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Heavy rainfalls and extreme heatwave warnings forecast for parts of Queensland
1 week ago

Heavy rainfalls and extreme heatwave warnings forecast for parts of Queensland

ABC  

Parts of Queensland have been submerged by flash flooding overnight, with more rainfall predicted in the next 24 hours, as towns in the north and west of the state brace for a severe-to-extreme heatwave. Senior meteorologist Felim Hanniffy said Warner north of Brisbane and areas to the north-west "received rainfalls of up to 150 millimetres". Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour …

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Queensland’s new premier says work is underway to find prospective sites for new pumped hydro project
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Queensland’s new premier says work is underway to find prospective sites for new pumped hydro project

ABC  

Elation, relief, and hope for the community … these are the things Eungella locals expressed after a town hall with Queensland's new premier. David Crisafulli visited the small town, west of Mackay, to confirm he has scrapped the former government's controversial Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project slated for the area. LNP scraps pumped hydro project Photo shows A farmer in front …

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Campfire Country: A Celebration of Australian Country Music
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Campfire Country: A Celebration of Australian Country Music

ABC  

ABC Country is celebrating the iconic Australian country music songbook, with the music that weave through eras, generations and genres within the patchwork of Australian music. You'll hear classic Australiana songs from John Williamson, Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, Paul Kelly, The Bushwhackers as well as emerging voices like Watty Thompson, Andy Golledge, Loren Ryan, Claire Anne Taylor, Casey Barnes and …

Country Music
Byron Bay twins take on Queensland camel racing circuit
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Byron Bay twins take on Queensland camel racing circuit

ABC  

Three hundred kilometres west of Brisbane and 16,000km from the hype of the Paris Olympics, another major sporting event was happening at the weekend at the annual Tara Festival camel races. The 25-year-olds have only been riding camels since June and had six weeks to train for the Queensland camel racing circuit that runs in Jundah, Gympie, Bedourie, Boulia, and …

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Men involved in alleged fatal stabbing that led to police shooting near Gympie lived together
8 months, 1 week ago

Men involved in alleged fatal stabbing that led to police shooting near Gympie lived together

ABC  

Authorities say the pair involved in an alleged fatal stabbing near Gympie, which led to one of the men being shot by police, were family that lived together. Regional Crime Coordinator Detective Superintendent Ben Fadian said police arrived at a property on Running Creek Road, Kilkivan just after 3pm on Friday and found "a 55-year-old man who was unresponsive and …

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Police shoot man after fatal stabbing at Kilkivan near Gympie
8 months, 1 week ago

Police shoot man after fatal stabbing at Kilkivan near Gympie

ABC  

Police have shot a 42-year-old man who they believe to have fatally stabbed another man near Gympie on Friday. "The police officer attempted to negotiate with the offender for a brief period and retreated back behind his police vehicle and then across the road from the incident address," Acting Superintendent Algie said. "As a result of this interaction between the …

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9 people have died in wild weather in Australian states of Queensland and Victoria, officials say
11 months, 3 weeks ago

9 people have died in wild weather in Australian states of Queensland and Victoria, officials say

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Tenth person found dead, including young girl in drain, after Christmas and Boxing Day storms
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tenth person found dead, including young girl in drain, after Christmas and Boxing Day storms

ABC  

A tenth person has been confirmed to have died in severe storms across Australia over Christmas and Boxing Day, with a man's body found in Buchan, in Victoria's east Gippsland region Wednesday afternoon. She added storms were still possible around eastern NSW "particularly during the morning" on Thursday before "widespread showers and possible severe thunderstorms" return on Friday A roof …

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What next for Australia's macadamia industry as farmgate prices crack under global glut?
1 year, 9 months ago

What next for Australia's macadamia industry as farmgate prices crack under global glut?

ABC  

If you have never tasted a crisp creamy macadamia kernel, or it has been a while, Australian growers say now is a critical time to buy the native nut and help them weather a global glut and savage price cuts. Key points: After record highs a few years ago the farmgate prices of macadamias are tumbling The price paid to …

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Australia's first mass-engineered timber fire station officially operational in Maryborough, Qld
2 years, 1 month ago

Australia's first mass-engineered timber fire station officially operational in Maryborough, Qld

ABC  

More than six years and $14 million of works are complete at the Queensland Fire and Emergency Headquarters in the heritage city of Maryborough, but this is a building like no other. Key points: The fire station has been unveiled in Maryborough today The heritage-designed $14 million site is designed to accommodate future growth in the area The fire station …

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How para-athletes are helping teenagers find a way through no-man's land
2 years, 1 month ago

How para-athletes are helping teenagers find a way through no-man's land

ABC  

A one-of-a-kind project linking Year 9 and 10 students across the state to Paralympians is inspiring teenagers not to give up, even as they face their own struggles. Key points: Para-athletes join the Sport for Thought program to inspire teenagers at 14 schools across the state The creators say Year 9 and 10 students connect to para-athletes as they confront …

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Brave British gardener grows 'world's most dangerous plant' in a CAGE in Oxford
2 years, 1 month ago

Brave British gardener grows 'world's most dangerous plant' in a CAGE in Oxford

Daily Mail  

A British man has grown the 'world's most dangerous plant' known as the 'suicide plant' with a sting that feels like 'being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time'. A British man has grown the 'world's most dangerous plant' known as the 'suicide plant' which has a sting that feels like 'being burnt with hot acid and …

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Remembering those who died in Queensland's flood disaster
2 years, 9 months ago

Remembering those who died in Queensland's flood disaster

ABC  

The flood crisis hitting Queensland and New South Wales in February and March has been described as one of Australia's worst-ever natural disasters. Philip Gary Lambert, 54 Mr Lambert died on February 23 died after he was washed away trying to ride his motorcycle home at about 1:30am along Cedar Pocket Road, near Gympie. Brisbane man, 55 Police and emergency …

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Faces of the flood: Those hit hard by Queensland floods, and where they go from here
2 years, 9 months ago

Faces of the flood: Those hit hard by Queensland floods, and where they go from here

ABC  

There had been warnings of heavy rain and concerns that rivers would rise, but nothing like this. Queensland weather pictures Photo shows Properties under water in Gympie flooding event, aerial of flood water in businesses and one structure only roof is visible In the past week parts of south-east Queensland received "scary" amounts of rain, dams from the Sunshine Coast …

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From Gympie to Grafton, see the floods devastation from the air
2 years, 9 months ago

From Gympie to Grafton, see the floods devastation from the air

ABC  

As local communities along much of the east coast deal with the muddy aftermath of extraordinary rainfall, aerial images begin to show the scale of this disaster. Oxley Creek runs through several of the city's southern suburbs, including Rocklea Authorities say the saturated creeks meant every suburb was affected this time around. Even though the creeks were responsible for much …

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Norco co-operative's dairy farms and Lismore ice-cream factory smashed by floods
2 years, 9 months ago

Norco co-operative's dairy farms and Lismore ice-cream factory smashed by floods

ABC  

The flood damage bill for Australia's largest milk co-operative, Norco, will run into the tens of millions of dollars. Key points: It could be months before Norco can reopen its ice-cream factory in Lismore Flooding has affected half of the co-operative's 200 dairy farms in NSW and Queensland Norco suppliers have been paid for 200,000 litres of milk dumped during …

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Brisbane and south-east Queensland's weekend of wild weather and flooding, in pictures
2 years, 9 months ago

Brisbane and south-east Queensland's weekend of wild weather and flooding, in pictures

ABC  

About a week ago, the weather bureau issued a warning: heavy rain would bring flash flooding to parts of Queensland and NSW. In the days that followed parts of south-east Queensland received "scary" amounts of rain, dams from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast hit capacity, and the region braced for major flooding. The Brisbane River's levels receded slightly …

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Three people killed in flooding, evacuations in Gympie as BOM issues major severe weather warnings for south-east Queensland
2 years, 9 months ago

Three people killed in flooding, evacuations in Gympie as BOM issues major severe weather warnings for south-east Queensland

ABC  

Three people have died in floodwaters and hundreds of Gympie residents have been told to evacuate as an extreme weather system continues to dump flooding rain across south-east Queensland. Key points: The BOM has urged residents between the Gold Coast and Bundaberg to remain on alert today Rescue services responded to more than 1,000 calls for help yesterday, including 40 …

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Tough time for Cedar Pocket farmers with no time to stop to mourn
2 years, 9 months ago

Tough time for Cedar Pocket farmers with no time to stop to mourn

ABC  

Barbara Gear hasn't had time to stop and grieve after police made the grim discovery of the body of 54-year-old motorcyclist Phillip Lambert on her dairy farm at Cedar Pocket near Gympie on Thursday. Key points: Shell-shocked farmers at Cedar Pocket have lost a community member There is no time to stop with fences down and the search for missing …

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Floodwaters send people, animals scrambling as deluge dumps on Sunshine Coast, Gympie, Noosa
2 years, 9 months ago

Floodwaters send people, animals scrambling as deluge dumps on Sunshine Coast, Gympie, Noosa

ABC  

Survival stories are emerging from the flash flooding and torrential downpours that wreaked havoc on the Sunshine Coast and Gympie region, with people and animals scrambling for higher ground, sewage spilling onto a beach, and pollution fears after a train derailment. "Wet weather overflows are highly diluted and are 99 per cent water," the service's Rhett Duncan said. "We're working …

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Motorcyclist dies in south-east Queensland floodwaters, severe weather possible late Thursday
2 years, 10 months ago

Motorcyclist dies in south-east Queensland floodwaters, severe weather possible late Thursday

ABC  

Police have confirmed a second person has died in south-east Queensland floodwaters as authorities warn a coastal trough could bring up to 300 millimetres of rain in just six hours as it moves over parts of the region today. Key points: Rain in the south-east is expected to intensify later today and into Friday The south-east coast, parts of Wide …

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Woman dies in floodwater after Queensland records 'scary' amount of rain, BOM warns of more to come
2 years, 10 months ago

Woman dies in floodwater after Queensland records 'scary' amount of rain, BOM warns of more to come

ABC  

South-east Queensland has received a "scary" amount of rain, with more than 400 millimetres falling in less than 24 hours near Gympie. Key points: 300mm of rain fell east of Gympie in just six hours BOM warns Thursday's rain could be worse Premier says dams are at capacity and there's a risk of life-threatening flash flooding in the sodden south-east …

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Stories of survival emerge from Gympie floods as horses tread water for hours
2 years, 11 months ago

Stories of survival emerge from Gympie floods as horses tread water for hours

ABC  

Horse owners and farmers are counting their losses and celebrating tales of survival after the Gympie region was inundated with up to 650 millimetres of rain over the weekend. "It's just come down in such a hurry that no-one was prepared for it," Tansey resident Julie Cunningham said. "The polo fella, he got three of these mares on his truck …

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Father and daughter rescued after two days clinging to tree in floodwaters, major flooding continues in Maryborough
2 years, 11 months ago

Father and daughter rescued after two days clinging to tree in floodwaters, major flooding continues in Maryborough

ABC  

A father and daughter have been airlifted to safety after spending two nights clinging to a tree surrounded by floodwaters in Queensland's Gympie region. "The water that came down the other evening, in some areas 650, that's an annual rainfall in a one-day period, that's just an incredible amount of water," he said. "It is an extremely difficult area surrounded …

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