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Woman charged with murdering eight-year-old boy in Rockhampton, Central Queensland

Police were called to a Rockhampton home for a welfare check early this morning where they found an eight-year-old boy unresponsive.

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Jadiael Tekii uses own experience with mental health to help men in Rockhampton with Project Blokes

Jadiael Tekii did not realise it but he was struggling with anxiety and depression. Now he uses his experience to help other "everyday blokes" and remove the stigma around mental health.

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Gladstone Hospital maternity unit on bypass with women forced to go to Rockhampton to give birth

A representative body for obstetricians says it predicted the situation several years ago when the former Mater Hospital was bought by the state government and incorporated into the public facility.

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Bogged aeroplane recovered at Rockhampton airport five days after sinking in soft ground

The QantasLink aircraft became stuck on Monday evening after the pilot inadvertently guided it across soft ground while slowly taxiing to its parking bay.

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Queensland ambulance program helping acute mental health crisis patients at home

From hours waiting in a hospital emergency department to having treatment at home within 90 minutes, this new Queensland ambulance program is helping people in acute mental health crisis.

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Queensland has eight coal-fired power stations. What's their future?

Queensland's eight coal power stations have had several unplanned outages recently, contributing to energy price increases. But what will happen to these stations in the future?

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Toddler allegedly ‘forgotten’ on childcare bus for six hours is now breathing on her own, grandmother says

Three-year-old girl remains in intensive care after being found unconscious in near 30-degree heat at Gracemere, Queensland

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Family of toddler Nevaeh Austin found unconscious on Queensland childcare centre bus demand answers

The grandmother of three-year-old Nevaeh Austin, who was left on a Queensland childcare bus for several hours, says the family is "mortified" and wants answers.

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Girl critical after being found on Qld bus

A toddler is expected to undergo a brain scan at Queensland Children's Hospital after being found unconscious on a bus near Rockhampton in hot weather.

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Toddler in critical condition after being found unconscious on a bus at Queensland childcare centre

Three-year-old girl found just before 3pm in parked bus at Gracemere near Rockhampton

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Three-year-old in critical condition after being left on bus outside Central Queensland childcare centre

Authorities say they are investigating whether a three-year-old girl — who remains in a critical condition — was left on a bus for several hours in Central Queensland.

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Federal election: Labor rubbishes Morrison's claims of a 'sneaky carbon tax' as scare campaign

Scott Morrison has said Labor's net zero plan is an attempt to revive the carbon tax. In response, Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare said this was a sign the Liberal Party was getting desperate.

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Body found after central Qld house fire

A body has been found by Queensland emergency services after a house fire in Rockhampton.

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Calls for statue to honour Annie Wheeler, known as Mother of Anzacs in World War I

When Australian Annie Wheeler found herself in London in 1914, she wanted to help the war effort. She started writing an index card for every Queensland soldier she met.

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Rockynats competitors return to central Queensland for burnouts, mullets and drag racing

The event boasts competitors from all walks of life from around the country. There's drag racing, burnouts, a parade, and the event has even introduced a 'mullet competition' this year.

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Tough Guy Book Club helping men connect, make new friends across Australia

It started in a Melbourne beer garden and accidentally spread to dozens of pubs across Australia. Now, this book club is helping foster male friendships and challenging perceptions of what it means to be a "tough" man.

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Beef 2021 wins gold tourism award after pulling off event many thought impossible

An audacious plan to pull off an event attracting more than 100,000 people in the middle of a pandemic paid off when Beef Australia went ahead in Rockhampton. Now it has won a major award.

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Police probe two Qld shooting incidents

Police are investigating whether two shooting incidents that occurred within 12 hours of each other in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton are connected.

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River levels finally fall in disaster zones as flood fears rise in other communities

Governments are being urged to take urgent preventative measures amid warnings that more communities will be in the "firing line" for devastating future floods.

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Police urge caution following five fatalities in horror 48 hours on central Queensland roads

A tribute convoy is planned for two truck drivers killed on Tuesday, while an intersection involved in a separate fatality was last month ranked by the RACQ as one of the worst in the state.

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Queensland police charged 22yo woman with murder of toddler in Rockhampton

Central Queensland police charge a 22-year-old woman with murder following the death of a two-year-old boy in Rockhampton.

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Qld woman charged with toddler's murder

Queensland police have charged a 22-year-old woman with murder following the death of a two-year-old boy in Rockhampton.

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The Masked Singer: Joel Dommett grew up just outside of Bristol, and nearly had his career ruined before it had really started

The 36-year-old grew up in the small Gloucestershire village of Rockhampton

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Queensland women take to the streets to protest lack of abortion services

After Marie Stopes closed last year, many regional towns in Queensland were left without surgical abortion services. Women living in areas where they haven't been restored say they'll protest until the doors open again.

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Queensland cancer battler Fred Conway wants to close the healthcare gap

While Bidjara and Badara elder Fred Conway is "determined not to cark it", he says health care needs to be more accessible for Indigenous Australians.

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