Brien refuses to accept his Australia Day award, saying the decision to give former tennis great Margaret Court the country's highest honour is "deeply insensitive" and "divisive".

From a possible cyclone to heatwave conditions, Queensland's Australia Day weather outlook is a ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:10:47 GMT

The Bureau of Meteorology is monitoring a low developing in the Gulf of Carpentaria which could become the fourth cyclone of the season, with forecasters also expecting a mixed bag of rain and heat across Queensland this Australia Day.

Former soldier loses licence after ramming stolen car in Townsville

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 05:29:14 GMT

A former soldier who rammed a stolen car through an intersection in Townsville is not a vigilant, his defence solicitor says.

'She seemed out of sorts': Cheerleaders recall night woman fell to her death from high-rise balcony

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:00:48 GMT

A police prosecutor tells a murder committal hearing there is "sufficient evidence" for a man accused of throwing his girlfriend from a Gold Coast high-rise to stand trial, eight years after her death.

Australian billionaires' fortunes increase amid pandemic as poor get poorer

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:46:28 GMT

With unprecedented support from global governments, the stock market has boomed, driving up billionaire's wealth even while the real economy has faced the deepest recession in a century and the poor have gotten poorer.

A 'moment of madness' saw Robert Weber lost in bushland for 18 days. He reveals how he survived

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:56:03 GMT

Robert Weber says "a moment of madness" searching for a shortcut home led to his 18-day survival mission in the Queensland bush. He says ants were his "worst predator" and he lost 10 kilograms, but believes he would have given up if it wasn't for thoughts of his children.

$40m needed for city's flood levee, but the government wants to see the business case

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:14:08 GMT

The Federal Government says it is committed to investing in Bundaberg's infrastructure but wants more detail before contributing the money needed for a levee to proceed.

Is it anyone's race? Where to from here in the Rockhampton by-election

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 01:30:12 GMT

With official first preference counting continuing in Rockhampton's mayoral by-election, the Electoral Commission Queensland warns a result might be days away as it waits for postal votes.

Day Break author on January 26 and teaching children 'their true history'

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:48 GMT

When Amy McQuire could not find a picture book to teach her children about January 26 and the trauma that followed, she wrote one herself.

BOM keeping close eye on Gulf low that could become cyclone

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:15:54 GMT

Weather forecasters say there is a "decent chance" of a tropical low in the Gulf of Carpentaria developing into a tropical cyclone in the middle of this week, the region's second this summer.

'Everything is going to be worse:' Veterans speak out following difficult year

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:51:56 GMT

Two high-profile politicians are touring Australia's largest garrison city to understand the underlying causes of veterans suicides and other challenges.