Queensland News
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Sydney -
Voters in the Australian state of Queensland went to the polls Saturday in a snap election seen as a test of support for the far-right One Nation party ahead of possible national elections next year.
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Barcaldine -
Queensland's largest solar power plant, the 25MW Barcaldine Regional Community Solar Farm began generating and feeding power to the grid on Wednesday, two months ahead of schedule.
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Brisbane -
A woman was taken by a saltwater crocodile in far north Queensland. Her friend is in shock after bravely trying to remove her from the croc’s jaws. A local MP says that the attack was the result of stupidity. Many don’t agree.
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The talented teenager from Australia is battling a rare and incurable form of brain cancer. In 2014, she released a duet with Lee Kernaghan and is now back with her first solo single, "The Man in the Hat." She spoke to Digital Journal.
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In a protest against coal seam gas leaking into South West Queensland's Condamine River, NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham headed to the river and hopped on a boat.
Then he sparked a lighter a few inches above the water and the river burst into flames.
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Queensland -
Since 2009. methamphetamine use has increased five-fold in Queensland, Australia. This is what analysis of the city's sewage suggests.
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A blue dragon sea slug washed ashore in Queensland, Australia recently, and Lucinda Fry, a Facebook user captured the sea creature on video as she took a closer look.
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Queensland -
A rare white humpback whale has been spotted off the coast of Queensland on Monday, and whale watchers are hoping it is Australia's famous whale Migaloo.
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She's a mere 20 years old, but this formidable singer/songwriter, who has just released her first musical offering, has a sound and an apparent understanding of the world that belie her tender age. Digital Journal found out more.
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They are lumpy and bumpy, and they look like hopping clumps of mud, so "cute" isn't the word that comes to mind when describing Australia's invasive and non-native cane toads.
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Ahead of what will surely be a triumphant return to Tamworth, the veteran musician spoke to Digital Journal about what the festival means to him, the new song he'll be unveiling there and his ambitious new album.
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The Australian music industry veteran has unveiled 'Music Industry Inside Out', an online database and professional development resource designed to help aspiring artists and young professionals get started in the business. She spoke to Digital Journal.
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Brisbane -
An observant pair of forest ecologists, Victoria Gordon and her husband Paul Reddell were exploring a North Queensland Rainforest in the early 2000s. They noticed the rat kangaroos were avoiding eating the berries of the Blushwood tree. That seemed odd.
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As the world continues to dump oil, dangerous chemicals and tons of garbage into the oceans, a very precious Eco-system is living and struggling to survive under those waters.
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Scientists in the Australian state of Queensland have discovered three new species of a rodent-like marsupial. With the species, the males fornicate until they collapse.
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Ormeau -
With the computers of today, it is not uncommon for people to set their outdoor Christmas lights to music, but one Queensland, Australia neighborhood is going all out, designing several different musical light shows for people to enjoy.
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The Queensland Government has announced a targeted review of the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 in order to reduce red tape and balance the competing interests of landlord and tenant.
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Dirk the penguin was having a quiet night in with his girlfriend, Peaches, at the breeding colony of Fairy penguins at Sea World in Queensland, Australia, when three drunken Welshmen decided to steal him for a prank.
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Brisbane -
Premier Campbell Newman wasted no time in his promised budget cuts, axing the Queensland Literary Awards after just 10 days in office.
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Campbell Newman and the LNP have swept to an historic election victory in Queensland. Bligh, Newman, and Peter Beattie comment on the day's events.
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Record floods and Cyclone Yasi have taken a toll on the world's largest living formation but scientists are confident the Great Barrier Reef will recover.
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The Australian tropical resort islands in the path of Cyclone Yasi have been devastated but fortunately no lives have been lost.
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Brisbane -
Cyclone Yasi is going to leave a mark on the psyche of Queensland for a while. People who have lived through several cyclones described Yasi as "terrifying".
The real terror may be yet to come, as people assess the damage, which is colossal.
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Brisbane -
Yasi is coming in like a movie script. The Bureau of Meteorology weather station on Willis island off the coast is reportedly knocked out. Last recorded wind speeds were 185kmh. Pre-cyclonic winds are reported to have uprooted trees on the Ayr coast.
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Brisbane -
Even Queenslanders are getting out. The monster cyclone Yasi has picked up speed, and is now expected to hit as a strong category 5 cyclone. It’s being called the most potentially lethal cyclone in living memory.
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Brisbane -
Cyclone Yasi, a monster cyclone with a core the size of France, is heading for battered Queensland. Residents in low lying areas have been urged to leave. In 2006 a smaller cyclone, Larry, devastated northern Queensland.
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Brisbane -
"Hurry, hurry. Please come over my home is going to flood." These were the worried words of a poor woman who just watched the horrific sights of Toowoomba going under water, waiting for her home to be next.
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Brisbane -
In the city of Brisbane, Australia, it would usually take a carpet cleaning company owner, Bob 28, around five to 10 minutes to get to work. However, on Wednesday 11 January, it took almost an hour due to the roads all being blocked off.
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Brisbane is now being compared to a war zone. The flood peaked, below expected heights at around 4 metres, but the city is going to be soggy for a week or so. Sharks have been reported in flooded streets.
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Compared with the flood that inundated Brisbane in 1974, the flash flood sweeping Australia’s third biggest city is the worst in history as 9,000 homes are predicted to go underwater.
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Queensland Image
The Abbot Point Coalport. GVK Hancock
Barcaldine Solar Farm in Barcaldine, Queensland is 222 acres of over 78,000 solar panels, and will provide power to 10,000 homes. ARENA
An oil spill up to 20 kilometres long has reportedly been spotted along Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef.The slick was reportedly spotted by a fisherman near Cape Upstart, south of Townsville. Cutshot Media
The Musky rat-kangaroo is a marsupial species only found in the Wet Topics ecoregion of North Queensland. PanBK
A sinkhole at a campsite in Queensland, Australia has swallowed, the entire campsite, September 27, 2015. Screengrasb via ninemsn
James Blundell Anna Gilfillan
Reconstruction of the primitive ichthyodectid Cooyoo australis, of Cretaceous Queensland. Apokryltaros at en.wikipedia
Two of the 10 trapdoor spider species found in Queensland. Jeremy Wilson/University of Queensland
Sinkhole in near the waterfall Mila Mila, Queensland, Australia
The elusive spiders hide out in the trapdoor-covered holes they build for themselves. Jeremy Wilson/University of Queensland
Flooding in Queensland has caused only treetops to be visible in many areas. robstephaustralia
The Keysborough Fire Station was flooded in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Yasi - despite being almost 3,000 km (1,800 miles) to the North. Sascha Grant
Flood water over bridge in Warwick Queensland. By David Marsh
This photo was taken on January 1, 2011 in Mundingburra, Townsville, Queensland, AU. By Rob and Stephanie Levy
Wind, solar, and hydroelectricity are three emerging renewable sources of energy. Jürgen from Sandesneben, Germany
Just one of the new species of trapdoor spiders found on Wilson's recent field mission. Jeremy Wilson/University of Queensland
Keely Johnson Hot off the Press Publicity
Flooding in a Queensland city KingBob86
Location of Barcaldine Solar Farm in Queensland, Australia. ARENA
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