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NewsYahoo News AustraliaWoolworths 'mouldy' cake slices leave customers feeling sick
Woolworths is investigating how two customers on opposite sides of the country both consumed mouldy cake slices from a gluten-free specialty product.
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Queensland cop denies grooming 15-year-old
A former police officer's poor judgment in messaging a 15-year-old he met while investigating nude photos "makes him stupid" but not guilty of grooming, a Brisbane court has been told.Matthew Paul Hockley admits he added the teenager on Snapchat and sent her messages, but says he was interested in the girl's mother.
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Man 'robotic' before Qld petrol attack
A man was "unresponsive and robotic" when he doused a friend in petrol and set her alight before leaving as abruptly as he arrived, a court has heard.Matt James Nolan, 30, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm over the attack in July 2017 at the north Brisbane home of Sigourney Coles.
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Cyclone likely for far north Qld next week
A tropical cyclone is likely to form off the east coast of far north Queensland next week.The Bureau of Meteorology says a tropical low will develop in the Coral Sea, east of the Cape York Peninsula, over the weekend.
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Qld flood victims get compo 10 years on
Victims of southeast Queensland's 2011 floods have finally secured a partial payout after the state government and a dam operator agreed to pay $440 million for their roles in the disaster.The Queensland government and state-owned dam operator SunWater have settled a class action claim by about 6700 victims whose properties went under during a biblical rain event a decade ago.
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Elderly Qld man held over partner's murder
An 82-year-old man charged with murdering his elderly partner may have used an axe and a belt in the tragic attack at a Gold Coast home.Detective Inspector Chris Ahearn says the woman, 81, was found dead at their home on Thursday afternoon.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaQueensland deputy premier rips up $30m quarantine bill from NSW
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles filmed himself destroying the document in a number of different ways, including putting through a shredder and throwing it in the bin.
HealthYahoo News Australia'Dying off': Vet warns koala numbers could suffer 'big crash'
A leading vet has warned that chlamydia is leaving many koalas unable to reproduce to maintain populations.
NewsYahoo News Australia'You know you're in Australia': Man in stitches over angry parking note
An American man was left in stitches over a crude parking note on a car in Brisbane.
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Suspicious death of 82-year-old Qld woman
The death of an 82-year-old woman is being treated as suspicious after her body was found by police on the Gold Coast.An elderly man was also found at the Varsity Lakes address when police responded to requests for help by someone who went to visit the home on Thursday afternoon.
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Qld crossbenchers pan Brisbane Olympic bid
Queensland crossbenchers have slammed the state government's 2032 Olympics bid as a "party for Brisbane".Katter's Australian Party and Greens MPs say the government's priorities are all wrong after it announced that Brisbane had been installed as the preferred bidder for the Games by the International Olympic Committee.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaHealth company CEO stood down after Covid vaccine dose error
Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed the CEO of Healthcare Australia has stood down after the vaccine dosage bungle in Queensland
NewsYahoo News AustraliaMan's shopping centre breakdown as depression battle hits rock bottom
After years of struggling with depression and addiction as a Gold Coast FIFO worker, Nic Kelly suddenly broke down while holidaying in the US.
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Police empty-handed after Townsville siege
Townsville police are still searching for an armed man after storming a home and finding it empty at the end of a six-hour siege.The man, believed to be about 30 years-old, had a previous warrant out for his arrest in relation to property offences before Thursday's incident.
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Accounting system for Indigenous Qld firms
An Indigenous-first accounting system for small Queensland businesses is part of a statewide push to foster and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander start-ups.The Deadly Digits initiative offers a cloud-based accounting and financial management service that supports business operators while helping them develop financial management and record-keeping skills.
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Cyclone could form in north Qld next week
A tropical cyclone could form off far north Queensland's Cape York Peninsula next week.The Bureau of Meteorology says a tropical low is forming in the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria which will deepen and bring increasing rainfall for far north and central Queensland.
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Balcony fall murder-accused teen gets bail
A drug-addicted teenager accused of murder over a fatal fall from a Gold Coast resort during a botched robbery has been granted bail.Lachlan Paul Soper-Lagas, 18, is one of three men charged over the death of Cian English, 19, who fell from the fourth storey of the View Pacific resort in Surfers Paradise in March 2020.
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Qld to reopen to Melbourne amid vax drive
Queensland will reopen to Melbourne residents, as the state waits for the federal government to explain a vaccine bungle involving two aged care residents in Brisbane.The state has imposed mandatory hotel quarantine on visitors from the Victorian capital since it was declared a coronavirus hotspot on February 13.
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Regional Qld to share Games glory: premier
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised the entire state will share the glory and economic boost when Brisbane is awarded the 2032 Olympics.The Games are set to return to Australia in 11 years' time with Brisbane and Queensland installed as preferred bidder by the International Olympic Committee following an executive committee meeting.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaNZ travellers ordered to quarantine as ANOTHER state declares Auckland a hotspot
Queensland has also declared all of New Zealand a hotspot with the two states concerned about a cluster in Auckland.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaTeen 'tried to poison flatmate with Mortein bug spray' after fight over cats
Te Raukura Anahera Alexander, 19, was angry with her housemates over how they treated her kittens and allegedly tried to poison them.
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Qld to shut border to NZ from 6pm
New Zealand arrivals to Queensland will have to undergo quarantine from 6pm tonight due to increased transmission across the Tasman.The "green flights" allowing for unrestricted travel will cease and New Zealand will be removed as a safe travel country.
HealthYahoo News AustraliaGovernment forced to backtrack after Covid vaccine 'overdose'
The doctor who gave excessive doses of the coronavirus vaccine did not complete the required training, federal health minister Greg Hunt has confirmed.
HealthYahoo News AustraliaUrgent health alert for at least 15 childcare centres
At least 15 childcare centres in Queensland have been impacted in an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
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Qld cop 'overshared' in messages to teen
A former police officer accused of grooming a 15-year-old girl he met while working in a child protection unit says he sent some messages that were poorly worded, inappropriate and "an overshare".Matthew Paul Hockley admits he added the teenager on Snapchat and sent her messages, but says he was interested in the girl's mother.
