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premium_icon Health workers stage protest at Adani camp

Police confirm one man has locked himself to the gates of a workers camp in an environmental protest

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13th Nov. 2019 10:11 AM

Health on the Frontline said 13 health professionals were protesting at the Adani worker's camp this morning, including Peter Kuestler, who had locked himself to one of the exits.

premium_icon Recognition for green idea for red mud

A RESEARCH team exploring ways to transform red mud into a soil that could be used for growing plants has been awarded for...

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17th Oct. 2019 9:10 AM

Queensland Alumina Limited's Red Mud Dam.

premium_icon Student accused of sex assault sues uni

A medical student accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student while on clinical placement is suing their university in...

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02nd Oct. 2019 11:10 AM

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premium_icon The town where breathing is like 'smoking a cigarette a day'

Some days, there is much dust in the air workers can't even see what they are doing.

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28th Aug. 2019 1:08 PM

Mining Moranbah. Photo Peter Holt / Daily Mercury

premium_icon How this baby-sitter turned his child sex fantasy to reality

Engineering student Isaac Frang William Lubrano admits 'fantasising' about violating girls 7 to 14 years old; faces court...

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06th Aug. 2019 1:08 PM

Myer sales assistant and University of Queensland engineering student Isaac Frang William Lubrano faced Brisbane District Court this week on multiple indecent dealing of a child under 12. The offending happened last year, with the 20-year-old former Villanova College student abusing a seven-year-old girl.

premium_icon Bay's budding student scientists crack brain code

After making it through to the state finals, Xavier Catholic College Year 10 students engaged their brains to compete in...

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19th July 2019 9:07 PM

Year 10 students Aidan Nugent, Emily-Jane Hill, Sarah Garty and Ash Usher at the Australian Brain Bee Challenge.

premium_icon SAFE SEAT CURSE: Why we're not getting our fair share

Why Queensland's largest electorate is also the safest and always gets snubbed.

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10th May 2019 6:05 PM

TOO BUSY: There has been no sign of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) or Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in Maranoa in the lead-up to the 2019 Federal Election. Political experts say the Maranoa being a safe seat, means we're avoided by party leaders on both sides.

premium_icon Why you didn't win lotto and how to better invest your cash

MANY who entered last night's epic $100 million Powerball draw will be licking their wounds today.

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18th Jan. 2019 5:01 AM

FEELING LUCKY: Prof Roberts says the fantasy of a lotto win keeps us going.

premium_icon Breakthrough stops melanoma in its tracks

Brisbane researchers have found a way to stop melanoma from spreading, potentially revolutionising cancer treatment.

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05th Jan. 2019 11:01 AM

A malignant melanoma. Queensland holding the unenviable title of the world’s skin cancer capital.

premium_icon The ugly truth about booming whale numbers

The stinking problem that may be about to engulf our beaches

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01st Nov. 2018 6:11 AM

Chris Barraclough of Coolum Boardriders Club with part of a whale jawbone left lodged in rocks at Point Arkright after a carcass was pulled back to sea.