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Prison escapee behind famous meme 'a succulent Chinese meal' shares lunch with arresting officer 32 years later

More than three decades after Jack Karlson's infamous arrest at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane captured the nation, a film crew is setting out to document his life.
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Screengrab of a grey-haired man being wrestled into a car by a few policeman

Tour company teaching traditional culture on country honoured at Qld Reconciliation Awards

Increasing numbers of visitors to Far North Queensland are learning about traditional culture on country. The Indigenous guides showing them around say it goes to the meaning of reconciliation.
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Endangered species aren't bouncing back in the Mary River. Scientists and traditional owners want to know why

The first extensive study in decades of one of Australia's most unique rivers reveals the rare and endangered species that call it home aren't bouncing back like they should.
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Homes in this pocket of coastal Queensland are still 'extraordinarily cheap' despite a price spike of more than 80pc

House prices have risen dramatically across the Wide Bay region since 2020 but experts say they are still cheaper than homes in Australia's capital cities.
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Teen who tortured 13-year-old girl has sentencing delayed as new charges laid

A District Court judge has sentenced one of three teenagers over the torture of a 13-year-old that was filmed and uploaded to social media. Sentencing for one of the girls has been delayed due to her arrest.
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A blurred image of of three teen girls' heads and shoulders in a room with coathangers above one of the girls' heads.

Families unite at the scene of a fatal crash on the Bruce Highway

These two families were complete strangers until they united in grief visiting the site of a horrific crash that claimed the lives of their loved ones.
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Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds

'I know he's still here': Families of victims meet to grieve loved ones lost in fiery Bruce Highway crash

The wife and the stepson of two truck drivers killed in a horrific crash at Maryborough say their families will support each other and are "in this together", during a meeting on the roadside where their loved ones died.
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'Blow on top of blow' for family of truck driver killed in triple-fatal crash at Maryborough

Daniel Stuart's family was still clinging to hope he was alive after receiving a dreaded call from police, until they saw online footage of his truck engulfed in flames.
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Three dead, three 'lucky to be alive' after Maryborough crash

Police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway that killed three people.
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A drone shot shows five vehicles involved in a highway crash.

Killer boasted of 'Oscar-worthy performance' before gruesome murder cover-up unraveled

A Queensland man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend's ex-partner during a "fog of prolific methamphetamine use".
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A tall, bald man in a white shirt gets into the back of a police car under escort

Queensland couple change pleas to admit guilt over murder of ex-husband in his home

Cooper Millard and Toni Peacock initially pleaded not guilty to murdering Mark Carson, who died in 2021, but today admitted to murder and manslaughter, respectively.
A tall, bald man in a white shirt gets into the back of a police car under escort

Echidnas caught sucking the life out of threatened turtle eggs for the first time

Echidnas are known for laying eggs and eating ants, but it turns out a few have developed a hunger for the eggs of endangered turtles.
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Beaches, backyards, and hot weather are why this region's seeing a 75pc jump in property prices

Property prices in the Wide Bay region that includes Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, and Maryborough have jumped between 65-75 per cent in the past five years, according to the latest CoreLogic report.
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A man in a blue polo and bald head smiles while leaning against a wooden bench with a house behind

The $980 million flood catastrophe that changed Brisbane forever

As a cyclone hovers menacingly off the Queensland Coast, the lessons learned five decades ago, again in 2011 and more recently in 2022 may be put to the test.
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police car parked in front of flood waters in Brisbane 1974

Forget the myths, lightning strikes more often and more fiercely than you realise

South-east Queensland has been hit by more than 3.5 million lightning strikes in the past three weeks, compared to just 38,000 strikes at the same time last year.
Lightning fills the sky over the Gold Coast

Teenager killed in water-tubing accident on Christmas Eve on Queensland's Fraser Coast

Police said the 14-year-old boy was water-tubing on the Mary River south of Maryborough when he fell into the water, and failed to resurface. 
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Two men accused of stealing brass plaques from graves and selling metal

Police allege the plaques were taken from gravestones at Sunshine Coast cemeteries in early November and sold to second-hand metal dealers with the names removed.
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Timber Facility helps people with disabilty develop skills for their future careers

In this timber facility in Maryborough, 43 employees make more than 800,000 wooden stakes each year. But they aren't just cutting and chopping, these people with disability are learning important skills to use in their future careers.
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Duration: 3 minutes 36 seconds

How a timber worker with a disability overcame her fear of career barriers to train colleagues

Kirsten Drier says if she can improve other people's skills and help them out then that's a really good day.
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A woman in high visibility clothing works with tools.

Mary River repairs expanded to save valuable farmland and protect Great Barrier Reef

Restoration work on a severely eroded Queensland river is stopping tens of thousands of tonnes of sediment from smothering the Great Barrier Reef.
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A man smiles at the camera with rows of posts driven into the riverbank behind him.

11yo girl 'quite traumatised' after car stolen by thieves

Thieves order young girl from running, unlocked car in Bundaberg before dumping the vehicle in nearby Thabeban, police say.
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Queensland police searching for two teenagers who fled crash involving stolen vehicle

Police say investigations are continuing into a two-vehicle crash that involved a stolen car early Monday morning, with a search involving a helicopter failing to find a pair of teenagers who fled the scene.
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Police searching for two teenagers with links to a crash involving a stolen vehicle.

Police searching for two teenagers with links to a crash involving a stolen vehicle.
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Duration: 28 seconds

A place that looks after its most vulnerable, Bundaberg becomes a beacon for the homeless

Three hot meals a day, food hampers, a shower and a place to rest — simple services are making life easier for those on the streets of Bundaberg.
A campsite under a large traffic bridge. Parkland in the background, with other campsites at back.

SES volunteers are highway heroes, but as the Marlborough population dwindles so does their team

The stretch of highway between Rockhampton and Mackay makes up about 20 per cent of the Bruce Highway.
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Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds