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Farmers open up fields for music events providing a different kind of experience for festivalgoers

For 21-year-old Hannah Petrowski nothing compares to live music. When she moved from Melbourne to a small town in north Queensland she felt like she was going to be missing out. Then she attended a festival on a farm.

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Townsville wooden ferry MV Beth enshrined in national maritime history

Curators at a museum that bought a humble 1950s ferry for $1 believe MV Beth could be one of the last of her kind in north Queensland.

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Calls for all-hours ultrasound services in regional Queensland hospitals after girl's misdiagnosis

Amy Russell says all regional Queensland hospitals should have 24-hour access to ultrasound machines, after her daughter's potentially life-threatening illness was missed.

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Queensland council seeks to block disability housing project over fast-tracking concerns

Two-storey development south-east of Brisbane at the centre of legal battle amid a housing crisis across the state

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Deserted islands: the push to make owners responsible for ‘derelict’ Queensland resorts

Bonds, insurance, fines or mandatory remediation are being considered as part of a plan to restore Great Barrier Reef islands smashed by cyclones and left abandoned

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Back to school for drivers as safety experts back licence retest proposal

After an increase in the road toll, automatic renewals have fallen under scrutiny.

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Essential workers go casual, hunt for second jobs as Gold, Sunshine coast rents rise

The price of rent in two of Queensland's most sought-after holiday spots has become so high that essential workers are being forced to find multiple jobs to keep a roof over their heads.

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Search continues for missing Queensland fisherman

Police will continue their search for a fisherman missing at sea for two nights after a boat capsized off the central Queensland coast.

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‘Bubbling like boiling broth’: Fracking link to Qld methane leak

The Condamine river in Queensland is bubbling with methane escaping from fracking operations, but Origin Energy says it's old news.

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Search continues for man missing at sea in Queensland

A 42 year old fisherman is still missing while two others were rescued after a boat capsize off the coast of Mackay.

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Powerchair football using FIFA Women's World Cup as springboard for success

Powerchair football is hoping to piggy-back off the excitement generated by the FIFA Women's World Cup ahead of its own tournament in Sydney in October, but people could find themselves hooked by this relatively new version of the sport.

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How Australians are using ChatGPT and other generative AI in their everyday lives

From consulting ChatGPT for relationship advice to asking it to write a love poem on behalf of your dog, here are stories of the novel and unexpected ways Australians have been using generative AI.

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‘Like a boiling broth’: concerns after video of gas seep in Queensland river emerges

Exclusive: Origin Energy says it has monitored the bubbling water since 2015, along with other seep locations

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Methane worry for Qld river 'bubbling like a broth'

Environmental activists hold concerns for a Queensland river and surrounding areas after gathering footage showing methane bubbling close to a local weir.

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Labor backbencher cleared after artwork investigation

A Queensland Labor MP has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into allegations of misusing taxpayer funds to buy artwork.

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Federal Education MinisterJason Clare backs national policy for school phone rules

Every state and territory — bar Queensland — has phone rules for government-run schools, from blanket bans to keeping them turned off.

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Queensland police ban the use of chokeholds in arrests, last jurisdiction in Australia to do so

The ban comes after the death of two men in the last five years, who were subject to a chokehold during their arrests.

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Ditch tobacco vending machines in pubs, lawmakers told

Health groups are urging Queensland politicians to take proposed smoking laws further, but the hospitality industry wants tobacco vending machines left alone.

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Queensland police banned from using 'sleeper' chokehold

A Queensland Police decision to ban a controversial chokehold often applied during difficult arrests has been challenged by union officials.

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Beekeepers called to action amid fears varroa complacency is threatening multi-billion-dollar industry

The Queensland Beekeepers' Association warns the future could be "catastrophic" for Australia's multi-billion-dollar honey industry unless all apiarists take part in a national biosecurity blitz.

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Two rescued, one missing in Queensland fishing incident

Two men have been rescued while another is missing after a boat overturned during a fishing trip off the central Queensland coast.

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Five Queenslanders have been injured in dog attacks this week. How do councils manage dangerous animals?

There have been five dog attacks in Queensland in the past week, and three of those injured were small children.

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Five Queensland regions in country's bottom 10 for wellbeing, national index finds

The index looks at seven well-being indicators including wealth, employment, and work-life balance.

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Australians are cashing in on rapid wind farm expansion, but it's tearing some towns apart

Power and money are pitting neighbour against neighbour as one old farming community grapples with a new, rapidly growing industry.

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Man went into 'survival mode' as he and girlfriend shot

A Queensland man has denied he was shot because he tried to carry out an pre-planned attack on a Brisbane home while armed.

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