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23rd August 2024

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Watch live: Premier rides jet joke, will ramp up regional campaign

Premier Steven Miles has confirmed that he took just one plane to the Bush Summit in Townsville today, in a tongue and cheek start to his Q&A. WATCH LIVE

The next-gen broadband tech that’s finally coming to the regions

By the end of 2025, around 1.4 million homes and businesses in regional Australia will be eligible to order a FTTP connection upgrade.

Temps to soar towards 40C as winter heatwave blasts Qld

Winter records could be obliterated over coming days as a winter heatwave blasts Queensland, sending temperatures soaring towards 40C – up to 15C above average.

Mine shut after worker, 56, dies in truck crash tragedy

New details have been released about the worker killed when a vehicle was crushed under a haul truck at a Bowen Basin mine, the second death at the same mine in weeks. The site has...

Investigation launched after female rural firey airlifted with severe burns

A volunteer firefighter is fighting for life after suffering critical burns while fighting a 40ha bushfire in the South Burnett. Fire department officials have met with her family,...

Standing ovation for Pink ahead of Beyonce surprise

US pop star Pink has wowed the audience at the final day of the Democratic National Convention, where Beyonce is expected to make a surprise appearance. It comes after Donald Trump...

Location of mystery $100m lotto winner

One lucky person has the winning $100m lotto ticket and they don’t even know it.

Parly privacy storm: MP, mystery ‘lady in pink’ and their covert cameras

Two separate incidents prompted the parliament’s powerful Ethics Committee to recommend outgoing Speaker Curtis Pitt put an end to questionable behaviour.

ABC star ‘upstaged’ by boss on last day

The shock departure of ABC managing director David Anderson has “upstaged” another big change at the public broadcaster.

Python devours entire wallaby in suburban street

Incredible photos have emerged of a python consuming a wallaby in a Brisbane street as shocked witnesses watched on.