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Jack Dempsey runs as independent as Hinkler voters rate federal election issues

A "safe" federal LNP seat has become an unexpected battleground where a former state government minister hopes to steal victory from his old party. Here are the issues voters say will matter most.

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When dentist Harry Akers took on the Joh Bjelke-Petersen Queensland government and its anti-protest agenda

At 2:45am on April Fool's Day, 1978, Harry Akers marched 100 metres down a dark, empty street in Bundaberg, accompanied by his dog, Jaffa, and wielding a placard saying: "The majority is not omnipotent. The majority can be wrong. The majority is capable of tyranny."

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Qld man charged after knife threats

A Queensland man has been arrested after allegedly threatening four people, including a 15-year-old girl, with a knife in Bundaberg.

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Miner will ‘pursue all avenues’ to overturn rejection of coal exploration licence in Queensland

Fox Resources statement sparks calls for candidates to outline positions ahead of federal election

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Federal election candidates in Hinkler must address youth unemployment, leaders say

Tanya Stevenson knows what young people need to find work. She believes candidates in this Queensland seat held by a Morrison government minister need to rethink their dated ideas.

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Living on the wedge: why the Coalition faces threats from left and right in Queensland

All the attention has been on Labor’s struggles in the state, but the LNP could face challenges on two fronts in the upcoming election

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Rest on your corals: How a floating hotel on the Great Barrier Reef is helping protect this delicate ecosystem

A stay aboard this new eco-pontoon on Lady Musgrave Island makes for the ultimate turtle-tourist bonding experience, writes Justin Meneguzzi

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‘Minister for coal’: Keith Pitt to face challenge from former LNP state minister Jack Dempsey

Dempsey, the Bundaberg mayor, says Pitt is out of touch with his regional Queensland electorate on climate change

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Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey to run in federal election against Resources Minister Keith Pitt in seat of Hinkler

Bundaberg Mayor and former police minister in the Newman government, Jack Dempsey, says he will contest the seat of Hinkler as an independent at the upcoming federal election, saying the sitting member is "out of touch".

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ABC Hervey Bay bureau a fresh news voice in Queensland as part of regional media expansion

The local reporting team two of 55 new regionally based staff across the country after a financial deal with digital giants Facebook and Google.

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Queensland government rejects coal exploration licence in farmland close to Great Barrier Reef

Fox Resources’ proposed mining development lease refused on public interest grounds

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Taryn Gollshewsky wins gold in discus at 2022 Athletics National Championships, after miraculous comeback

Bundaberg discus thrower Taryn Gollschewsky shocked many people — including herself — by winning a national championship less than a year after serious injury. Next up: the Paris Olympics in 2024.

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Man attacks Qld medics, steals ambulance

A patient has stolen an ambulance after attacking two paramedics taking him to a hospital south of Bundaberg.

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‘Obsessed by coal’: former Queensland LNP minister hits out at Morrison government

Bundaberg mayor Jack Dempsey says voters in his region ‘oppose coal’ and want no new mines

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South-east Queensland residents brace for more storms just days after severe flooding

From Brisbane to Bundaberg parents were told to collect their children early from schools as already-saturated region braces for more dangerous weather

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Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

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Australian cricket legend Rod Marsh rushed to hospital after serious heart attack

Former Australia wicketkeeper and chairman of selectors Rod Marsh, 74, is in hospital in Bundaberg, Queensland after suffering a major heart attack

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Bundaberg farmer employs almost 100 locals to ship Australia's first batch of lychees direct to New York

A Bundaberg farm in regional Queensland has successfully shipped Australia's first batch of lychees direct to New York, while employing dozens of locals

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Bundaberg macadamia farm deemed carbon positive after neutralising its emissions

This macadamia farm was able to offset the equivalent of emissions from 4,236 passenger vehicles for an entire year. Now others are being encouraged to follow suit.

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Pacific nationals working on Queensland farms claim they are barely making enough money to survive

Australia's seasonal worker schemes are being likened to modern slavery, with a group of Pacific workers in Queensland's Bundaberg region speaking out about their experience.

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Brother of Brit backpacker thrown from bridge wants to look killer in eye and ask 'why?'

British backpacker Caroline Stuttle was shoved to her death in Australia by drifter Ian Previte - now he is out of prison, her brother Richard wants to see him

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