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What issues are on your mind ahead of the Queensland election? We want to know

From the cost of living and transport to housing and the environment, we want to know what's impacting you or your community.
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Sydney man’s trial begins over golf buggy rollover death

A trial is underway in North Queensland for a Sydney man charged over the death of his bride from a golf buggy rollover.
Golf Buggy Crash Death, Trial underway: Men in suits walking down a street.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds

Bruce Lehrmann committed to stand trial on rape charges

Former Liberal party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been committed to stand trial on two counts of rape in Toowoomba.
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Lehrmann Committed, Rape Charges: Courtroom sketch of Bruce Lehrmann and his lawyer.
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds

Will and Michael have found a full life in country Australia. Can other millennials follow in their footsteps?

After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.
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Two men stand behind a bar

Iconic sanctuary ends koala-holding experience

Lone Pine sanctuary has hosted world leaders, pop stars, and athletes – but its famous koala-holding experience has come to an end.
No More Koala Holding, Lone Pine: Taylor Swift with long blonde hair holds a koala.
Duration: 1 minute 8 seconds

'I didn't know where to start': Helen was thrust into a bureaucratic nightmare when her son died without a will

When Quintin Bowen died suddenly in his early 30s without a will, it left a complicated legal mess for his grieving mother that took more than five years to sort out.
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A young man with his arm around his mum. He is wearing a hat a striped polo. She has bright red hair.

Big Red Bash festival kicks off as wet weather batters grounds

Unseasonal rain has turned Australia's most remote music festival, the Big Red Bash, into a mud bath.
Soggy Festival, Show Goes On: Close up of people's feet tied up in plastic bags on a muddy ground.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds

When Jessica's drink was spiked at a city bar, eight hours of her life were stolen from her

What started as after-work drinks on a Friday evening quickly turned into a nightmare when Jessica* arrived at a popular bar in central Brisbane.
A wine glass next to the words "drink spiking".
Duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds

Helicopters, oyster boats and barges called in to save rare raptors from extinction

Artificial nesting platforms are installed at key coastal sites across South Australia to help the eastern osprey breed after the population dropped to just 50 pairs of birds. 
Osprey on a nest of sticks on a green structure, with bird perch on the right.

How families of missing people suffer a unique kind of grief

Hundreds of Australian families are left behind after their loved ones vanish without a trace.
ABC News Current
Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds

Bilby DNA blueprint may help save iconic Australian animal from extinction

A genetic map of the bilby could help us understand how many of the elusive species are still alive and how to combat inbreeding.
An adult bilby close-up and front-on against a dirt red background

One in critical condition, three dead after Greyhound bus crash

Queensland police's Graeme Paine says a 56-year-old woman was among the three females killed in a bus crash on the Bruce Highway.
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A police officer speaking during a media conference.
Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds

Burdekin MP says Bruce Highway crash site "nothing more than a goat track"

Dale Last says the section of the Bruce Highway where a passenger coach crashed with a caravan-towing car is 'breaking up' and in serious need of funding for repairs.
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A man in a blue shirt speaking in a remotely-conducted television interview.
Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds

At least three killed in Greyhound bus crash in north Queensland

Queensland police say the scene of a deadly coach crash on the Bruce Highway was very 'confronting'.
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Deadly Bus Crash, North Qld: A helicopter on a highway with emergency services standing alongside it.
Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

Emergency services attend Greyhound bus crash site

First responders arrive at the scene of a Greyhound bus collision on Bruce Highway.
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ABC News Current
Duration: 54 seconds

Queensland police details circumstances of bus crash on Bruce Highway

Superintendent Graeme Paine says a crash which occurred 8 kilometres north of Gumlu was 'tragic' and 'significant' due to the number of injured and dead.
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A police officer speaks during a media conference.
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds

Woman dead after alleged domestic violence-related stabbing

A man has been charged with murder after a stabbing that left a woman dead in North Queensland.
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Man Charged with Murder, Woman Stabbed: Police tape in the foreground with pop up tent shelters in the background.
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds

Strongest cold front of 2024 to bring weekend snow, followed by potential record-breaking 'blocking high'

Polar air from Antarctica is surging towards south-east Australia, bringing gusty winds, showers and low-level snow. While midwinter cold outbreaks are typical, the subsequent weather is nothing short of bizarre.
snow covered fields in new south wales oberon

Businesses 'on stand-by to switch off' in fallout from gas crisis gripping Australia's east

There's more bill pain underway for households, but it's businesses that will bear the brunt of the latest gas crisis rippling through Australia's south-eastern states in the dead of winter.
Young Female Welder Working In Factory Wearing Protective Safety Gear.

Girls in remote community hope to take on city footy clubs

Alpurrurulam on the Northern Territory-Queensland border is a long way from anything but not even distance can keep the newly formed girl's footy team from playing.
Women's Bush Footy Club, Against All Odds: Two girls run with their hands in the air while another stands behind them.
Duration: 2 minutes 1 second

For these Lake Nash Giants, bush footy is serious business

Alpurrurulam, on the Northern Territory-Queensland border is a long way from anything but not even distance can keep the newly formed girl's footy team from playing.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 2 seconds

Logan storage facility destroyed by fire as locals evacuate

A number of streets have been cut off from public access, and locals evacuated after a building was destroyed by fire.
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Qld Factory Fire, Evacuation Centre: A fire truck and firefighter in front of a heavily damaged, smoking building.
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds

'I'm quite traumatised by the whole thing': Mushroom gummies recalled after more than eight people hospitalised

An urgent recall is issued for Uncle Frog mushroom gummies after consumers around the country are hospitalised with serious health symptoms including hallucinations and seizures.
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An advertisment for gummy mushrooms

The Coalition needs votes from young people, so are they on board with its nuclear plan?

Peter Dutton has pledged to build nuclear power plants in these teenagers' regions if the Coalition wins the next election. Some are excited by the prospect of a new industry but others want to keep the focus on renewables.
A graphic showing silhouettes of four teenagers standing on either side of a nuclear power plant with steam rising from it.

Volunteer lends helping hand at hospital for 30 years

Over 30 years, Queensland volunteer Jenny Summerson has cuddled more than 1,000 of the state's tiniest babies.
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'Cuddle Carer', Set of Safe Hands: A woman holding a small baby.
Duration: 2 minutes 5 seconds