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Brittany died after swallowing a button battery. Doctors thought she just had food poisoning

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:37:27 GMT

A three-year-old girl with "a thousand sparkles in her eyes" has become the third child to die in Australia since 2013 after swallowing a button battery.

Residential rehab facility to be built in Wide Bay

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:13:23 GMT

A residential rehabilitation facility will be built in the Wide Bay within the next term of government, regardless of which major party gains the majority of seats at this month's election.

Rugby league referee urges girls to 'go for it' and consider the job

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:08:33 GMT

Belinda Sharpe will referee Sunday's NRL women's grand final. As a trailblazer for women in sport — what advice does she have for girls?

Is Halloween cancelled this year? Does coronavirus mean you can't trick or treat? Here's a ...

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:29:25 GMT

For the first time in five years, Halloween falls on a weekend — but with many states facing coronavirus contact limits at home and in public, how will this affect the way you trick or treat?

The next Queensland Premier will be female — but is feminism still a dirty word?

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:24:18 GMT

For the first time, Queensland has two female leaders vying to be the state's next premier. So how do Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington measure up on the big issues affecting women?

Distressed Indigenous elders decry racism after attack on 'Hollywood' sign

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:00:32 GMT

On the banks of the Balonne river is a site known by St George locals as Hollywood, where until the late 1960s many Indigenous people lived in camps, but earlier this month a sign commemorating the site was vandalised.

'Hanging on like grim death': Another Volunteer Marine Rescue unit closes leaving boaties high ...

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:00:02 GMT

Gulf boaties are being left without a safety net, despite the weather bureau forecasting a very wet and wild summer.

What does the LNP's kids curfew say about the party's election chances?

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:56:53 GMT

There's growing evidence Queensland's LNP is giving up on the idea of forming majority government. Instead, the strategy appears to be focused on winning as many regional seats as possible and defending marginals in the south-east, writes Peter McCutcheon.

'We're glamping': More than 200 properties still damaged two years after Townsville floods

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:30:33 GMT

At least 200 properties remain damaged almost two years on from the North Queensland floods and one man says he has moved back in against the builders' wishes.

Keeping bee hives safe during a storm or cyclone

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:30:13 GMT

As the storm season approaches, this seasoned beekeeper is offering tips for new enthusiasts on how to keeping their hives safe as a "big blow" weather system approaches.

This weekend's AFL and NRL grand finals need a stirring rendition of an anthem that speaks for ...

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:15:01 GMT

As the players in the NRL and AFL grand finals line up ahead of the biggest matches of the year, wouldn't it be wonderful if the crowd's contemplative hush was followed by a stirring rendition of an anthem that spoke for every Australian, writes Richard Hinds.

They've been close for years, but can Geelong snag the AFL flag?

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:59:38 GMT

After years of strong — but not strong enough — finishes, the Cats have clawed their way into the AFL grand final. Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson analyse their play, and how they might jump that final hurdle.

Palaszczuk says border decision still coming before election, LNP unveils after-school care plan

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:11:51 GMT

The Queensland Premier says a decision on the NSW border is still coming this month, as she fends off attacks from out of state over the issue as well as a new in-land highway proposal.

Indian cricket team to quarantine in Sydney after delays with Queensland Government

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:38:07 GMT

Cricket Australia says India will quarantine in Sydney instead of Brisbane after Queensland Health delayed approving Cricket Australia's proposal, with Minister Steve Miles saying it was "quite likely" one of the tourists would have COVID-19.

Teen granted bail over alleged murder of Girum Mekonnen in Brisbane brawl

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:10:27 GMT

19-year-old Yohana Wal Wal is granted bail after being charged with the murder of Girum Mekonnen in a fatal brawl in a Zillmere park on Brisbane's northside the crown prosecutor described as a premeditated attack.

Jon Sanders, 81, battles wild waves and pandemic to sail around the world — an 11th time

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:01:22 GMT

An octogenarian sailing legend has docked in Bundaberg after his 11th circumnavigation of the globe, facing headwinds of global pandemic and wild weather along the way.

'Buy him a round of beer': Fisherman illegally takes home 1.7m croc that was menacing local dam

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 04:28:50 GMT

A fisherman is under investigation after he caught more than he bargained for, taking a 1.7-metre croc home from a north Queensland dam.

'I could hear banging on the toolbox': Accused toolbox killers kept victims tied up for hours, ...

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 04:22:34 GMT

A Supreme Court jury in Brisbane hears gruesome evidence about the final hours of two people whose bodies were found locked in a toolbox that was submerged in a dam south of Brisbane.

Clive Palmer's company tips $1.7m into his party's Queensland election campaign

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:12:33 GMT

Clive Palmer's private company Mineralogy has donated a further $1.7 million to the businessman's United Australia Party as voting gets underway in the Queensland election, a month after the firm contributed $2 million to the party.

50 sexual assaults a week in aged care across the country, royal commission told

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:54:31 GMT

The aged care royal commission hears the "national shame" that there are an estimated 50 sexual assaults a week in facilities across the country.