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Patient transport subsidies remain the same in Queensland despite rising petrol prices

Fuel costs have risen by 50 cents per litre since 2013, but patients travelling up to 300km to Queensland hospitals…

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I thought no one smoked any more – the 13-hour leg of my bus trip through leisure country

Sydney to Cairns takes 47 hours nonstop. A log cabin roadhouse outside Gympie provides a rare and welcome treat –…

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Dairy farmers reassess futures before signing milk contracts, as many exit the industry

Twice a day for more than half a century, the Wilson family milked cows in their dairy at Calico Creek…

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Alex Robert Smart jailed for stabbing man in heart on Father's Day in Gympie

A man who stabbed another man in the heart in an "unnecessary and unjustified attack" in Gympie on Father's Day…

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Life sentence for Qld Father's Day murder

A man has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering a father-of-five at traffic lights at Gympie…

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Mental health support available for Gympie residents reeling after floods

Gympie residents avoided physical devastation when floodwaters stopped rising at a moderate level on May 14, but the mental health…

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Police charge man over alleged looting attempt during Gympie floods

Police are warning that anyone caught stealing from flood-affected areas could face up to 10 years in jail after a…

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Queensland's wet weather expected to ease, flood level of Mary River at Gympie to fall

Heavy rain falling across a widespread area of Queensland's south-east has mostly dissipated on Sunday afternoon, but the Bureau of…

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Qld rains ease but flood warnings remain

Floodwaters continue to run in some parts of Queensland even as rain eases, with the Mary River in Gympie expected…

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Floodwaters cut Bruce Highway at Gympie, as low-lying business owners evacuate

As the Queensland town is isolated by floodwaters for the third time since January, residents and main street business owners…

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Rain easing over saturated Queensland as flood alert remains for Gympie, Warwick, BOM says

South-east Queensland is bracing for another day of heavy rain and possible flash flooding as the Bureau of Meteorology warns…

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Evacuations as more than 500 roads cut by south-east Qld flooding – as it happened

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Unidentifed metal object falls through Gympie family's roof, narrowly missing baby bouncer

Tenika Lawther is still in shock after the unidentified object rocketed through the roof and into the floor last night,…

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Flood relief payments targeted at Lismore, Gympie by scammers

A wave of fraudulent flood claims is being investigated as scammers try to cash in on natural disasters in south-east…

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Gympie already had a housing shortage, then the floods hit. Now families are homeless and in crisis

Before the first drop of rain fell on the former Queensland gold-rush town of Gympie in late February, those hunting…

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Floodwaters have receded in Gympie but emotions still run high for vets who lost practice

These Gympie vets never imagined their jobs would involve racing the river to evacuate their surgery, arriving at consults by…

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A month on from Gympie's floods, residents from more than 100 properties are still displaced

Des Lawlor has made a makeshift bath next to the shed and RV he is living in with his wife…

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Mayor defends planning decisions ‘made 150 years ago’ amid calls for flood insurance support

Home owners are being left to cover ‘catastrophic’ financial risks as the climate crisis and a legacy of poor planning…

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Gympie business owners call to relocate CBD after latest flood devastation

Some business owners say they have had enough and want the Gympie CBD relocated or upgraded to prevent future heartache…

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Scott Morrison says defence force ‘not available on a moment’s notice’ to respond to disaster – as it happened

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More warnings in place for NSW as severe storms strike Queensland – as it happened

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Faces of the flood: Those hit hard by Queensland floods, and where they go from here

The recent floods in Queensland have shattered rainfall records but they are more than just figures on a chart —…

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From Gympie to Grafton, see the floods devastation from the air

Images captured from planes by Nearmap begin to show the scale of the devastation.

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The rental market was tight before the south-east Queensland flood — what now for people who can't return home?

With the ongoing property boom prompting many investors to sell, there has been a shortage of available rental properties for…

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South-east Queensland flood damage captured in before and after aerial images

Aerial images have captured the worst of south-east Queensland's flood damage in dramatic before and after shots.

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