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'HE'S AN IDIOT': ABBOTT'S FIRST FLEET 'GOOD' FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE COMMENT MET WITH OUTRAGE
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull responded to Mr Abbott's comments saying he won't engage in debate about Australian history of European settlement... READ MORE›
'IT'S INDUSTRIAL MADNESS,' SAYS UNION AS COAL TERMINAL LOCKS OUT WORKERS
Port Kembla Coal Terminal locks out 60 workers after CFMEU takes protected industrial action... READ MORE›
CYBER-BULLYING CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED AFTER SUICIDE OF 14YO FACE OF AKUBRA
Photo The Facebook profile picture used by Dolly Everett's family to raise anti-bullying awareness... READ MORE›
TORRES STRAIT WOMEN'S GROUP RECEIVES DONATION OFFERS AFTER $85 BABY FORMULA IMAGE GOES VIRAL
To date, Mura Kosker hasn't received any donations... READ MORE›
IT'S SO HOT IN AUSTRALIA THAT BATS' BRAINS ARE FRYING
Experts link the flight of flying foxes to the globe's steadily rising temperature... READ MORE›
ATHLETIC PAIR'S MIDNIGHT VOWS FOLLOW HISTORIC LIFTING OF AUSTRALIA GAY MARRIAGE BAN
Commonwealth Games hopefuls Luke Sullivan, 23, and Craig Burns, 29, said I do shortly after the clock struck 12 00 a.m... READ MORE›
THE SEASONAL 'CALENDARS' OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
Each of these seasons is associated with distinctive patterns of weather, but also changes in flora, fauna, and human activity... READ MORE›
AN INDUSTRY 'DISINTEGRATING': FIXING SCANDAL ROCKS THE WORLD OF HARNESS RACING
An industry 'disintegrating' Fixing scandal rocks the world of Queensland harness racing... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S 'WEAKEST LINK': WHY DO DRUG RUNNERS TARGET GERALDTON?
A smaller vessel, the Valkoista, then allegedly picked up the drugs and brought them to the Port of Geraldton about 2 00am on Thursday... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S DIGITAL AGRICULTURE DREAM STYMIED AS GOVERNMENT SCRIMPS ON
Digital agriculture really is the next revolution for farming, said Mark Harvey-Sutton, manager of rural affairs at Australia's National Farmers Federation, a lobby group... READ MORE›
ABORIGINAL CHILDREN SUFFER 'UNEXPLAINED' INJURIES IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE
A spokesperson for the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women said the department takes allegations of abuse of children by foster carers very seriously... READ MORE›
REGIONAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION SUFFERING AMID SMALL TOWN PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGES
Small town early childhood development issues The RAI has tracked the availability of health and educational services in regional towns for 30 years... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S POPULATION GROWTH OUTPACES WORLD AS MIGRANTS RUSH IN
Indeed, strip away population growth and the economy would have expanded by just 1.3 percent... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S POPULATION GROWTH OUTPACES WORLD AS MIGRANTS RUSH IN
Overall the stronger rate of population growth is boosting spending, demand for infrastructure, demand for homes, and overall economic growth... READ MORE›
AIRFARES TO DARWIN, ALICE SPRINGS TO GET SENATE SCRUTINY AS AIRLINES 'TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MONOPOLY'
In July, the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia visited Alice Springs, Darwin and Yulara as part of its inquiry into stimulating northern Australian tourism... READ MORE›
TURNBULL GETS SOME GOOD NEWS AS POLL FINDS VOTERS HAVE TIRED OF LEADERSHIP ROUNDABOUT
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull received an unexpected boost from an opinion poll Monday that showed voters want their leaders to gove... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S FORMER DEPUTY PM EXPECTED TO WIN ELECTION, RECLAIM SEAT
Joyce has repeatedly said he was confident, not cocky about winning the seat of New England again, five years after he first entered federal parliament... READ MORE›
WAS THE QUEENSLAND ELECTION RESULT GOOD OR BAD FOR ONE NATION?
Topics elections, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, pauline-hanson, one-nation, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, bob-katter, qld, australia First posted November 30, 2017 14 12 49... READ MORE›
WOMEN OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL TO BE PART OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Women of the World WOW is set to combine with the Commonwealth Games in 2018 to promote and empower women... READ MORE›
OUTBACK FRUIT MAN TRAVELS ALMOST 3,000 KILOMETRES FOR FORTNIGHTLY FOOD RUN
A Burketown fruit man travels about 3,000km on rugged roads every fortnight to deliver food to local cattle stations and towns... READ MORE›
BHP AND GOLDMAN BACK A SOLAR PROJECT OUT IN AUSTRALIA'S BANANA PLANTATIONS
The venture is being developed by Conergy Asia ME Pte... READ MORE›
LABOR TO FORM MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, ANTONY GREEN PREDICTS
Queensland election Labor to form majority government, Antony Green predicts... READ MORE›
CONSTITUTION COULD FORCE PALASZCZUK TO GOVERN IN A MINORITY
Queensland election What happens if Labor can't form a majority government?... READ MORE›
PALASZCZUK CONFIDENT OF LABOR MAJORITY GOVERNMENT
Queensland election Palaszczuk confident of Labor majority government... READ MORE›
SOARING DEFORESTATION NEW THREAT TO GREAT BARRIER REEF
Professor Maron said without preventive measures to curb deforestation, the Great Barrier Reef will face the further threat of sedimentation pollution... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST ELECTION WITH REAL-TIME DONATIONS DISCLOSURES. WHO'S HANDING OUT THE CHEQUES?
So what can we tell about donations in Queensland using the new real-time system?... READ MORE›
PHOTO OF QUEENSLAND PARAMEDICS GRANTING PATIENT'S DYING WISH MAKES HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD
This story told to us by Helen Donaldson, the officer-in-charge of Hervey Bay, is too good not to share, the QAS wrote on its Facebook page... READ MORE›
'I WAS BULLIED AND UNDERPAID': ONE IN THREE BACKPACKERS PAID HALF MINIMUM WAGE
A new report has found one in three international students and backpackers in Australia are being paid about half the legal minimum wage... READ MORE›
'TAKING AWAY BASIC RIGHTS OF CHILDREN'
Doctors, lawyers and human rights advocates from across Australia are calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to at least 14 years... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAS CURIOUS PATH TO LEGALIZING GAY MARRIAGE
What made the same-sex marriage vote even more controversial was that it had nothing to do with the Australian Constitution, and could have been avoided... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Queensland
'SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBANDS': WOMEN TOLD TO ENDURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF GOD
Kara Hartley is the Archdeacon for Women in the Diocese of Sydney and deputy chair of a taskforce looking into church responses to domestic violence... READ MORE›
HOW AUSTRALIANS THINK ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, MAPPED
A quick look at the colouring reveals that, even in most of rural and regional Australia, a majority of voters support same-sex marriage... READ MORE›
LARISSA WATERS, DEPUTY GREENS LEADER, QUITS IN LATEST CITIZENSHIP BUNGLE
It is with a heavy heart that I am forced to resign as senator for Queensland and co-deputy leader of the Australian Greens, effective today... READ MORE›
BUDGET 2017: WELFARE RECIPIENTS TO BE DRUG TESTED
Under the program, welfare recipients have their payments quarantined and they are not allowed to buy alcohol or drugs... READ MORE›
COP KILLER SHOT DEAD AFTER SHOOTOUT
Exclusion zone lifted after 26 hours On Monday, once Maddison shot at police and killed Senior Constable Forte, he fled into bushland at Adare, near Gatton... READ MORE›
PREMIER RUBBISHES ONE NATION'S CLAIMS CHILDREN TAUGHT MASTURBATION IN SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM
And that takes me onto another note -- the controversial Safe Schools program in Queensland... READ MORE›
'IT'S GOING TO RUIN EVERYTHING': THOUSANDS FLOCK TO NATIONWIDE PROTESTS TO FIGHT ADANI COAL MINE
Today on Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, located in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Wentworth electorate, at least 2000 protesters spelled out the words 'Stop Adani'... READ MORE›
ADANI BOUGHT INDIA FLIGHTS FOR QUEENSLAND MAYORS OF COUNCILS PAYING $30M FOR COMPANY AIRSTRIP
Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow received more than 1,600 in hospitality gifts from Adani during an official trip to India earlier this year, the council's register reveals... READ MORE›
DELUGE BRINGS MONTH'S RAIN IN ONE DAY, FORCING SECOND DAY OF QUEENSLAND SCHOOL CLOSURES
Intense rainfall is predicted on Thursday afternoon, before the weather is expected to clear early on Friday... READ MORE›
'THEY THINK WE'RE IDIOTS' WHY PEOPLE ARE VOTING ONE NATION
Queensland election 'They think we're idiots' Why people are voting One Nation... READ MORE›
'YOU'RE A NASTY PIECE OF WORK'
Sam Dastyari hits back after racist attack in a Melbourne bar Senator Hanson-Young repeated her claim that Senator Hanson should condemn the group... READ MORE›
'I KNOW IT'S A TIGER': TRIO RELEASE FOOTAGE CLAIMING TO BE TASMANIAN TIGER SIGHTING
Footage of a purported Tasmanian tiger sighting is released in Hobart... READ MORE›
DEAN MERCER, FORMER IRONMAN, DIES AFTER CARDIAC ARREST AND CAR CRASH ON GOLD COAST
Former Ironman Dean Mercer is remembered as a true champion after he suffered a cardiac arrest and crashed his car on the Gold Coast yesterday morning... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIANS CONFIRMED AMONG LONDON DEAD AS FEARS MOUNT FOR MISSING WOMAN
London Bridge attack Two Australians confirmed dead tributes for nurse Kirsty Boden fears for Sara Zelenak... READ MORE›
QUEENSLAND TO BUILD ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE HIGHWAYS
Queensland will have a 2,000km network of electric vehicle charging stations that make up one of the world's longest electric vehicle highways within six months... READ MORE›
SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL STAYS TRUE TO ITS NAME BY OPENING ITS OWN SOLAR FARM IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRST
Queensland's Sunshine Coast Council becomes the first local government to open its own solar farm to offset all of its electricity needs... READ MORE›
DEATH OF QUEENSLAND'S LARGEST CROCODILE IN 30 YEARS COULD SPARK VIOLENT POWER GRAB
Farm owner John Leaver said a five-metre crocodile had not been caught in Queensland for 20 to 30 years... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN POLICE STING BRINGS DOWN PAEDOPHILE FORUM ON DARK WEB
The paper's investigation, shared with the Guardian, led them to the offices of Queensland police's Taskforce Argos, a specialist child abuse unit, in January... READ MORE›
'FACELESS' FISH MISSING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS
On board the Investigator research vessel for the month-long voyage are 27 scientists, 13 technicians and 20 crew... READ MORE›
ONE NATION SENATOR MALCOLM ROBERTS WAS A DUAL CITIZEN AT TIME OF NOMINATION
The High Court has ruled One Nation's Malcolm Roberts was a dual British and Australian citizen at the time he was nominated for election... READ MORE›
IN THE WORLD'S MOST LIVABLE CITIES, HARDLY ANYONE CAN AFFORD A HOME
The great Australian dream of home ownership is becoming a nightmare,'' said Brendan Coates, a housing policy expert at the Grattan Institute... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS BORN OVERSEAS JUMP TO CLARIFY CITIZENSHIP AFTER WATERS, LUDLAM BUNGLES
But Senator Whish-Wilson said he had never actually held Singaporean citizenship, and Mr Goodenough said he was unequivocally on team Australia ... READ MORE›
'GET BEHIND MR TURNBULL'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has mounted a defence of coal-powered electricity, saying those who think the resource doesn't have a future are delusional ... READ MORE›
FAMILY, FRIENDS MOURN 'HERO' SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WOMAN KILLED ON LONDON BRIDGE
It has been confirmed South Australian woman Kirsty Boden was killed in the London terror attack on the weekend... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF VALUED AT $56BN AS REPORT WARNS IT'S 'TOO BIG TO FAIL'
A new report has valued the Great Barrier Reef at 56bn and warns of vast economic consequences for Australia unless more is done to protect it... READ MORE›
INVESTORS, STAFF, MATTHEW HAYDEN DUDDED IN BOUTIQUE WHISKY COLLAPSE
Nant Investors, staff, Matthew Hayden dudded in boutique whisky collapse... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA MUST ACT URGENTLY ON WATER QUALITY, SAYS UNESCO
Great Barrier Reef Australia must act urgently on water quality, says Unesco... READ MORE›
GOLD COAST MAYOR TOM TATE RECEIVED FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION FOR 'PRIVATE' CHINA TRIP
Mr Hickey's son Jordan is listed as a director of Hickey Management along with his father... READ MORE›
ASIAN AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCE BACKS 'YES' VOTE
Same-sex marriage Asian Australian Alliance backs 'Yes' vote... READ MORE›
TURNBULL LABELS OPPONENTS OF COAL-POWERED ELECTRICITY AS 'DELUSIONAL'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says those who say coal has no future are delusional ... READ MORE›