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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Queensland police officer's body worn footage shows moment he fled from Wieambilla shooting

ABC

Footage from a police officer’s body worn camera shows the moment he fled from three shooters who killed two of his colleagues in Queensland's Western Downs in 2022. Constable Kirk, 28, attended a remote property in Wieambilla in response to a missing person's report with Constables Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Keely Brough. Mother of murdered officer speaks publicly for …

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1 year, 4 months ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Zambia beats Costa Rica 3-1 to sign off in style

The Hindu

Debutant Zambia claimed its first victory at the Women’s World Cup with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica at Waikato Stadium on Monday, although both teams were already out of contention for the knockout stage. Zambia was awarded the spot kick after Banda went to ground inside the six-yard box and the forward stepped up to calmly slot the ball …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Clayton Skewis's family calls for CT scanners in regions after his 12-hour wait for transfer from Chinchilla

ABC

Clayton Skewis can say "hello", "OK" and a few other mostly monosyllabic words, while walking is impossible unless someone holds him upright. Key points: Clayton Skewis waited about 12 hours in a small regional hospital without a CT scanner after suffering a stroke in 2019 His family now wants to see better access to brain-scanning technology in regional areas The …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Bird strike caused Chinchilla plane crash that killed pilot Tom Grey, ATSB finds

ABC

Tom Grey had only been flying for aerial agriculture company Smart Air Services for a short time when tragedy struck. Key points: 32-year-old Tom Grey died in September last year when the plane he was flying crashed into a field The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has now found a bird strike led to the incident Mr Grey was remembered at …

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1 year, 6 months ago

What we lose when we work with a ‘giant AI’ like ChatGPT

The Hindu

Recently, ChatGPT and its ilk of ‘giant artificial intelligences’, or gAIs, have been making several headlines. ChatGPT uses GPT4 – a model trained on a large amount of text on the internet, which its maker OpenAI could scrape and could justify as being safe and clean to train on. ‘Diversity’ here implies multiple solutions to the same question, like independent …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Chinchilla Melonfest draws crowds to Western Downs after months of community tragedy

ABC

It has to be seen to be believed – 20 tonnes of watermelons smashed, skiied on and eaten as part of a festival devoted to produce grown in and around Chinchilla on Queensland's Western Downs. "There's cars lined up to get in at the bridge which you don't see very often," Mr O'Leary said. Emerging from tragedy The event has …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Pilot dies in crop duster plane crash near Chinchilla

ABC

A man is his 30s has died after his crop-dusting plane crashed on Queensland's Western Downs. Key points: A man in his 30s has died after his crop-dusting plane crashed near Chinchilla Police said the plane lost altitude and crash landed in a paddock Investigators are heading to the scene to collect evidence Emergency crews were called to the incident …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Rural Queensland vets hopeful for the future despite mental health crisis and national vet shortage

ABC

Tess Salmond says no two days are the same in the life of a rural vet. "It's a very fulfilling job," Dr Salmond said. "When we did that survey in 2021, 52 per cent of all jobs advertised took more than six months, with about a third of them taking more than 12 months," Dr Orr said. "We're a fairly …

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2 years, 5 months ago

The curtain is closing on the showgirls of Las Vegas

Daily Mail

With their towering headdresses and skimpy jewel-encrusted outfits they were once as much a fixture of Las Vegas as slot machines and roulette wheels. But the days of the traditional Vegas showgirl are doomed – thanks to Covid-related staff shortages and new ‘woke’ values. Traditional Vegas showgirls are a dying breed.’ With their towering headdresses and skimpy jewel-encrusted outfits they …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Barnaby Joyce LOSES leadership of the Nationals to David Littleproud