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Elon Musk's internet proves an unlikely saviour for some rural Australians suffering connectivity 'fatigue'

With a new internet provider on the market and after years of internet blackouts, these rural Queenslanders are ditching the NBN and embracing billionaire Elon Musk's satellite service.

ABC News

Australia-wide firearms register on national cabinet agenda more than 30 years after first being suggested

Renewed push comes after last week’s fatal shooting of two Queensland police officers and a neighbour in Wieambilla

The Guardian - AU

ACM to sell SA, Queensland regional community newspapers

Publisher ACM also in looking at potential sale of regional papers in WA

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Outback Queensland's Stonehenge Hotel to stay open despite significant storm damage

The owners of the Stonehenge Hotel say they will keep their doors open after a violent storm tore through their building and caused severe damage at the weekend.

ABC News

Queensland Police Union plan to buy Wieambilla property where two officers were killed in ambush

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers says he doesn't want the property to "fall into the wrong hands" and is in talks to buy the site to repurpose it into a retreat.

ABC News

Million-dollar project aims to restore saltwater wetlands at Mungalla Station near Ingham

A new project has begun the next phase of restoring the wetland ecosystems on a historic cattle station in north Queensland.

ABC News

Qld minister silent on shooter's gun run

Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan won't say if he was previously briefed about a man involved in the fatal shootings of two police and a neighbour last week.

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Boy, 5, attacked by dingo while playing on beach in front of his horrified dad

The attack on the island of K'gari comes just two weeks after Queensland's state government issued a warning about an unexpected increase in dingo presence in the area

Daily Mirror

Dingo attacks 5-year-old playing on Australian beach

Toddler is now in a stable condition

The Independent UK

Police shooting victims Constables Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Alan Dare to be farewelled

A public service will be held for Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold in Brisbane on Wednesday before Alan Dare is farewelled at a private funeral in Ipswich on Friday.

ABC News

Attempted murder accused to return to Qld

Queensland woman Annabelle Smith will be extradited back to Brisbane to face court over her alleged involvement in a man falling from a sixth-floor balcony.

AAP

Afternoon Update: glorious Christmas weather ahead; dingo attacks child in Queensland; and Australia’s first offshore windfarm

Forecasts for the major capitals show summery weather across Australia

The Guardian - AU

Queensland father Tiaan Burger ordered to stand trial for murder of baby son Finnick Burger

In January 2020, four-month-old Finnick Burger suffered brain and internal injuries at his Sun Valley home near Gladstone. He was originally taken to a local hospital but was flown to the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane where he later died.

ABC News

Qld premier's tribute to shooting victims

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has spoken to community members and police having "a really rough time" after two officers and a local were shot dead.

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Baby's injuries 'consistent' with shaking

Queensland man Tiaan Burger has been committed to stand trial accused of murdering his four-month-old son, Finnick Hercules Burger, in January 2020.

ABC News

Queensland authorities push for national gun register as police seize vehicle linked to shooter Nathaniel Train's border crossing

Following revelations police killer Nathaniel Train crossed into Queensland carrying weapons and breaching COVID restrictions, the premier and police minister voice support for a national gun register.

AAP

Surging Qld rents sapping living standards

Thousands of Queensland households are spending more than a third of their income on rent and are unable to meet basic living standards, a new report suggests.

The Conversation

Labor just ahead in two Queensland polls and retains large federal poll lead

The Poll Bludger reported on two Queensland polls on December 12. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted December 1-8 from a sample of 1,000, had a 50-50 tie, unchanged since June. Primary votes were 38% LNP (steady), 34% Labor (steady), 13% Greens (down one), 11% One Nation (up…

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Rising cost of living forcing Queensland families into debt, QCOSS report finds

Single dad Nate Carkeet can no longer afford the petrol to take his son to the beach, with a new report revealing some Queensland families are losing more than $10,000 a year trying to maintain a basic standard of living.

ABC News

Agents and auctioneers offer inside perspective on COVID-19 property boom no-one saw coming

For much of the pandemic we have been hearing about the impact of the booming housing market, but what has it been like for those working in the real estate industry? And why are some Queensland agents thankful the market is finally cooling?

ABC News

Pomona Family Medical forced to close as national GP shortage bites regional Queensland towns

As Australia struggles through a national GP shortage, at least 3,500 patients from one closing clinic have been suddenly forced to find a new doctor.

ABC News

Indigenous paramedic cadets helping Queensland Ambulance Service better connect with patients in Mt Isa

Aboriginal ambulance cadets are teaching other paramedics "the cultural side of things" when treating some of the state's most vulnerable First Nations people.

ABC News

Queensland researchers farm 10,000 sushi rolls worth of seaweed

Seaweed is more than sushi. It can be fed to cattle and could be used in sustainable packaging. It also pulls nitrogen from the water, now there's a push for it to be the next big agri-industry.

ABC News

Fred Leone went looking for his mother's lost family history. He discovered he was a descendent of an Aboriginal warrior

Musician Fred Leone was 12 when he first learned that he was a descendant of Garrinjamaji, a great Garrwa warrior who was one of many to resist colonisation in northern Australia for decades.

AAP

Men allegedly loot police shooting site

A 23-year-old and 25-year-old were caught on Sunday morning by police at the scene of the deadly shooting in Wieamnbilla in rural Queensland.

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