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Queensland authorities are probing the death of a 57-year-old man whose body was found in his cell at Townsville Correctional Centre.

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Entire crop wiped out in days by ‘apocalyptic’ rat plague that wrought havoc

Australian farmers have been left devastated after millions of rodents wreaked havoc on north Queensland's sugarcane crops to disrupt what should have been a bumper year

Daily Mirror

Australia to make electric buses go round

More electric buses could be made in Australia after one state announced plans to seek feedback into manufacturing more vehicles.

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Queensland's COVID-19 protocols downgraded from amber to green, so what's changed?

COVID-19 will continue to place significant pressure on Queensland's health system in 2023 with more waves predicted throughout the year, the state's Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says.

ABC News

Scientists hail AI ‘gamechanger’ as they track down bird feared lost since black summer bushfires

Queensland researchers train artificial intelligence to trawl recordings and help confirm presence of elusive eastern bristlebird

The Guardian - AU

From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year

After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central Queensland.

The Conversation

Gold Coast police officer stood down pending investigation after man pepper sprays himself

A Queensland police officer has been stood down pending an investigation after video emerged of him allegedly standing by while a young man pepper sprays himself.

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Watch: ADF Ukraine mission, Intense rainfall, Sydney heat

Watch: Defence Minister confirmed Australian troops to fly out to the UK to teach Ukraine's soldiers. Intense rainfall may ease across much of Queensland.

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Groovin the Moo music festival won't return to Townsville, 'logistical' and 'financial' pressures to blame

Despite "immense effort", the music festival organisers say "logistical challenges and financial pressures" mean the event won't be returning to north Queensland.

ABC News

Qld lowers COVID-19 pandemic alert level

Queensland, which has emerged from a fourth wave of COVID-19, will cut its community alert level to green from amber.

AAP

Outback flood-stranded vets bunker down with sick animals for 50 hours as Queensland roads cut in wild weather

The team of veterinarians raced back to their clinic, west of Mackay, to care for 30 horses and five dogs, and were cut off by rising floodwaters amid wild weather.

ABC News

Supermarket shelves stripped bare in north Queensland as warnings about flash flooding remain, despite easing rain

Heavy rain is expected to ease today but days of flooding leave supermarkets running low on supplies in parts of Queensland's north, with producers finding new routes to get fruit and vegetables into the region.

ABC News

Researchers make breakthrough in turning sugar cane to aircraft fuel

Queensland researchers say making sustainable fuels, cosmetics, solvents, and paints in Australia is a step closer after developing a way to quickly convert sugar cane into a renewable chemical.

ABC News

Ongoing flood threat to most of Australia shows La Niña weakening but not yet finished

Australia remains in the grip of wet weather as the La Niña pattern lingers, but early forecasts predicting a rapid shift to El Niño are premature writes ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders.

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The green paradox: Habitat and wildlife under threat in rush to fast-track renewable projects

If a wind farm project has the potential to wipe out 925ha of koala habitat is it still green? John McCarthy investigates.

The New Daily

Wet and wild weather nationally as Sydney expected to break cool spell

Australia is in for a wet and wild week, with much of the country expected to cop a barrage of foul weather.

AAP

More rats up north, fewer mice in south

Rats are causing serious problems for cane growers in a far north Queensland town while flooding may help NSW farmers deal with a destructive mouse plague.

The Guardian - AU

‘Dangerous flash flooding’ warning for North Queensland regions – as it happened

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Man rams 'stolen car' outside cop station

A Queensland man tried to stop what he believed was a stolen car by driving into it outside a police station north of Brisbane, a court has heard.

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Watch: Sydney murder probe, Queensland floods, Jim Molan dies

Watch: Young mother of 2 identified as the woman found dead in her apartment in Sydney's west. Parts of Queensland's central and north coast continue to

AAP

Review may send Acland mine back to court

Queensland's water department is reviewing a decision to grant a licence to the controversial expansion of New Hope's Acland coal mine.

ABC News

'Millions' of native rats invade North Queensland sugar cane fields, decimate crops

A single pair of native rats can produce "460 offspring" a year. With their population exploding, they're causing havoc for sugar cane farmers, decimating valuable crops.

ABC News

Flooding and intense rain batter Queensland coast as BOM warns weather system could develop into cyclone

The Bureau of Meteorology warns Mackay and the Whitsundays will continue to be hit with intense rain and the chance of a tropical cyclone.

ABC News

Gladstone mum to make 100km trip for birth as maternity bypass continues

Pressure mounts on the Queensland government to end Gladstone Hospital's maternity bypass, as doctors warn of a "medical emergency".

AAP

Fast food stores warned after robberies

Fast food outlets on Brisbane's southside have been warned to remain alert after a series of armed robberies committed by a man and two women.

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