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LEY CHARGED TAXPAYERS $13K TO PILOT CHARTERED FLIGHTS
Embattled health minister Sussan Ley's use of taxpayer funding is again under fire following revelations she spent 13,000 to pilot private planes along busy capital city routes... READ MORE›
MINISTER LEY APOLOGISES AND VOWS TO RETURN MONEY FOR GOLD COAST TRIP WHERE SHE BOUGHT AN APARTMENT
The Health Minister has issued a statement over her taxpayer funded trip to the Gold Coast on May 9 2015, where she bought an apartment for 795,000... READ MORE›
LEY UNDER FIRE FOR 'IMPULSE' UNIT PURCHASE DURING TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRIP
Labor is heaping pressure on federal Health Minister Sussan Ley to explain her purchase of a luxury beach unit during a taxpayer-funded trip to Queensland... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD REOPENS SIX WEEKS AFTER FOUR PEOPLE DIED ON RIDE
Dreamworld has reopened to modest crowds on the Gold Coast, six weeks after four people died on the Thunder River Rapids ride... READ MORE›
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MANMEET ALISHER 'STOOD LITTLE CHANCE' OF SURVIVAL AFTER BUS ATTACK
The Brisbane bus driver has been named as Manmeet Alisher, a prominent figure in the Punjabi community in Australia... READ MORE›
'A SHORT YET MEANINGFUL LIFE': VIGIL PLANNED FOR SLAIN BUS DRIVER MANMEET ALISHER
'Multitalented' Mintu Brar met Mr Alisher in 2008 when both worked on the Punjabi Brisbane radio station Brisvaani, and considered him a brother and family member ... READ MORE›
MONSTROUS SHARK CAUGHT IN AUSTRALIA AS SURFERS CALL FOR CULL
A fisherman named only Matthew told the local Northern Star newspaper that he caught the shark a while ago and kept the teeth as souvenirs... READ MORE›
FAMILY OF SLAIN BUS DRIVER MANMEET ALISHER TO COLLECT HIS BODY
Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said there was nothing to suggest the attack was racially motivated, but Mr Alisher's brother told the ABC he fears otherwise... READ MORE›
'MIRACLE ESCAPE' FOR TWO CHILDREN ON FATAL THEME PARK RIDE
The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said the tragedy had deeply affected the Gold Coast community... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD REMAINS CLOSED AFTER FOUR PEOPLE KILLED ON GOLD COAST WATER RAFT RIDE
It was absolutely traumatic for these children, the Queensland police assistant commissioner Brian Codd told reporters... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD THEME PARK ACCIDENT KILLS 4 AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS SAY
The incident occurred at Dreamworld, in the Gold Coast metropolitan area in the state of Queensland... READ MORE›
TRIBUTES FLOW FOR 'AMAZING' COUPLE KILLED AT DREAMWORLD
Farewell Roozi Araghi, an old uni friend who died at Dreamworld... READ MORE›
QLD ELECTION NON-VOTERA??S FINE DROPPED OVER ABORIGINAL RELIGIOUS BELIEF
I'm 20 now, so I haven't voted in two elections, the state Queensland and federal elections, he told SBS News... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD ACCIDENT: FOUR PEOPLE KILLED ON THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS RIDE AT AUSTRALIAN THEME PARKA
Four people have been killed at the Dreamworld fun park in Australia after an apparent conveyor belt malfunction on a water-based quot... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD FATALITIES COME AFTER HISTORY OF THEME PARK ACCIDENTS
Dreamworld is not the only theme park on the Gold Coast to have had issues with its rides... READ MORE›
ANGER AT BID TO FLY MONKEYS TO AUSTRALIA FOR PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN FILM
04 GMT Animal rights groups have urged the Australian government to prevent the transport of two capuchin monkeys to Queensland to perform in Pirates of the Caribbean 5... READ MORE›
DON'T SHRINK AUSTRALIA'S OCEAN SANCTUARIES, SCIENTISTS URGE MINISTERS
They haven't spoken to marine scientists, despite our best efforts... READ MORE›
'SHE DIED IN HIS ARMS': MOTHER-IN-LAW DESCRIBES AFTERMATH OF DREAMWORLD TRAGEDY
Ms Turner said her family still has many unanswered questions about the tragedy... READ MORE›
'BLUE DRAGON' WASHED UP ON A BEACH IN AUSTRALIA CAUSES INTRIGUE
Mysterious 'Blue Dragon' washes up on Australian coast line... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD BOSS TO DONATE BONUS TO RIDE ACCIDENT VICTIMS' FAMILIES
The ongoing accident investigation is intricate and very complex, according to Detective Inspector Mark Thompson, with the Queensland Police at the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch... READ MORE›
FLIGHTS GROUNDED AS TROPICAL CYCLONE WINSTON APPROACHES FIJI
Resorts boarded their windows and practised emergency alarms and procedures ahead of the cyclone, which is the strongest storm to directly hit Fiji ever recorded... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA POLITICIAN MOCKS DEPP AND HEARD APOLOGY VIDEO
Mr Depp and Ms Heard recorded the video on the Gold Coast after arriving in Australia on their private jet to face Southport Magistrate's Court... READ MORE›
DRUG LAB RAID RUINS AUSTRALIAN FAMILY'S AIRBNB HOLIDAY
Police held the family at the house for five hours while they were questioned... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S DEPUTY PM 'PULLING STRINGS' IN DEPP'S HEAD LIKE 'HANNIBAL LECTER'
The animosity started in 2015, when Mr Joyce threatened to kill Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo, which were illegally brought into Australia by Depp's wife Amber Heard... READ MORE›
ABCC PASSES LOWER HOUSE AS GUN DEBATE DERAILS PM
That attack also came from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott... READ MORE›
'THANKS FOR NOT EATING ME!'
Surfer Mick Fanning says it could be months before he gets over the shark attack in South Africa but says he will return to the water... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD ACCIDENT: TWO CHILDREN IN 'MIRACLE' SURVIVAL FROM THUNDER RIVERS RIDE TRAGEDY THAT KILLED BOTH THEIR MOTHERS
Two children aboard a doomed ride at a theme park in Australia have been labelled the ldquo... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD'S THUNDER RIVER RAPIDS RIDE THAT KILLED FOUR PEOPLE TO BE DEMOLISHED
In addition to these reviews, Dreamworld remains committed to working closely with the Workplace Health and Safety Queensland team, Thomas said... READ MORE›
FIRST TREE KANGAROO BORN INTO DREAMWORLD CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Tree kangaroos are seen as a threatened species owing to hunting and destruction of habitat in Papua New Guinea and far north Queensland... READ MORE›
FEARS FOR PIGGIE THE ECHIDNA, STOLEN FROM GOLD COAST'S CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY
Fears for Piggie the echidna, stolen from Gold Coast's Currumbin sanctuary... READ MORE›
AS CHINA'S REAL ESTATE MARKET COOLS, THE NATION'S NEW PROPERTY MOGULS LOOK TO AUSTRALIA
As china's real estate market cools the nation's new property moguls look to australia... READ MORE›
TROPICAL CYCLONES MARCIA AND LAM: YOUR PHOTOS AND EXPERIENCES
Share your photos, videos and experiences by clicking on the blue 'Contribute' buttons... READ MORE›
WHALE OFF GOLD COAST NOT MIGALOO
White Whale Research Centre founder Oskar Peterson said the humpback in question wasn't Migaloo as it was too small and too white... READ MORE›
DREAMWORLD TO REOPEN ON FRIDAY WITH A MEMORIAL DAY FOR RIDE VICTIMS
Last month's testing included a mechanical and structural inspection by the external engineering firm DRA Safety Specialists... READ MORE›